He notes that the use of resistance language is intentional and intentionally separate from boycotting. I will not list every step here, but his most important contribution is making a point on framing.

The text can be read in an afternoon and is worth reading not only get a wider view of the harms an unchecked Amazon imposes, but also for glimpses into what community institutions provide and reminders that a corporation that seeks to render all of the people, labor, and processes behind its offerings invisible can never match what we gain when those same offerings are supported locally within our own communities.Ĭaine concludes the book by offering simple actions.

$how to resist amazon$

Caine covers everything from Amazon’s impact on local economies, their reaction to laborers advocating for better working conditions, their grip on web services, and the downright embarrassing ways that our politicians trip over themselves to stuff Amazon’s coffers with public money, and, of course, independent bookstores. Writing through the lens of a bookseller, Danny Caine, captures Amazon's impacts across not only his industry but the landscape of the United States. While glimpses of these harms surface, it is hard to succinctly capture the broad scope of horrors Amazon imposes on us. This entrenchment actively harms workers, consumers, small businesses, governments, and public goods. When I visited recently, they were giving out Danny Caine's How to Resist Amazon and Why as part of independent bookstore day and I knew I had to pick it up.Īmazon has entrenched itself in our daily lives in a variety of ways. Further, I have spent the better part of my twenties at one particular independent bookstore. I have spent the better part of my twenties with and around book sellers.

How to resist amazon