The Rebellion Expection activists organized a protest in the San Marco Square in Venice, on the day of Jeff Bezos, to draw attention to social inequalities and climatic crisis, but the action was quickly interrupted by the authorities.
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Activists of the Rebellion Exhibition Movement protested on Thursday in San Marco Square in Venice, even on the first day of billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The protest included two masked people in wedding costumes, symbolically linked to a false planet and other protesters holding banners with inscriptions “Governments”, “Mass-Media”, “Economy” and “Justice”according to Il Fatto Quotidiano, writes Mediafax.
However, the action was quickly concluded by law enforcement – Municipal Police, National Police and Soldiers – who forced all thirty participants. Most activists were detained for several hours at the Municipal Police headquarters in the market, while a smaller group was taken to the police station for identification and probably for charges of unauthorized manifestation.
Prior to the intervention of the authorities, one of the protesters managed to climb the mast in front of Saint Marc basilica and undo a banner with the message “The 1% ru (i) ns the world “(” 1% destroys the world “).
Extraction Rebellion is part of several groups that challenge the private event of the founder Amazon, using the opportunity to draw attention to social inequalities and problems related to climatic justice.
Venice became, from Tuesday, the host of one of the most lavish weddings of the year: that of the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and journalist Lauren Sanchez. The event will be between June 27 and 29 and has already brought luxury yachts, private aircraft, an impressive list of famous guests but also harsh critics from environmental activists.
