beyond amazon: a manifesto towards a network of care

2018 — 2023

this page features my phd dissertation on surveillance, mascots, warehouse workers, the environment as it exists within amazon (corp.)

contents

ch 1 intro - abolish amazon
ch 2 - define amazon ch 3 - seeing orange
ch 4 - peccy: the fiction of a “happy” worker
ch 5 - ongoing struggle: unionizing environments in chicago, bessemer, and minneapolis
conclusion - beyond amazon
references

abolish amazon

this is....

define amazon

here is where define...

seeing orange

here!

peccy: the fiction of a “happy” worker

ongoing struggle: unionizing environments in chicago, bessemer, and minneapolis

here....

beyond amazon

conclusion

references

amazonification under covid-19 crisis

territories of surveillance

rekkkognition

under constant carceral watch: against the ring

organizing against amazonification

siloing siri: silencing voice recognition

timeline of warehouse workers fight for their rights

-blest, paul. leaked amazon memo details plan to smear fired warehouse organizer: ‘he’s not smart or articulate’ vice, 2020

amazon alternatives

-lauer, alex. thanks to bookshop, there is no reason to buy books on amazon anymore. insider hook, 2020

billionaires should not exist

parallels: a work in-progress

  • cox, joseph. celeb shout-out app cameo exposes private videos and user data vice, 2020
  • https://medium.com/@davidgolumbia/blockchain-the-white-mans-burden-e3ef75c97830
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/14/google-maps-political-borders/
  • https://www.ecowatch.com/offshore-fracking-wells-gulf-1915520170.html
  • target warehouse workers rally to become first location in u.s. to unionize
  • kickstarter workers vote to form first union in tech industry
  • https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/towards-horizon-abolition-conversation-mariame-kaba
  • https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/data-as-much-as-possible-by-any-means-necessary-51581454800#click=https://t.co/syn0dxpfzx
  • https://medium.com/positive-returns/youre-grounded-and-we-re-taking-away-the-keys-to-the-car-b80cf01f527f
  • https://lpeblog.org/2020/02/12/moving-from-ending-money-bail-to-demanding-pretrial-freedom/
  • https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3a8vyk/kickstarter-hired-a-law-firm-that-advertises-maintaining-a-union-free-workplace
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/14/sleep-wellness-employer-oura/#click=https://t.co/r2anuphole https://hotpodnews.com/patreon-capital-an-alternative-to-podcast-financing/ https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/1229789672450035713?s=21 https://tropicsofmeta.com/2020/02/17/reading-colonialism-in-parasite/ https://medium.com/@samanthamarienock/action-resources-5f057181a8cd https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/insights-opinions/3-reasons-judge-should-have-blocked-t-mobilesprint https://futurism.com/chicago-ankle-monitors-record-audio