Two West Seattle demonstrations planned as part of nationwide ‘We Ain’t Buying It’

Every Sunday, West Seattle Resist members wave signs just south of the Farmers’ Market in The Junction. If you’re in the area tomorrow, you might see a different group demonstrating a few blocks east. West Seattle Indivisible is leading local participation in the nationwide “We Ain’t Buying It“ movement, urging people to focus their spending on small local businesses instead of large corporations this holiday season, for a variety of reasons. As part of that, they’re planning two demonstrations in the next six days: Tomorrow outside Whole Foods Market at Fauntleroy/Alaska, 10 am-noon, and Friday outside Westwood Village Target, 8 am-10 am. Those locations represent two of the three corporations that “We Ain’t Buying It” is focusing on – Amazon and Target – though there’s no local action currently planned at the West Seattle outpost of the third, The Home Depot.

Rhonda November 22, 2025 (10:05 pm)

Don’t these people understand that Target, Home Depot, Amazon, and Whole Foods employ hundreds of our West Seattle neighbors so they can pay their mortgages, rents, and feed/clothe their families? I bet most of those protesters are retired and don’t have to worry about being laid off due to a store closure.

WSB November 22, 2025 (10:21 pm)

This is not offered in support of the protest/boycott but as a little-known fact, side note to your point:
More jobs are generated by small U.S. businesses than large ones:
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/small-businesses-contributed-55-percent-of-the-total-net-job-creation-from-2013-to-2023.htm
Brian November 23, 2025 (12:03 am)

Loose Translation: “Shouldn’t these folks just be happy for the scraps they’ve been offered?”
- Josh November 23, 2025 (10:10 am)
  
  The poster is a sad old troll who has demonstrated years long lack of critical thinking and empathy on the blog. Just ignore them.
KT November 23, 2025 (5:34 am)

I am pretty sure that the small businesses they are encouraging you to support, also employ our neighbors too. And profits from locally owned stores are more likely to be spent directly here in Seattle rather than sent to corporate hqs or stockholders
Mellow Kitty November 23, 2025 (8:02 am)

You are delusional if you believe these businesses pay their employees a living wage.
Carole November 23, 2025 (8:47 am)

Rhonda, you sound skeptical. Surely you understand why protests are happening all over the country. These people? These people are very aware and have good reason to finally rise up and say something. These people want to build a better society for all.
Grossephine November 23, 2025 (4:54 pm)

Wet Rhonda, everybody.
Jay November 24, 2025 (3:20 pm)

Do you actually believe that these companies pay a living wage? They pay so little that it’s a net-negative for communities because they displace jobs that pay a living with poverty wages.

Alki resident November 22, 2025 (10:32 pm)

Whole Foods is one of the only stores we can rely on to carry safe foods for my family because of the allergies they endure. So I’m appreciative of them being local for us.

Pet store supporter November 23, 2025 (5:48 am)

Please support next to nature pet store in the junction. They are a small business locally owned and struggling due to exorbitantly high rent and tariffs. These are wonderful, community focused owners, with caring, wonderful employees. Please support them.

Javier November 23, 2025 (7:15 am)

We haven’t bought holiday gifts for years. We tell people
not to get us anything either. At the end of the season we have extra cash in
our bank accounts and no clutter. Win win!

Lauren November 23, 2025 (8:26 am)

Fully support. FYI for those curious, this boycott is focused on Thanksgiving day through Cyber Monday (so, 5 days in total) — NOT the entire holiday season. So for me, as someone who does occasionally still need to get things at Amazon or Target, this makes it doable.

Local Fun November 23, 2025 (8:28 am)

To celebrate a recent birthday I decided to make all purchases at local small businesses. West Seattle has an incredible variety of shops: book stores, bakeries, bike and outdoor recreation shops, a hardware store, gift shops, clothing stores for children and for adults, gift and card shops, thrift stores, a deli, pet suppliers, toy and game stores, music shops, yarn and craft stores, etc etc etc…Have some fun: Challenge yourself to buy from these locations for your celebrations!

BlairJ November 23, 2025 (2:28 pm)

While you are planning your holiday spending, please consider the amount of plastic you are purchasing. We can still celebrate while reducing the amount of plastic that we are putting into the landfills, trying to recycle, and allowing to deteriorate into the environment.

WSPilot November 23, 2025 (3:18 pm)

I work at Amazon and live in West Seattle. There isn’t one right answer. Shop where you want. Protest what you want. Continue to be open minded and learn everything you can.

Patrick November 23, 2025 (6:50 pm)

I shop and support small businesses and I also shop at Amazon. Two things can be true at the same time.

Brian November 23, 2025 (7:37 pm)

Ah yes, the all too common capitalist centrist.
k November 23, 2025 (8:15 pm)

The protest isn’t about big vs. small business, it’s about not giving your money to companies that are enabling discriminatory policies that impact your neighbors and your community.

So yes, it is true you can give your money to people who will use it to fund political causes that hurt minorities, while also giving your money to businesses who support diversity and put that money back in the community.

Some people aren’t impacted by those policies so they don’t care. But others do, and want to make what difference they can in their community.

Libra November 23, 2025 (9:00 pm)

Be patient….the new mayor will fix it all.

Jake November 24, 2025 (8:01 am)

Why do people respond like this? It’s like you’re rooting for failure. Sorry Harrell was a do-nothing mayor but Katie isn’t mayor yet and already getting stepped on–why? Can we not let her in office first?

Not Ai lol November 28, 2025 (8:38 am)

Jobs are important but being a slave to big corporations is worth fighting against the economic turmoil created by the wealthy one percent . Quit bowing down to their quotas and stock predictions and buying into their systematic domination over household goods and clothing. Big corporations are already rolling over in their graves with too much money and now they want to take out the smaller companies and monopolize on everything and outsource jobs to other countries and Ai. Just look at how many self checkout systems are in place at stores and the inflated prices on everything. Everyone using cards too instead of real cash that creates transaction fees that eventually deplete currency value turning a twenty dollar bill into fifty cents.. all the while a paper 20 dollar bill will hold its value from each hand it’s exchanged even a year from now. So what are people thinking paying top dollar on things that should not be even half that price. Stop being cheated and devalued your time and money are worth more and Americans need to wake up to what really matters put your money where your mouth is

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