A group of activists is bringing a dispute from South Africa's Cape Town to Amazon's Puget Sound headquarters, hoping to stand in solidarity with some Indigenous people and appeal directly to CEO Andy Jassy.
Gathering recently outside Amazon's Day 1 building in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, about five people delivered a petition asking Jassy to stop the construction of a new Amazon office on what some of the earliest inhabitants of South Africa say is sacred land.
The petition had more than 75,000 signatures from members of the Khoi and San tribes and others opposed to the development. The Liesbeek Action Campaign, a nonprofit leading the effort to preserve the site, is still collecting signatures.
