Activists staged protests against online retailer Amazon around France on Friday...
PARIS - Activists staged protests against online retailer Amazon around France on Friday and tried to blockade a shopping mall in Paris, denouncing as rampant consumerism the U.S. Black Friday shopping frenzy that has spread to European shores.
In Spain, protesters also put up a banner in the heart of Madrid that read: “Consumerism=climate crisis.” “From the streets to parliament, we continue to fight against the impunity of the multinationals,” she wrote on Twitter. In a e-mailed statement, Amazon France said it respected the rights of people to express their opinions but that did not extend to organizing violent demonstrations where people work.
The demonstrators, who also gathered outside shops inside the mall, chanted “Work, consume and shut up, that is the message given to our youth”.
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