06/24/2025

Greenpeace Joins Anti-Bezos Protest in Venice, Italy

The group is upset over excessive billionaire tax breaks

Greenpeace on Monday joined the smattering of protests in Venice against the upcoming wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

A half-dozen protesters unfurled a giant banner early Monday in St. Mark’s Square reading: "IF YOU CAN RENT VENICE FOR YOUR WEDDING YOU CAN PAY MORE TAX."* Local police quickly folded it up and took it away.

The demonstration followed other anti-Bezos initiatives last week including a banner draped from the San Giorgio bell tower, one from the lagoon city’s famous Rialto Bridge and posters plastered up around town complaining about the upcoming wedding and the effects of over-tourism on Venice. The “No Space for Bezos” movement — a play on words also referring to the bride’s recent space flight — has united a dozen Venetian organizations including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups.

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*Grammatical errors related to capitalization and punctuation were not rectified by OSAP.