In France, ‘Le Black Friday’ Turns Into Protests Against Amazon
- Activists staged sit-ins outide Amazon headquarters in France
- Part of a worldwide wave of climate demonstrations on Friday
Demonstrators sit during a protest outside the Amazon France headquarters in Clichy on Nov. 29.
Photographer: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images
While shoppers in the U.S. line up to take advantage of Black Friday discounts, activists in France have staged sit-ins outside Amazon.com Inc.’s French headquarters and logistics center to denounce the occasion imported from America.
Dozens of anti-capitalist/environmental campaigners protested outside the headquarters in Clichy, northwest of Paris, and temporarily blocked two logistics depots in Northern France and Lyon, before being dislodged by the police. They blame Amazon as a symbol of the advent of Black Friday in France, a push for consumerism that they say contributes to hurting the planet.