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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.

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[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Police are always with the bourgeois and capital. Every damn time.

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Oh good, the protests prompted investigations and some decision-makers are being held acc-...

Oh.

Oh no.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Well they did choose to protest on private property. Microsoft is only doing a "urgent" reviews because this is turning into a PR disaster for them.

Maybe stand outside of MS HQ