Thread by @DropNimbus

📣 HUGE news from @nytimes: Our coworker and #NoTechForApartheid activist Ariel Koren resigned from @google, calling out Google’s retaliation against Palestinian, Muslim, and anti-Zionist Jewish Googlers who speak out for Palestinian human rights. 🧵

nytimes.com/2022/08/30/tec…

Fifteen Googlers are speaking out about this contract today for the first time in audio testimonies. Many are from Palestinian workers, speaking anonymously due to @Google’s culture of fear and track record of retaliation. Listen here:

@nytimes highlights our coworkers’ stories of how @google creates an environment of fear that shields it from accountability for its $1 billion contract with the Israeli government and military.

Read and listen to more of our stories: jewishdiasporatech.org/voices

While @google claims to value diversity, the @nytimes clearly concludes that, based on our coworkers’ stories, at Google "[s]peech supporting the Israeli government is permitted, while speech supporting Palestinians is flagged and sometimes a punishable offense."

@google’s attempts to silence us only make us more resolved to stop our labor from harming Palestinians. As Ariel says, “When Google retaliates against workers, it’s about creating a culture of fear. I think the opposite is true in this case — more workers took a stand.”

We won’t stop until @google and @amazon stop providing tech for Israeli apartheid!

Join us next Thurs, September 8 in Seattle, SF, and NYC as we take action at our workplaces with community orgs: notechforapartheid.com/#dayofaction

#NoTechForApartheid