{"id":71660,"date":"2025-06-25T08:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=71660"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:09:27","slug":"everyone-hates-elon-and-greenpeace-unfold-giant-banner-on-piazza-san-marco-ahead-of-bezos-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/everyone-hates-elon-and-greenpeace-unfold-giant-banner-on-piazza-san-marco-ahead-of-bezos-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Everyone Hates Elon\u2019 and Greenpeace unfold giant banner on Piazza San Marco ahead of Bezos\u2019 wedding\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Venice, Italy \u2013 Activists from the UK action group&nbsp;<em>Everyone hates Elon<\/em>&nbsp;and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading \u201cIf you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax\u201d on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/cf44a158-gp0su5wig_medium-res-1200px-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading \u201cIf you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax\u201d on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.\" alt=\"Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading \u201cIf you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax\u201d on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.\" class=\"wp-image-71661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/cf44a158-gp0su5wig_medium-res-1200px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/cf44a158-gp0su5wig_medium-res-1200px-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/cf44a158-gp0su5wig_medium-res-1200px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/cf44a158-gp0su5wig_medium-res-1200px-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/cf44a158-gp0su5wig_medium-res-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading \u201cIf you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax\u201d on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>A spokesperson from\u00a0<em>Everyone Hates Elon<\/em>\u00a0said:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAs governments talk about hard choices and struggle to fund public services, Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down half a city for days on end just to get married. Just weeks ago he spent millions on an 11 minute space trip. If there was ever a sign billionaires like Bezos should pay wealth taxes, it\u2019s this.\u201d\u00a0<br><br><strong>Clara Thompson, Greenpeace campaigner, said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWhile Venice is sinking under the weight of the climate crisis, billionaires are partying like there is no tomorrow on their mega yachts. This isn\u2019t just about one person \u2014 it\u2019s about changing the rules so no billionaire can dodge responsibility, anywhere. The real issue is a broken system that lets billionaires skip out on their fair share of taxes while everyone else is left to foot the bill. That\u2019s why we need fair, inclusive tax rules, and they must be written at the UN.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/689e49c3-gp0su5wjv_medium-res-1200px-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading \u201cIf you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax\u201d on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.\" alt=\"Activists from the UK action group Everyone hates Elon and Greenpeace Italy unfolded a giant 20x20m banner reading \u201cIf you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax\u201d on Piazza San Marco, as Jeff Bezos is due to celebrate his reportedly multi-million wedding in the lagoon city this week.\" class=\"wp-image-71663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/689e49c3-gp0su5wjv_medium-res-1200px-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/689e49c3-gp0su5wjv_medium-res-1200px-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/689e49c3-gp0su5wjv_medium-res-1200px-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/689e49c3-gp0su5wjv_medium-res-1200px-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/06\/689e49c3-gp0su5wjv_medium-res-1200px.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/action.greenpeace.org.nz\/petition\/tax-the-super-rich?utm_source=greenpeace.org&amp;utm_medium=link\">A tax on the super-rich<\/a> would help to fund the necessary transition to a green and just future, fund affordable housing, cheaper public transport or home insulation. Greenpeace\u2019s ship, the Arctic Sunrise, was anchored at the port of Venice last week-end to promote this transition and expose the damage the fossil fuel industry causes to the people and the planet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<section\n\t\t\tclass=\"boxout post-68097  sticky-bottom-mobile collapse show\"\n\t\t\tid=\"action-card\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-category=\"Take Action Boxout\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-action=\"Image\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-ga-label=\"n\/a\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"cover-card-overlay\"\n\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/petition\/tax-the-super-rich-to-pay-for-climate-action\/\" \n\t\t\t><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2025\/01\/be24c54a-gp0su44o4-1024x683-1.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 358px, (min-width: 780px) 313px, 88px\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"People in a snowy environment are standing on and next to black shiny vehicles with yellow banners 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