Curious (or not?) that one of FOSDEM 2026's sponsors is google, which provides part of the tech infrastructure for israel to commit genocide in Palestine through its participation in project Nimbus...
some refs:
FOSDEM starting in a bit!
Some talks that could be interesting for workers:
31 Jan, 10:00
FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI -> war always most hurts working people
We need to talk about war. And we need to talk about companies building bots that propose to rewrite our source code. And about the people behind both, and how we preserve what is great about FOSS while avoiding disruption. How do geopolitical conflicts on the one hand and the risk of bot-generated (adversarial) code on the other influence the global community working together on Free and Open Source software?
cc @techwerkers
Curious (or not?) that one of FOSDEM 2026's sponsors is google, which provides part of the tech infrastructure for israel to commit genocide in Palestine through its participation in project Nimbus...
some refs:
#notech4apartheid According to whistleblowers, Google leadership instructed its Trust & Safety workers to NOT remove Israeli propaganda ads that deny the forced starvation of Palestinians, #Google is complicit in genocide by:providing a global platform for Israeli propaganda to whitewash genocide, apartheid, and colonial occupation. and $1.2 billion AI and cloud computing (Project Nimbus) with the Israeli military. #NoTechForApartheid built tool to mass-report these ads. https://bad-ads.replit.app/
#notech4apartheid According to whistleblowers, Google leadership instructed its Trust & Safety workers to NOT remove Israeli propaganda ads that deny the forced starvation of Palestinians, #Google is complicit in genocide by:providing a global platform for Israeli propaganda to whitewash genocide, apartheid, and colonial occupation. and $1.2 billion AI and cloud computing (Project Nimbus) with the Israeli military. #NoTechForApartheid built tool to mass-report these ads. https://bad-ads.replit.app/
In addition, Booking workers say NO to workplace retaliation and discrimination:
"We demand explicit assurance that employees are free to express solidarity with the Palestinian people without fear of retaliation, discrimination, or the application of double standards. This includes but is not limited to public expression, workplace discussion, and conscientious refusals to participate in activities that contradict such views."
Should be a given, because any such workplace discrimination & retaliation is prohibited under Dutch law, but hey 
you never know
What would it look like for Booking to cease complicity in the illegal occupation of Palestine?
Booking workers demand, concretely:
The workers' core demand is that Booking should cease its complicity in the illegal zionist occupation of Palestine:
"We demand the company discloses all ties to the illegal Israeli occupation and immediately ceases its business relationship with apartheid Israel and adhere to international law as outlined in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"
Booking workers issue a statement, calling on the company to quit its human rights abuses
"Statement
As employees, we call on the business to hold itself to its own standards. We call on Booking.com to stop infringing on the human rights of the Palestinian people and to immediately seek to mitigate and remediate the human rights impacts caused by or linked to its business operations."
What would it look like for Booking to cease complicity in the illegal occupation of Palestine?
Booking workers demand, concretely:
In addition, Booking workers say NO to workplace retaliation and discrimination:
"We demand explicit assurance that employees are free to express solidarity with the Palestinian people without fear of retaliation, discrimination, or the application of double standards. This includes but is not limited to public expression, workplace discussion, and conscientious refusals to participate in activities that contradict such views."
Should be a given, because any such workplace discrimination & retaliation is prohibited under Dutch law, but hey you never know
The workers' core demand is that Booking should cease its complicity in the illegal zionist occupation of Palestine:
"We demand the company discloses all ties to the illegal Israeli occupation and immediately ceases its business relationship with apartheid Israel and adhere to international law as outlined in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"
What would it look like for Booking to cease complicity in the illegal occupation of Palestine?
Booking workers demand, concretely:
Booking workers issue a statement, calling on the company to quit its human rights abuses
"Statement
As employees, we call on the business to hold itself to its own standards. We call on Booking.com to stop infringing on the human rights of the Palestinian people and to immediately seek to mitigate and remediate the human rights impacts caused by or linked to its business operations."
The workers' core demand is that Booking should cease its complicity in the illegal zionist occupation of Palestine:
"We demand the company discloses all ties to the illegal Israeli occupation and immediately ceases its business relationship with apartheid Israel and adhere to international law as outlined in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights"
Booking workers issue a statement, calling on the company to quit its human rights abuses
"Statement
As employees, we call on the business to hold itself to its own standards. We call on Booking.com to stop infringing on the human rights of the Palestinian people and to immediately seek to mitigate and remediate the human rights impacts caused by or linked to its business operations."
Activists of the Dutch group Geef Tegengas blocked the entry gates to Microsoft's data centre in Middenmeer, the Netherlands
The action is in protest at the company's facilitation of surveillance data on Palestinian people used in genocide
#GeefTegengas#NoTechForApartheid#NoDataForGenocide#Middenmeer#Netherlands
Activists of the Dutch group Geef Tegengas blocked the entry gates to Microsoft's data centre in Middenmeer, the Netherlands
The action is in protest at the company's facilitation of surveillance data on Palestinian people used in genocide
#GeefTegengas#NoTechForApartheid#NoDataForGenocide#Middenmeer#Netherlands
