Police officers have arrested 18 people during protests at Microsoft headquarters. The protests, led by workers, took place over two days and called for Microsoft to cut business ties with Israel.
Police officers arrested 18 people at worker-led protests at Microsoft headquarters Wednesday as the tech company promises an “urgent” review of the Israeli military’s use of its technology during the ongoing war genocide in Gaza.
Two consecutive days of protest at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington called for the tech giant to immediately cut its business ties with Israel.
i sometimes wish i had started my career in a different industry because war criminals or genocide enablers seem to be the only ones hiring with at a good salary with mine.
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Working for war criminals! I know how that feels
i sometimes wish i had started my career in a different industry because war criminals or genocide enablers seem to be the only ones hiring with at a good salary with mine.
are you me?
likely.
we should go back to school and start a different career.