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Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by arrowsmith »

m1n7 wrote: post #35
drak0n1c wrote: post #12

Regardless 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...

doesn't matter how "in-depth" it is, it's still the daily wire and not trustworthy

Maybe not, but the DW article includes more photos and video than the WP article, it provides a copy of the original employee letter + list of demands, and it also embeds some tweets from one of the protest's organisers. You can form your opinion from the primary sources.

Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by dh2022 »

tsimionescu wrote: post #39
dh2022 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I prefer if the protests are relegated to a TV channel I can simply avoid ever tuning into (like CNN or MSNBC). I am not sure what state you have in mind, but US does not punish deviance from anything.

As can be seen here, they did punish these protesters. And the House has just passed a resolution saying that the slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" is antisemitic. Many states, such as Texas, require written commitments from all state employees that they will not engage in the BDS movement or other forms of protest against Israel. How are these not a punishment for deviance from the desired p…

Well, from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free is indeed antisemitic... because Israel separates West Bank (the river) from Gaza (the sea). Wanting Palestine to be free from West Bank to Gaza means that Israeli state be broken up - which is antisemitic....

Denying someone employment because of their political views is not punishment...

Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by x-egghead »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #17
cess11 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That wouldn't be a protest.

These posters would prefer all protests be relegated to a closed studio TV channel you can simply avoid ever tuning into, and a state that punishes deviancy from that

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Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by bingbangboom »

sdenton4 wrote: post #20
NeverFade wrote: post #9

They 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.

No, you can't just occupy private property as a protest. Hence why they were arrested.

Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by gorbot »

JamesAdir wrote: post #55
gorbot wrote: post #14

They 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...

The same contract the exists between CIA and aws for it's top secret regions. I always ponder why people protest against something that happens thousands of miles from their homes, while the same activity occurs in their own country.

Maybe they protested those things too? And maybe they have family that died or other connections to this topic? Or maybe they feel that there’s a better ROI on protesting this while the conflict is ongoing and the contract is newish versus protesting an American company doing business with America? Maybe they weren’t politically aware when those contracts were signed?

Just a few off the top

Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by arrowsmith »

tsimionescu wrote: post #33
m00x wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's pretty weak proof. It only says some part of it was billed to the ministry of defense. Who knows what it was used for? It could be their HR, billing, etc.

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> the ICJ has found there is a possible case for this

This is not true, and is based on a misreading of the ICJ's judgement and of the relevant law.

https://rozenberg.substack.com/p/lawyers-letter-based-on-err...

Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by lebean »

VirusNewbie wrote: post #49

Yet these clowns happily pay their taxes that end up supporting isreal. What a joke or performative empathy. Good news is there should be some reqs opening up soon in Google Cloud for people looking for work.

I hope so, these protestors are accepting blood money every time a direct deposit from Google hits their bank account or their stocks vest! Surely they'd want to keep their moral integrity intact and quit if their demands are not met.

Re: Google workers arrested after protesting company's work with Israel

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Post by KingOfCoders »

zadokshi wrote: post #24
dunekid wrote: post #3

Land of the free. Indeed it is.

Freedom on full display. Employees free to break their employment contract. Employer free to fire them. Let me guess, you want power to control what people and companies can or can not do? I don’t trust you enough to put you in control of that.

In the former (socialist) East German GDR it was illegal to change jobs. You would need state approval to change jobs. The state could mandate your job.

If you didn't work at all or didn't work the job you were assigned, you were sent to prison.

If you didn't work, the state could take away your children and offer them for adoption.

People don't know what un-freedom is, so they don't know what freedom is.

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