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

"The first internal Google report makes clear that the company worried how Israel might use its technology. “If Google Cloud moves forward with the tender, we recommend the business secure additional assurances to avoid Google Cloud services being used for, or linked to, the facilitation of human rights violations.”

It’s unclear if such assurances were ever offered."
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/12/google-nimbus-israel-military-ai-human-rights/

“Our company is now powering state violence across the globe.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/

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/