We're here gathering today because it is Black Friday and
it's also the day for Amazon to pay for everything that it does not pay for,
not for the workers, not for the damage to the environment.
And that's a big damage to our communities and our cities.
Now, in front of the Amazon tower, I hope you can see it in the background.
It's massive, people in Germany say it’s like a middle finger to this area.
It's going to be the highest building
in Berlin and it's basically a sign of full capitalism, full gentrification.
Climate catastrophe for this area, but also, I think wider society
that's going to basically split the Kiez, people living here,
but also bring a lot of people here that are not associated with this area.
Last week we were
in Bremen on one of the fulfillment centers of Amazon trying to also
just bring information to people about this strike that is happening today.
And it was also surprising to see how a lot of people
didn't really know about what was going on.
They didn't really feel so confident about it
because most of the people who are working for Amazon,
they come from a migrant background.
So this is also part of the reason why we're doing this.
So we can also let workers know that we're here for them to their support
and that they can fight for their rights.
People say very nice things, some of them very German, and I didn't understand them.
I'm sorry because I am a migrant worker
who came here as a student and ended up as a migrant worker.
And I know that in recent struggles
migrant workers unfortunately struggle more
than other workers.
This is a company that is involved in a huge spectrum,
not to mention the political influence and the tax dodging and so on, -
spectrum of activities that are symptomatic of much bigger problems in the capitalist world.
And so it's a very interesting target around which workers can organize
and come together and really build power against something that is much bigger
than any single movement and any single trade union.
These movements are not isolated, people.
Amazon, Hellofresh, SoundCloud, Google, all these companies
think they can take our city and we're here to say: That ain't right,
and they cannot take our city.
Not today, not ever.
That's right.
I think it's really crucial to connect across
climate struggle, which was more my background,
especially with worker’s and migrant worker’s struggle.
Also getting on board gentrification and getting on board housing activist
to really cross the bridges between our movements,
because I think it's the only way we can currently win.
We're doing this also to create a space for different movements here
really to get together basically because we have this common adversary.
Make Amazon pay! Make Amazon pay!