“Amazon Capitalism' grows ever stronger. This book provides the answers on how to fight the company's terrifying omnipotence”
亚马逊渐渐成为世界上最强大的企业之一，它的CEO Jeff Bezos已成为世界首富，也是少数因为新冠病毒全球疫情获利的人。亚马逊的存在改造了世界经济：我们现在都活在“亚马逊资本主义”时代。
“一键购买”的实时购物方式加上海量的商品让亚马逊成为大多数家庭的必需品，它们的会员机制Amazon Prime拥有没有超过60%的家庭付费加入。这些会员也等于是自愿让亚马逊掌握他們的信息。亚马逊同时也是世界上最大的物流公司，减弱了劳动工会也降低了劳动标准。亚马逊同时是云端运算以及家庭监控系统的最大供应商，真的是无所不在。
书中透过尖锐的分析来探讨亚马逊企业的黑暗面，包括它的机械化、监控、科技发展、剥削员工、算法的挑战、对于当地政府的破坏等等。这本书叙述了亚马逊如何从根改变了全球资本主义，人们该如何看清它们的真面目。
关于作者：
Jake Alimahomed-Wilson是加州市立大学长滩分校的社会学教授。他主要研究物流、种族歧视、劳动以及剥削员工的现象。他写过的书包括：Solidarity Forever? Race, Gender、Unionism in the Ports of Southern California (Lexington Books, 2016、Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2008)的合著作者 以及 Choke Points (Pluto, 2018)的编辑。
Ellen Reese是加州大学Riverside分校的社会学教授。她是of They Sat Cutback, We Say Fightback! 的作者以及Wages of Empire的副编辑。
好评：
'A must-read for scholars and activists alike. This stellar collection of essays documents exploitation and resistance at Amazon across the globe' - Carolina Bank Muñoz, Tow Professor of Sociology, City University of New York
'This important and timely book on Amazon's global empire is a must read for those who are concerned about economic inequality, massive public surveillance, and the threat to worker rights and democracy around the world' - Kent Wong, Director, UCLA Labor Center
'Drawing on deep and wide-ranging scholarship, this compelling collection provides heartening evidence of push-back by communities and organised labour against Amazon. Essential reading.' - Kirsty Newsome, Professor of Employment Relations, Sheffield University
'More than a book about Amazon. It is about the transition in global capitalism and its implications not only for Amazon's workforce, but on the global working class' - Bill Fletcher, Jr., editor, globalafricanworker.com, author, trade unionist
'This brilliant compilation of essays shows us how, like Walmart before it, Amazon has risen to global dominance through shrewd use of technology, data systems and supply chains, and also by skirting and breaking laws' - Professor Stephanie Luce, School of Labor and Urban Studies, CUNY