Report: Over 200 Musicians Have Pledged To Boycott Amazon's Music Festival

Facing Boycott

Over 200 musicians have signed a letter promising not to participate in AMAZON-sponsored events until the company sever ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

BUSINESS INSIDER reports, "The letter was published WEDNESDAY by nonprofit FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE. Those who signed promised not to be part of the festival AMAZON WEB SERVICES is hosting in LAS VEGAS in early DECEMBER."

The letter makes four demands of AMAZON:

• Terminate existing contracts with military, law enforcement, and government agencies (ICE, CBP, ORR) that commit human rights abuses
• Stop providing Cloud services & tools to organizations (such as Palantir) that power the U.S. government's deportation machine
• End projects that encourage racial profiling and discrimination, such as Amazon's facial recognition product
• Reject future engagements w/ aforementioned bad actors.
• The letter calls on other musicians to join in protesting Amazon, and organizers have gathered on TWITTER under the hashtag #NoMusicForIce.

The music community will not be complicit! We invite musicians to stand in solidarity against ICE and tech companies like Amazon that power it. Take the pledge at https://t.co/f8n9gmVehu#NoMusicForICE #NoTechForIce pic.twitter.com/Hzt3J93eOB

— No Music For ICE (@NoMusicForICE) October 24, 2019

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