ReImagining Value Action Lab

The World After Amazon: Stories from Amazon Workers

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The World After Amazon is a collection of 9 short speculative stories, written by rank-and-file workers at the corporation that has transformed the way we read and so much more. Amazon's sci-fi propaganda tells the story of a company using cutting-edge technology to deliver a utopia of cheap consumer convenience. But its workers pay the price, toiling in dystopian conditions to create a future that will exclude them. What happens when those workers reclaim the radical imagination and their power to tell their own stories? The World After Amazon can be ordered in print or read or downloaded on...

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New Entry, by Worker #4 04.09.2024 15:49

In the far future, humanity has found the source of infinite energy... but it is not yet free from the power of propaganda… This short story is part of The World After Amazon , a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Worker 4 Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and...

The Museum of Prime, by Worker 2 04.09.2024 21:06

After Amazon’s fall, a local ruler uses violence and fear to dominate the island of Zanjara. It’s up to his son to find The Museum of Prime and restore the balance. This short story is part of The World After Amazon , a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Wor...

The Dark Side of Convenience, by Worker 1 04.09.2024 25:48

Workers are kept so busy working for Amazon they don’t realize the apocalypse the company is helping to create. This short story is part of The World After Amazon , a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Worker 1 Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and music: Rober...

Forever on the Clock, by Worker #3 04.09.2024 24:48

The story of a worker who quits Amazon only to discover the prison where he is being held looks very familiar… This short story is part of The World After Amazon , a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Worker 3 Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and music: Robert...

ANYBODY HOME?, by Pearl Cecil Sigur Ramsey 04.09.2024 27:59

A podcast from the end of the world, where corporations can even exploit screams of rebellion. This short story is part of The World After Amazon, a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Pearl Cecil Sigur Ramsey Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and music: Robert...

Life After Amazon, by Anneth Chepkoech 04.09.2024 19:40

A young migrant boy dreams of creating an online retail platform that respects and values workers like his father. This short story is part of The World After Amazon , a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Anneth Chepkoech Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and m...

Relentless, by Dartagnan 04.09.2024 26:28

What could go wrong if scientists tried to artificially enhance the empathy that people have lost in an age of techno-isolation? This short story is part of The World After Amazon, a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Dartagnan Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing...

Thalia in Albios, by Cory Gluck 04.09.2024 24:47

One woman’s journey through a dystopian future, from terrified housecleaner to fearless revolutionary This short story is part of The World After Amazon, a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Cory Gluck Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and music: Robert Steenka...

The Iron Uprising, by Ibrahim Alsahary 04.09.2024 17:58

Robots and humans come together in common struggle… and in love. This short story is part of The World After Amazon, a collection of short speculative fiction by Amazon workers. To learn more, to order the book, or to read or listen to more stories, please visit http://afteramazon.world Author: Ibrahim Alsahary Narrator: Sook-Yin Lee Editing and music: Robert Steenkamer