We are Google and Amazon workers. We condemn Project Nimbus
Anonymous Google and Amazon workers
We cannot support our employer’s decision to supply the Israeli military and government technology that is used to harm Palestinians
We are writing as Google and Amazon employees of conscience from diverse backgrounds. We believe that the technology we build should work to serve and uplift people everywhere, including all of our users. As workers who keep these companies running, we are morally obligated to speak out against violations of these core values. For this reason, we are compelled to call on the leaders of Amazon and Google to pull out of Project Nimbus and cut all ties with the Israeli military. So far, more than 90 workers at Google and more than 300 at Amazon have signed this letter internally. We are anonymous because we fear retaliation.
We have watched Google and
Amazon aggressively pursue contracts with institutions like the US Department of Defense, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), and state and local police departments. These contracts are part of a disturbing pattern of militarization, lack of transparency and avoidance of oversight.
Continuing this pattern, our employers signed a contract called
Project Nimbus to sell dangerous technology to the Israeli military and government. This contract was signed the same week that the Israeli military attacked Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – killing nearly
250 people, including more than 60 children. The technology our companies have contracted to build will make the systematic discrimination and displacement carried out by the
Israeli military and government even crueler and deadlier for Palestinians.
Full article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...demn-project-nimbus-israeli-military-contract
