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Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel
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#12Regardless of your opinion of the Daily Wire, they have an in-depth article with details that the Washington Post omitted. With hyperlinks to each source:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/google-employees-occupy-offic...
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#13Land of the free. Indeed it is.
In what form of government is a vocal minority of activist workers allowed to take over their employer's place of business? Please don't say "communism" as they would be sent to the gulag or worse in every communist regime that has ever existed.
When that happened in Poland in 1980, the activist workers won.[1] That's one of the places where the downfall of the USSR began.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_%28Polish_trade_uni...
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#14They said nimbus was for civilian use only, then time publishes an article saying they are dealing with the IDF directly and have a discount given that Nimbus exists…
https://time.com/6966102/google-contract-israel-defense-mini...
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#15"Bring your whole self to work."
"Bring your professional facade to work" is usually better advice.
Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel
#16They didn't just "protest" their company's work with Israel. They took over company offices, including the office of Google Cloud CEO in Sunnyvale, and refused to vacate them for 9+ hours.
It's important to remember, whenever a news headline reads "Y after X", that the headline does not actually claim "Y because of X". I find it a frustrating misdirection by the newspaper to employ such headlines, since they are so easy to misread in that way.
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#18Land of the free. Indeed it is.
In what form of government is a vocal minority of activist workers allowed to take over their employer's place of business? Please don't say "communism" as they would be sent to the gulag or worse in every communist regime that has ever existed.
These are called sit-ins or "sitdown strike", and are not particularly uncommon. They happen in many democracies around the world (not at google though).
Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel
#19Looking at the details provided by dailywire it's perfectly understandable why these people were arrested.
Had it been my workplace I would have wished for the same thing.
Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel
#20They didn't just "protest" their company's work with Israel. They took over company offices, including the office of Google Cloud CEO in Sunnyvale, and refused to vacate them for 9+ hours.
Yes... That's what protest looks like.