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Apr 15 2024
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Protesters stop traffic on I-5 south in Eugene; arrests made
A group of demonstrators waving Palestinian flags blocked travel lanes on Interstate 5 Monday morning in Eugene, stopping all southbound traffic for 45 minutes. The demonstration began around 10 a.m. near the Barlow Bridge, the Oregon State Police said in a press release. State troopers arrested “dozens” of people on allegations of disorderly conduct, state police officials said, but they did
The OregonianApr 18 2024
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San Francisco faces protests over budget cuts amid deficit
San Francisco officials are facing difficult decisions over which programs to prioritize amid a looming budget deficit. Why it matters: The city has had fiscal challenges since its pandemic-driven downturn. In December, Mayor London Breed ordered midyear budget cuts of about $75 million before directing agencies to propose 10% spending cuts for the next fiscal year. State of play: Budget
AxiosApr 20 2024
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Nine Google Workers Arrested at Sit-In Protesting Firm’s Work with Israel
At least nine workers at Google were arrested Tuesday after staging sit-ins at Google’s office in New York City and the office of Google Cloud’s CEO in Sunnyvale, California, to protest Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the Israeli government and military. Emaan Haseem is a Google software engineer in Sunnyvale. Emaan Haseem: “We demand that Google
Democracy Now!Apr 17 2024
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Google Fires Twenty-Eight Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal with Israel
Google fired twenty-eight employees Wednesday after they participated in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel’s government that also includes Amazon. Workers at both companies have claimed the deal makes advanced technology available to Israel’s security apparatus that could contribute to the killing or harm of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The
WiredApr 17 2024
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28 Google employees laid off after Sunnyvale, NY protests
(KRON) — Google announced Tuesday that 28 employees were let go due to ceasefire protests that happened Tuesday at company facilities, Google confirmed to KRON4. The 10-hour sit-ins took place at offices in Sunnyvale and New York. According to Google, the protests were largely put on by people who do not work for Google, but some employees joined in. Google called the actions “a clear
KRON4Feb 02 2023
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Kyle Rittenhouse loses bid to toss out lawsuit by family of slain Kenosha protester
A Wisconsin federal judge has shot down bids by Kyle Rittenhouse and local law enforcement to toss out a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of slain Kenosha protester Anthony Huber.
Huber’s father, John Huber, filed suit in 2021, claiming Rittenhouse, 20, conspired with law enforcement to harm protesters during major unrest in Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020.
The suit also names the
New York Post (News)Apr 16 2024
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‘No Tech For Apartheid: Google Workers Protest Company’s Services To Israel
A group of Google employees protested Tuesday in California and New York against the information technology corporation’s provision of cloud computing services to Israel, according to reports. The protesters in Google’s Sunnyvale, California location entered the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian Tuesday morning and said they would leave only if Google would withdraw from Project Nimbus
The Daily CallerApr 15 2024
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Pro-Palestinian protesters in Miami hope to send a message to US government
MIAMI - With Palestinian flags and signs in hand, dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters marched along Biscayne Boulevard this afternoon, sending a strong message to the U.S. government. "This is something that should never be happening with our tax dollars. So, today is April 15, it's tax day, and we're out here to say stop funding the war," said Nikki Morse with South Florida Jewish Voice for
CBS News (Online)Apr 15 2024
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SCOTUS Strangles Protest Rights in 3 Southern States by Refusing to Hear Case
The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a stunning blow to protest rights in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi on Monday when it declined to hear Mckesson v. Doe, leaving in place a fifth circuit appeals court’s ruling that allows protest organizers to be held liable for violence caused by any single person who shows up to a mass protest. Mckesson arose when a Baton Rouge police officer, identified
Daily BeastAug 25 2020
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Jacob Blake's mother calls for prayers, end to violent protests in Kenosha
Jacob Blake's mother, Julia Jackson, implored Kenosha residents on Tuesday to bring an end to the violence that followed the police-shooting of her son, adding, "We really just need prayers."
Why it matters: Kenosha, Wisconsin, has been in a state of chaos since police shot Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, eight times — months after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Axios