According to its organizers, a protest put together over the last week pulled together 20,000 workers in 50 Google offices around the world who walked out at 11:10 AM local time yesterday. While the response came to a boil after the New York Times wrote about misconduct and payouts among high-ranking execs, as several participants […]
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Massive protest against right-wing surge hits Berlin as ethnic tensions boil over in Germany
Thousands have rallied in Berlin against the riding wave of right-wing politics. The protests come in the wake of recent far-right and neo-Nazi demonstrations against multiculturalism in Chemnitz, Köthen, and Schönberg. Groups including, pro-refugee, LGBTIQ+ groups, and Muslim organizations hit the streets in support of Saturday’s ‘Indivisible’ protest against the growing surge of racism and […]
Afghans protest ‘achievements’ of government after airstrikes kill 24 people in 5 days
As the Taliban continues to gain ground in Afghanistan, the US and local forces have stepped up their bombing campaign, causing a spike in civilian casualties. Fed up with the carnage, Afghans hit the streets to protest. Angry crowds took to the streets of the Afghan city of Kunduz on Wednesday, protesting airstrikes by the […]
Google employees considered manipulating search results to help protest Trump’s travel ban (GOOG, GOOGL)
Greg Sandoval/Sundar Pichai In early 2017, an undisclosed number of Google employees discussed via internal messages ways that they could manipulate search results in protest of President Trump’s travel ban, reports the Wall Street Journal. They suggested surfacing links to pro-immigration organizations and ways to contact government agencies when you searched for terms like “Islam” […]
Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho dedicates Burnley win to Ed Woodward after fans' plane protest
Despite Marcus Rashford seeing red and Paul Pogba missing a penalty, Mourinho dedicated the win to his executive vice chairman after fans had hired a plane to trail a banner saying: “Ed Woodward: specialist in failure.” That was a reference to Woodward’s perceived failure to back Mourinho’s pursuit of central defensive targets in the summer. […]
Turks smashed their iPhones in protest of US sanctions and their plummeting currency
Screenshot/Twitter Several Turks on social media protested US sanctions and the country’s plunging currency by smashing their iPhones and chopping up US dollars. The trend appears to have started on Wednesday, after a video of a man obliterating five iPhones with a sledgehammer went viral. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the boycott of […]
Google employees reportedly sign letter in protest of China censorship project
Amid internal backlash over plans to bring a censored search engine to China, about 1,000 Google employees have reportedly sent a letter to company leadership asking for more answers. “We urgently need more transparency, a seat at the table, and a commitment to clear and open processes: Google employees need to know what we’re building,…Read […]
Yemeni children protest Saudi-led aggression after school bus airstrike tragedy (VIDEO)
Dozens of children took to the streets of Yemen’s capital Sanaa to protest the deadly Saudi-led bombing campaign in the country. They carried pictures of the kids slain in an airstrike that hit a school bus earlier this week. The young protesters of various ages chanted anti-Saudi slogans and carried banners in both Arabic and […]
Thousands protest in Romania capital after police crackdown
Crowds of anti-corruption protesters were back in the streets of Romania’s capital Bucharest on Saturday, following the clashes between demonstrators and riot police that left over 400 people injured on the previous day. The rallies have been spearheaded by expats who claimed that they had been forced to leave the country due to corruption. Demonstrators […]
DC metro scraps plan for special trains for Unite the Right demonstrators after workers protest
Washington’s Metrorail authorities have abandoned the idea of providing dedicated trains for white nationalists expected to descend on the capital on the anniversary of Charlottesville riots after it was slammed by a trade union. “Metro will not be having a separate train, or a separate car, or anything separate for anybody at this event that […]