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Activists project video onto Bezos’ penthouse ahead of the Met Gala
May 6, 2026
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“Billionaires shouldn’t exist, billionaires they’ve got to go” A video statement by former Amazon worker and labor organizer Chris Smalls was projected onto Jeff Bezos’s Manhattan penthouse on May 3, ahead of the Met Gala, as activists staged a series of high-profile protests against the billionaire. The action, organized by protest group Everyone Hates Elon, featured testimony from Chris Smalls criticizing working conditions at Amazon, as well as the company’s involvement in Project Nimbus and Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“Amazon invested $7.2 billion into Project Nimbus, which is used to surveil and target innocent Palestinians” Smalls said. “Billionaires shouldn’t exist. Billionaires, they gotta go.” The projection formed part of a wider campaign targeting Bezos, who, alongside his wife Lauren Sanchez, served as an honorary cochair and major sponsor of this year’s Met Gala. Smalls was later seen getting arrested after trying to storm into the gala. On Monday, demonstrators organized a counter-event titled “Resistance Red Carpet,” where they displayed “Tax the Rich” in giant letters. The annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute is known for its extravagant fashion, celebrity guests, and eye-popping ticket prices. Tickets cost $100,000 each, though most celebrities attend as guests. Subscribe: http://trt.world/subscribe Livestream: http://trt.world/ytlive Facebook: http://trt.world/facebook X (Twitter): http://trt.world/twitter Instagram: http://trt.world/instagram TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@trtworld WhatsApp: trtworld.com/whatsapp Telegram: https://t.me/trtworld Visit our website: http://trt.world
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