{"id":19247,"date":"2025-06-24T09:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/inside-the-no-space-for-bezos-movement-one-man-rents-a-city-for-three-days-thats-obscene\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T09:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T07:37:26","slug":"inside-the-no-space-for-bezos-movement-one-man-rents-a-city-for-three-days-thats-obscene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/inside-the-no-space-for-bezos-movement-one-man-rents-a-city-for-three-days-thats-obscene\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: \u2018One man rents a city for three days? That\u2019s obscene\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<\/p>\n<p>When she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had in her entire life. Twenty-five years ago, she ceased trading as a bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts. \u201cI lost a lot because of Bezos and the complicity of Americans in the making of Amazon,\u201d the 53-year-old says. \u201cA big reason I moved to Italy is because I felt betrayed by my countrypeople.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So when posters went up calling a public meeting in the city she now calls home, she went, and she has been to every meeting of anti-Bezos activists since, including one the day before her own wedding last week. \u201cThese young people have really restored my faith in humanity,\u201d Johnson says.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/jun\/24\/inside-the-no-space-for-bezos-movement-one-man-rents-a-city-for-three-days-thats-obscene\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/058355173a3c4fbb1e5a3ab853b2b7789fa372ad\/497_0_4518_3614\/master\/4518.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=760a06b3c2af5277c14ad4e38b21edd9\" title=\"Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: \u2018One man rents a city for three days? That\u2019s obscene\u2019\" \/>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<br \/>\nWhen she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had in her entire life. Twenty-five years ago, she ceased trading as a bookseller in Boston, Massachusetts. \u201cI lost a lot because of Bezos and the complicity of Americans in the making of Amazon,\u201d the 53-year-old says. \u201cA big reason I moved to Italy is because I felt betrayed by my countrypeople.\u201d<br \/>\nSo when posters went up calling a public meeting in the city she now calls home, she went, and she has been to every meeting of anti-Bezos activists since, including one the day before her own wedding last week. \u201cThese young people have really restored my faith in humanity,\u201d Johnson says. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 When she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had in her entire life. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/inside-the-no-space-for-bezos-movement-one-man-rents-a-city-for-three-days-thats-obscene\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: \u2018One man rents a city for three days? 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