In a letter, hundreds of authors—including scholars, educators, researchers, publishers, and members of the international intellectual community—expressed deep concern over the exclusion of the Greek language from Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). They call on the company “to reconsider its current policy and demonstrate leadership in protecting linguistic and cultural diversity in the digital age.”

• June 18, 2026
• Published in Diaspora

The secretary of MERA25 (Diem25), Giannis Varoufakis, calls for a one-day boycott of Amazon on Black Friday with his internet message.

Varoufakis decries Amazon's influence and its handling of workers through a video he uploaded to youtube.com, in which he calls for the one-day boycott. Although it's hard to see how this will affect Amazon, Mr Varoufakis insists that Amazon boss billionaire Jeff Bezos will get the message.

But whether you agree with Mr. Varoufakis, or not, he does not, however, explain why Amazon is one of the main distributors of his books. Mr Varoufakis does not boycott Amazon by refusing to have his books bring retailed by the corporation he is attacking.

Αίσθηση προκάλεσε η κίνηση του Διευθύνοντος Συμβούλου της Amazon, Jeff Bezos, να προσφέρει στους υπαλλήλους του την δυνατότητα να αποχωρήσουν οικειοθελώς από την εταιρεία με 5000 δολάρια στην τσέπη, παρά το γεγονός ότι δρομολογεί νέες προσλήψεις και επέκταση σε άλλα σημεία.