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Yanis Varoufakis calls for Black Friday boycott of Amazon – The Guardian
Economist takes on retail giant before planned day of international protests
The economist Yanis Varoufakis has called for a one-day boycott of Amazon on Black Friday as trade unionists, environmental activists, privacy campaigners and tax justice advocates plan coordinated actions against the companys sites and supply chain.
Amazons success during the coronavirus pandemic at one point the company was reported to be making sales of $11,000 (£8,200) a second has vastly inflated its share price, increasing the personal wealth of its chief executive, Jeff Bezos, already the…
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