Berlin: Amazon’s parking lot goes up in smoke
Translated from Sozialer Zorn, January 16, 2023
[On the night of January 16 at about 3:40 a.m. in the Berlin-Tempelhof district, about 25 delivery vans of the company Amazon went up in flames in its parking lot along the A100 freeway: 18 were completely burned out, and 7 more were damaged by the flames. Here is a translation of the claim of this attack signed “some anarchists”].
In the early hours of January 16, 2023, we gained access to a well-secured site on Germaniastraße street in the Berlin-Tempelhof district and removed 25 Amazon-Prime vehicles from the road with incendiary devices. A fire in solidarity with the occupiers in Lützerath and the prisoners on hunger strike.
The consumer frenzy of Black Friday and the lucrative Christmas sales are over. The pompous charity and the little bit of contemplation give way again to the usual routine of everyday life. People are once again struggling to keep up in the competitive struggle of today’s society. Despite inflation and the rising cost of living, the race for goods and the plundering of the planet and its resources continues unabated in the new year, filling the coffers of the war profiteers of online commerce. With its monopoly position and vast business model, Amazon has long since proven to be an addictive force for many. But the company is much more than just a supplier of low-priced products.
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