Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’ Is Dead, But Its Amazon Tax Has Come Roaring Back to Life – Reason.com

Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’ Is Dead, But Its Amazon Tax Has Come Roaring Back to Life – Reason.com:

• The city has passed a new payroll tax on large employers that is expected to raise over $200 million a year.

"Following the passage of the JumpStart tax, (city council member) Sawant issued a grave warning to "Jeff Bezos and his class," saying any repeal effort would result in the proletariat finally casting off their chains.

"If you attempt to overturn the Amazon Tax, working people will go all out in the thousands to defeat you," said Sawant.
"We cannot and will not stop until we overthrow [capitalism] and replace it with a world based instead on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality. A socialist world."...Read all.