[Fuusm-l] Is there an alternative to Amazon?

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Thanks, Annie


---- Annie Warmke via Fuusm-l <fuusm-l at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> Since I raised some issues that make it difficult to look past the FUUSM 
> creed and still shop with Amazon I thought I would pass along some 
> alternatives.  While these are not inclusive of everything that's 
> possible, it shows there are a number of easy alternatives.  I love 
> Thrive Market and find that even though there is a small membership fee 
> (which then enables someone who can't afford the membership to join) 
> it's worth it.  After their initial rush at the beginning of the crisis 
> lock down they have been able to be timely in their response.  I've 
> ordered the tofu brand I like from other sites, and herbs from Mountain 
> Rose.  When I go back to living in the real world I will purchase these 
> items locally when possible.  Annie
> 
> 
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> Subject: 	Is there an alternative to Amazon?
> Date: 	Wed, 20 May 2020 18:00:56 -0400
> From: 	Charlotte Tate, Green America <ctate at greenamerica.org>
> Reply-To: 	Charlotte Tate, Green America <webster at greenamerica.org>
> To: 	annie at bluerockstation.com
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> Friend,
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> Amazon is thriving… But workers are not.
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> Despite worker abuse, environmental abuse, AND a completely lackluster 
> response to COVID-19, Amazon and Jeff Bezos are accumulating more and 
> more wealth and power. With a company this dominate, it can feel nearly 
> impossible to NOT support this behemoth.
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> Due to the health risk that Amazon workers are taking every day, in 
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> It bears repeating, in the middle of a global pandemic, *Amazon, a 
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