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TILBURY, England, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Climate activists
targeted 13 Amazon depots across Britain on "Black
Friday" as part of a protest against the e-commerce giant, which
the Extinction Rebellion group said epitomised obsessive
overconsumption.
"Black Friday epitomises an obsession with overconsumption
that is not consistent with a liveable planet," the group said.
"Amazon and companies like it have capitalised on our desire
for convenience and stoked rampant consumerism at the expense of
the natural world," it said.
A Reuters reporter at an Amazon depot at Tilbury docks in
eastern England said protesters had blocked the entrance.
Banners read: "Black Friday exploits people and planet",
"Amazon crime" and "Infinite growth, finite planet."
Extinction Rebellion said blockades were also being held at
Amazon depots in cities including Manchester, Newcastle and
Bristol as well as at depots in Germany and the Netherlands.
Amazon, which brought the Black Friday discount day to
Britain in 2010, had no immediate comment.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Henry Nicholls; additional
reporting by James Davey; editing by Costas Pitas and Paul
Sandle)