[glowrock]

Originally Posted by bnk

https://www.chicagomaroon.com/articl...bid-amazon-hq/


Groups Contest Chicago's Bid for Amazon HQ

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According to the petition, a potential Amazon HQ2 in Chicago “would receive billions of dollars in corporate welfare and hire mostly high paid white managers, [which] would send gentrification and ethnic cleansing of Chicago's neighborhoods into overdrive…[giving] Amazon more power to keep wages low for its warehouse workers and drivers, thereby depressing wages across the board.” ...

The petition argues that an Amazon HQ2 would aggravate existing problems surrounding public education, healthcare, police brutality, and gender inequality, among other issues.

ANSWER Chicago’s recent activities, according to their Facebook page, have included participating in an anti-Trump march, joining a Jewish Voice for Peace rally supporting jailed Palestinian Ahed Tamimi, and appearing at a rally protesting Steve Bannon’s upcoming appearance at UChicago.



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In October, ANSWER Chicago coordinated a protest near Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house to demonstrate against HQ2 the day after the deadline for cities to submit bids to Amazon for them to be considered.

The protest was held on the “anniversary of the murder of Laquan McDonald,” Beacham said, “to demand justice for Laquan, not money for Amazon.”

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There are many reasons to despise the Amazon dog and pony show of financial largesse (for pretty much nobody other than Bezos and his C-level cronies), but my god, this might be the must inanely stupid, most utterly ridiculous so-called "logic" ever with which to contest Chicago's bid!

Seriously? Ethnic cleansing? Oh brother...

Aaron (Glowrock)