E Tu, Oprah? How the “No Space for Bezos” movement reinforced my sense of betrayal by those who pretended to care

E Tu, Oprah?
How the “No Space for Bezos” movement reinforced my sense of betrayal by those who pretended to care
#jeffbezos #amazon #bookstores #bookselling #oprah #oprahwinfrey #bezos #workerexploitation #nimbusproject #primepollute #venice #Italy #nospaceforbezos
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Mass tourism, impossibly high rents, worker exploitation, inequality and elitism: Venice protests in recent days against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's high-profile wedding have highlighted growing global grievances. Local politicians dismissed protesters as a fringe minority. Bezos's fame and Venice's stunning visual backdrop have offered them international visibility.

In the final protest on Saturday, around 1,000 residents and activists rallied in front of Venice's train station under a scorching sun, before marching roughly 1.5 kilometres (0.93 miles) to the Rialto Bridge. They carried banners including one proclaiming 'Kisses yes, Bezos no', playing on Venice's reputation as the city of love, and another one saying 'No space for Bezos' with a rocket, in a reference to his Blue Origin space technology company. Venetian businesses and politicians, however, welcomed the event, hailing its major boost for the local economy. Luca Zaia, the regional governor of Veneto around Venice, said the city should be proud of hosting the wedding. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/venice-protests-target-bezos-over-mounting-grievances-2025-06-28/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68604c23ea31db0001e3fc82&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Over 1,000 protested Mark Bezos yesterday in VENICE, ITALY
* Protesting Mass tourism, inequality
* Protesting Bezos because of his ties to Trump
* Unaffordable housing
* #NoSpaceForBezos

#nospaceforbezos #nokings

"Eat the rich": Hundreds of protestors demonstrate against lavish Bezos wedding At least 500 protesters marched through Venice on Saturday, condemning Jeff Bezos' wedding to Lauren Sanchez, a lavish affair that has drawn backlash. | TAG24

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#NoSpaceForBezos #abolishbillionaires @tag24news @tag24_news

#Venezia | I migliori di questa bella giornata in cui le calli si sono riempite di persone che ripudiano la guerra, sono questə ragazzə. Una banda che dal primo ponte all’ultima calle ha cantato ininterrottamente!

“Che schifo Jeff Bezos!”

#NoWarNoBezos #NoSpaceForBezos

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#bezos #amazon #allstreetjournal #nospaceforbezos #laurensanchez #lanzabaucina #evlilik #venedik #jeffbezos #ekonomi #haber #medya #asj #tamerışıtır

#Venezia | Almeno tremila persone in corteo lungo Strada Nova gridando “fuori bezos dalla laguna” nella manifestazione organizzata dalla rete #NoSpaceForBezos.

#NoBezosNoWar

How protesters plan to disrupt the Bezos wedding.... with blow-up crocodiles The first VIP guests have been arriving in Venice this week for the three-day event

#NoSpaceForBezos

#TaxingtheRichtoGiveBacktothePlanet

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#NoSpaceForBezos is a very creative group protesting Bezos' $50M wedding in #Venice AND they are succeeding! The wedding venue just relocated outside of the city center to avoid protests www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

PROTEST planned for June 28th in #Venice.

NO SPACE FOR BEZOS!!

#JeffBezos & his entourage of super-rich are not welcome in Venice!

The people will be in the streets, the canals, and the fields of the city.

Bezos isn’t welcome in Venice!!! 🇮🇹

#NoSpaceForBezos

Plakat für Demo am Samstag in Venedig. No Space for Bezos! Manifestazione par tera e par mar! Sab 28 Giugno Presto tutti gli aggiornamenti!

#nospaceforbezos #laboratoriooccupatomorion
#Venedig manifestazione 28.06.25
Auf dem Kanal und auf dem Land.
Mit aufgeblasen Krokodilen usw...
#siamotuttiantifascisti #feminists #anticapitalism

#Widerstand #nospaceforbezos

Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles Amazon founder reportedly forced to change venue for his wedding celebrations in Italian city

What also makes sense is that, thanks to the efforts of protesters, the Bezos wedding party has had to move their venue. It was to have been on the main canal. But now it will be in the old military fortress of Arsenale. Perfect. Solidarity with #NoSpaceForBezos. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

após manifestantes prometerem colocar crocodilos infláveis na água para atrapalhar o acesso dos convidados, jeff bezos acaba trocando o lugar de sua recepção de casamento.
veneza resiste! e a gente ama bilionário contrariado #NoSpaceForBezos
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#Venezia | Sabato 28 giugno dalle ore 17 presso la stazione Santa Lucia, manifestazione per Venezia e per la pace.

