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In The Territory, Indigenous People Film Themselves

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

As the Uru-eu-wau-wau face continued incursion by Brazilian farmers, they take an active role in this documentary about them.

Posted inNews

The Phallic Rocket Ship That Launched 1,000 Bezos Memes

by Hakim Bishara July 20, 2021July 21, 2021

Many have suggested a re-entry tax for the billionaire to land back on earth.

Posted inNews

A New Bookselling Platform Challenges Amazon’s Monopoly

by Hakim Bishara March 23, 2020March 23, 2020

“Directing readers to buy their books from Amazon is harmful to the authors, and the publishers, whose work you are trying to support,” reads a letter encouraging independent media resources to use platforms like Bookshop.

Posted inArt

Where Artists and Amazon Workers Align

Avatar photo by Kealey Boyd January 30, 2020January 31, 2020

I saw The Fulfillment Center months ago, but as time passed it wore on me and I became increasingly concerned about the workers — I mean artists — and more ambivalent about the commodities — I mean art.

Posted inIn Brief

A New Browser Extension Encourages You to Choose Your Local Library Over Amazon

by Hakim Bishara January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

Library Extension will show you if books and e-books you search for online are available for free at your local library, and helps you borrow them in one click.

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Amazon Facial Recognition Falsely Links 27 Athletes to Mugshots in ACLU Study

Avatar photo by Kate Gill October 28, 2019October 29, 2019

Massachusetts’s American Civil Liberties Union chapter revealed Amazon’s “Rekognition” technology falsely linked the faces of 27 professional athletes in New England to mugshots in a criminal database.

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Over 800 Musicians Boycott Amazon Events Due to Company’s Ties with ICE

by Hakim Bishara October 28, 2019

Following the announcement of Amazon’s first music festival, hundreds have signed an open letter pledging to boycott all Amazon events until the company withdraws its contracts with the Department of Homeland Security.

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Those Photos of the Amazon Burning? Not All of Them Are Real.

Avatar photo by Zachary Small August 26, 2019August 26, 2019

A number of viral photographs claiming to depict the fire devastating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have been misattributed.

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Amazon Accused of Artwashing HQ2 Negotiations in Activist Petition

Avatar photo by Zachary Small February 5, 2019February 5, 2019

The Artist Studio Affordability Project (ASAP) says city officials are helping the corporate behemoth steamroll dissent.

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Divisive Amazon HQ2 Meeting Draws Hundreds to City Hall

Avatar photo by Zachary Small January 30, 2019January 31, 2019

“Why do you need our money? We have 63,000 people who are sleeping in homeless shelters,” council speaker Corey Johnson told Amazon reps. “Don’t you think there’s a better way for us to spend $3 billion?”

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Planned Amazon Headquarters in Queens Enrages Residents as Art Organizations Stay Mostly Quiet

Avatar photo by Zachary Small November 14, 2018November 16, 2018

Nearly 250 people gathered today, November 14, in Long Island City to protest the controversial announcement as arts organizations held their breath to see what financial fortunes might come their way from Amazon’s touchdown in Queens.

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An Interactive Map of a Midcentury Botanist’s Amazonian Trips

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 21, 2016August 3, 2021

Richard Evans Schultes took peyote with the Kiowa in Oklahoma in the 1930s, was the first scientist invited to a hallucinogenic yagé ceremony in the Amazon’s Sibundoy Valley in the 1940s, and inadvertently helped launch the psychedelic era of the 1960s.

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