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Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 week ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 70 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I greatly admire people who do things like this, it takes courage. They'll get hammered with the usual criticisms "quit your job if you don't like it", and "terrorist supporter" and the same old anti-activist bullshit.

It takes a backbone to put your reputation and career on the line. Even if the likelihood of succeeding in your goals is miniscule.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 25 points 1 week ago

I also admire these people.

They will get fired. Same thing happened at Google. But I hope that isn't the case.

Microsoft has invested a ton of money in Israel. If in the unlikely event that they are able to be convinced to leave Israel, that would be huge.

[–] remon@ani.social 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can someone explain the watermelon in the banner?

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Use of the Palestinian flag is censored and targeted many places, so people replace it with a watermelon with the same color scheme to still show support but with a symbol that they can't really censor.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clever yet sad that it has to be that way

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago

Yes very sad. It is terrifying that this is also somewhat necessary in countries where they tout "free speech" as a core value.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Fuck Israel, genocidal scum!

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Death, death to the IDF!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago

try the mexican flag, its close enough that people might get angry over it.