Pro-#Palestinian activists clash with police at Seattle Microsoft event

from #TheSeattleTimes
May 19, 2025 at 12:42 pm
Updated May 19, 2025 at 4:32 pm

"Seattle police arrested one demonstrator after a crowd of dozens tried to push into the #Seattle Convention Center, where hundreds had gathered for #Microsoft Build. Several demonstrators were doused with pepper spray.

Demonstrators ultimately left the convention center at 1:30 p.m., returning to downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park where they had rallied earlier in the day."

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/pro-palestinian-activists-clash-with-security-at-seattle-microsoft-event/

#NoTechForApartheid
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine

#Microsoft employee interrupts CEO’s keynote with pro-#Palestinian protest

Protester is engineer who worked on Azure software, which enabled #Israeli surveillance of Palestinians

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Johana Bhuiyan
Mon 19 May 2025 14.27 EDT

"“As one of the largest companies in the world, Microsoft has immeasurable power to do the right thing: demand an end to this senseless tragedy, or we will cease our technological support for Israel,” read the email... “If leadership continues to ignore this demand, I promise that it won’t go unnoticed. The world has already woken up to our complicity and is turning against us. The boycotts will increase and our image will continue to spiral into disrepair.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/microsoft-ceo-speech-palestinian-protest?CMP=share_btn_url

#NoTechForApartheid
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics
#news #press #politics @palestine

A must-read piece from a tech worker at Google, arguing for a worker-led “AI arms embargo”: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/

#XR Justice Now! has drenched Booking.com’s HQ in fake blood, calling out the company for funding and legitimizing illegal settlements in Palestinian territories.

This follows past protests, including last year’s building blockade and the bold October 2024 action when another group smashed their windows and splattered them with red paint.

On the exact day Booking.com finished replacing their windows, we thought it would be a nice moment to celebrate the re-opening of their main entrance and to show Booking.com that we will continue our campaign until they comply with our demands.

#Google caught lying about #ProjectNimbus https://theintercept.com/2024/12/02/google-project-nimbus-ai-israel/ #palestine #genocide #notechforApartheid #ai

So something definitely happened to https://www.notechforapartheid.com/ in October. That's the last month archive.org has a wayback link for it (October 9th), and apparently on the 24th of that month the DNS record was switched to gandi.net . There's now no active DNS record for it anywhere.

What the fuck happened?

#noTechForApartheid

"Google fired another 20 protesters this week, according to the No Tech For Apartheid group, bringing the total number of people sacked to about 50.".https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/what-is-project-nimbus-and-why-are-google-workers-protesting-israel-deal #NoTechForApartheid #Google #Microsoft #Amazon

Wieso greift das in dt. Medien niemand auf, bis heute nicht!? Wir (fast :)) Alle nutzen #google und vergeben Aufträge an Google - es geht uns sehr wohl etwas an. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/23/what-is-project-nimbus-and-why-are-google-workers-protesting-israel-deal "The terms Israel set for the project contractually forbid Amazon and Google from halting services due to boycott pressure. The tech companies are also forbidden from denying service to any particular government entities."(en:wikipedia) Brief des Protestbündnisses: https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/palestine-10-25-23/ #NoTechForApartheid

I haven't done a #Connection #Connections list for a while where I bring you interesting accounts from across the , so let's start Saturday morning with that - and #coffee of course.

There were some really interesting folx at #Monktoberfest this week judging by the comments on the hashtag, including my all time fave @phire. Jenny is a writer, a socio-technologist and someone I admire greatly. You should follow her. @ag_dubs has super interesting takes on #Opensource supply chains and you should follow them too. @eamon seems super interesting and is into #prometheus and #k8s.

@asilata is into #maths, and loves #sourdough baking

@huertanix is into press freedom and mechanical #keyboards (ohai from my KeyChron 8 mapped using keyd with glow in the dark keycaps) and #infosec

@The0rangeMan is an organiser for #NoTechForApartheid

@rubenerd is into #FreeBSD and #NetBSD

@fenwick is a #Professor at #Concordia and author of Internet Daemons - which questions how much transparency and oversight we're handing over to autonomous agents.

@miskaknapek is into information #vizualisation and has a really engaging website!

@Andy_Tattersall is a #researcher and research trainer and did a thought-provoking post recently on which disciplines have moved from X/Twitter to other platforms

That's all for today, hope you all have a great day and let's continue to build a more deeply connected --- if we want to --- social network

Campaign against #Google's Project Nimbus gathers steam and supporters

https://electronicintifada.net/content/campaign-against-project-nimbus-gathers-steam-and-supporters/48471

Worldwide, we have a gang violence problem.

