French activists protest against Amazon in Black Friday backlash

PARIS: Activists staged protests against online retailer Amazon around France on Friday , denouncing the rampant consumerism typified by the annual Black Friday shopping frenzy.

Manon Aubry, a left-wing member of the European parliament, said the protest was intended to"denounce the social, environmental and fiscal damage from Amazon". According to social media posts from Attac, a group that campaigns for more democratic globalisation, there was also a sit-in outside an Amazon logistics centre near Lyon, in eastern France.Video posted online by Attac showed police in riot helmets picking up activists and hauling them away. The Lyon protesters had erected a sign saying:"Amazon ... Stop expansion, Stop Over-production!"

"The demonstrators and Attac are throwing around untrue allegations based on factual errors and are pointing the finger at Amazon for political ends," it said."Black Friday is one of the top sales days of the year and it allows us to smooth out Christmas shopping over a longer period rather than compressing all those sales in the Dec 10 to 24 period. It does not necessarily lead to more consumption," he told French broadcaster BFM TV.

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