Nel thread l’appello della rete #NoSpaceForBezos.

#NoSpaceForWar #NoBezosNoWar

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Bezos a Venezia, la protesta di Extinction Rebellion a San Marco e l'intervento della polizia

Attivisti no #Bezos a #Venezia portati via dalla Polizia;Bezos dopo aver blindato la città (piazze,canali,hotel),interdetta sia a cittadini che a turisti,a causa dei manifestanti costretto a spostare il suo matrimonio show milionario all'Arsenale #nospaceforbezos www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025...

Well done Venice! 😉
#NoSpaceForBezos

Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floats, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Congratulations Jeff Bezos 😂 #NoSpaceForBezos

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🌻in a world of Jeff Bezos - be a MacKenzie Scott 😁😊 #Bezos #Scott #Sanchez #Venice #nospaceforBezos

Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’ The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enough

‘If it turned out there was something a billionaire couldn’t buy, & it was something that ought to be simple – a little goodwill, servility, privacy and respect, for him, his fiancee Lauren Sánchez & their 200 friends – well, that would be a really big deal.’
#NoSpaceForBezos
#NoSpaceForBillionaires

Protests spread in Venice ahead of billionaire Jeff Bezos' wedding with Lauren Sánchez Local residents push back against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ahead of his expected wedding with Lauren Sánchez in Venice, Italy. See the protests.

#NoSpaceForBezos

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VENEZIA AFFITTATA PER IL MATRIMONIO DI LUSSO DEL PATRON DI AMAZON, BEZOS. SABATO CORTEO DEI COMITATI Uno dei maggiori fautori e profittatori del processo di globalizzazione di questi decenni decide di ambientare a Venezia il proprio matrimonio: sono in arrivo in queste ore centinaia di invitati di Je...

#Venezia | La corrispondenza per Radio Onda d’Urto di Federica del Laboratorio Sociale Morion e della rete #NoSpaceForBezos sul matrimonio dell’oligarca bezos e sulle iniziative di contestazione lanciate per sabato 28 giugno nel capoluogo veneto.

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Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’ The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enough

Inside the #NoSpaceforBezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Venezia, Tommaso Cacciari contro Bezos: "Stiamo vincendo 3 a 0 a tavolino. Non ho Amazon, né social"

#Venezia | Tommaso Cacciari spiega le ragioni della protesta #NoSpaceForBezos: «Ma cosa si aspettava uno che contribuisce all’elezione di Donald Trump, di andare in giro per il mondo e non trovare contestazioni?»
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All kicking off in Venice #NoSpaceForBezos

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#Venezia | Mentre l’amministrazione permette (e si inchina) a festeggiare le nozze dell’oligarca, l’Assemblea Sociale per la Casa blocca uno sfratto.

Venezia non ha bisogno di feste sfarzose di ricchi oligarchi ma di politiche residenziali serie.

#NoSpaceForBezos #CasePerTutti

Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’ The Amazon boss, Jeff Bezos, is about to descend on Venice with his fiancee, some ex-Marines and his limitless credit card. We meet the Italian activists who are saying: enough

If you can rent Venice for your three day wedding you can pay more tax.

‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’
#JeffBezos #Bezos #venice #NoSpaceForBezos #italy #eatTheRich #obscenelyRich
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Victory in Venice. Jeff Bezos had to move his wedding after protests.

People stood up, and it worked. 💥✌🏼🪧

#NoSpaceForBezos #PeoplePower

In ponte di rialto in Venice some protesters but this banner with written NO SPECE FOR BEZOS. In graffiti style with a shuttle in between the 4 words

VENICE IS NOT FOR SALE
#NOSPACEFORBEZOS! #venezianonèinvendita
#veniceisnotdorsale #venice #bezos #usa #trump

A billionaire is allowed to rent a city for three days, while locals have had to close their shops because of his business, but something Bezos can’t buy is a warm welcome, as #NoSpaceForBezos, protest movement states.