Gangs of violent domestic extremists, armed with batons, chemical weapons, and bullets, targeting children, teachers, and other civilians across the western world for brutal gang attacks.

Gangs of violent domestic extremists, working internationally in solidarity with terrorist regimes committing and materially supporting genocide.

Despite what you may have heard, none of these gangs were ever defunded or abolished after their last round of international rioting in solidarity with the gang lynchings and the mass human rights abuses by their friends. They were instead massively re-funded and re-armed.

In case there was ever any doubt, I stand with the civilians wherever they are. I stand for human rights. I stand against genocide. I stand against apartheid. I stand against the existence of armed gangs of domestic terrorists.

Announcement! Wednesday 15.05.2024

#NoTechForApartheid: Against Amazon's support for Israeli human rights violations

Wednesday, 15.05.2024 | 08:30 am | STATION Berlin, Luckenwalder Str. 4-6, 10963 Berlin

Arrival: U1, U2, U3 Gleisdreieck | M29 Schöneberger Brücke

Call: https://asanb.noblogs.org/?p=7633

#b1505 #noAmazon

Amazon has been supporting the Israeli army with cloud services since 2021.

The 1.2 billion US dollar defence contract "Project Nimbus" (in which Google is also involved) enables the electronic surveillance of the West Bank and Gaza as well as the illegal collection of data on the Palestinian population.

The artificial intelligence used by the military for the ruthless bombardment of the Gaza Strip also relies on gigantic server capacities.

During the "Amazon Web Services Summit" in Kreuzberg, the tech company wants to promote its latest digital services. Amazon prefers to remain silent about its involvement in Israel's war crimes and illegal occupation.

We are putting a spanner in the works for Amazon! At the congress, we will protest against "Project Nimbus" and seek dialogue with the congress participants. Come along and show us: Amazon is not welcome here!

Ankündigung! Mittwoch 15.05.2024

#NoTechForApartheid: Gegen Amazons Unterstützung von israelischen Menschenrechtsverletzungen

Mittwoch, 15.05.2024 | 08:30 Uhr | STATION Berlin, Luckenwalder Str. 4-6, 10963 Berlin

Anreise: U1, U2, U3 Gleisdreieck | M29 Schöneberger Brücke

Aufruf: https://asanb.noblogs.org/?p=7633 - @techworkersber

#b1505 #noAmazon

Amazon unterstützt die israelische Armee seit 2021 mit Cloud-Diensten.

Der 1,2 Mrd. US-Dollar schwere Rüstungsvertrag "Project Nimbus" (an dem auch Google beteiligt ist) ermöglicht die elektronische Überwachung der West Bank und Gazas sowie das rechtswidrige Sammeln von Daten über die palästinensische Bevölkerung.

Auch die vom Militär zur rücksichtslosen Bombardierung des Gazastreifens eingesetzte Künstliche Intelligenz ist auf gigantische Serverkapazitäten angewiesen.

Während des "Amazon Web Services Summit" in Kreuzberg will der Tech-Konzern seine neuesten digitalen Dienste bewerben. Über seine Verstrickung in Israels Kriegsverbrechen und illegale Besatzung schweigt sich Amazon dabei lieber aus.

Wir machen Amazon einen Strich durch die Rechnung! Auf dem Kongress werden wir gegen "Project Nimbus" protestieren und das Gespräch mit den Kongressteilnehmer:innen suchen. Kommt vorbei und zeigt: Amazon ist hier nicht willkommen!

#NoTechForApartheid

https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/google-amazon-nimbus-israel-weapons-arms-gaza/

Today we at @fattoquotidiano run a story on a protest which will change the world: #Google's rebels #NoTechForApartheid

In the 21st century, #War would be almost impossible without #Tech and #BigTech

[Italian]

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/in-edicola/articoli/2024/05/01/gaza-i-ribelli-di-google-non-aiutiamo-israele/7532149/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1714545384-2

If you are a student protesting against #Israel's bloodbath in #Gaza and #apartheid, as #ColumbiaStudentsForJusticeInPalestine, you should be careful to use #Gmail, considering #Google work with #Israel's military forces, as exposed by #NOTechForApartheid

Google fires more employees over protest of cloud contract with Israel

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/23/google-fires-employees-protest-israel-contract-nimbus

Democracy Now did a great segment with Google workers who were arrested during sit-ins against Project Nimbus about Project Nimbus, the No Tech for Apartheid movement, and their motivations and experiences. Definitely worth checking out if you want to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz8Y2NSPpXo

Fuck Google.

Google sacks staff protesting over Israeli contract

#Nimbus #NoTechForApartheid

https://apple.news/ATqC_k29WSAmryRTAyDdZWw

Solidarity with the arrested and fired Google employees