Next week, September 28-October 1, activists in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, UK, Germany, Norway, and the U.S are leading a global Week of Action against one of the most villainous, destructive tech corporations of all time: Palantir.
Join the People vs. Palantir Week of Action kick-off event online on Monday, September 28, at 9am PT / 12pm ET.
Palantir is evil – Exhibit A 1
Over the last couple of years these activists have been mobilizing to ensure there’s a price to pay for the unthinkable harms Palantir is fueling against immigrants, Palestinians in Gaza, and other marginalized groups around the world.
Union members, city officials, organizers, and everyday people are pressuring local hospitals and government institutions to cut their contracts with Palantir. Now they’re escalating their efforts through a Week of Action spanning 10+ countries across the globe. And they need you with them!
Join the online People vs. Palantir kick-off event
Monday, September 28, 9am PT / 12pm ET
During the kick-off call, you’ll learn how to plug into the Week of Action through local events and online actions. You will also hear inspiring campaign updates from National Nurses United, one of the key leaders of the Purge Palantir movement, currently organizing to end Palantir’s contract with HCA Healthcare.2
Why is Palantir so dangerous?
Shortly after taking out a full page ad in the New York Times in October 2023 declaring “Palantir stands with Israel,” Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp announced on a company earnings call that he was “exceedingly proud that after Oct. 7, within weeks, we are on the ground and we are involved in operationally crucial operations in Israel.” 3
Palantir has supplied AI and computing tools to Israeli military and intelligence agencies since 2014, enabling the processing and integration of vast quantities of data from the surveillance technologies that map, track, and monitor every aspect of Palestinian life.4 This data is then fed into AI tools to generate “kill lists”––lists that have fueled the murder of more than 70,000 men, women and children in Gaza.5
Karp has defended the company’s support for this violence with blatantly racist remarks: “From my perspective, it’s not just about Israel […] It’s like, ‘Do you believe in the West? Do you believe the West has created a superior way of living?’” 6
Far closer to home, Palantir is one of the main companies providing the technological infrastructure enabling ICE’s reign of terror and violence in cities across the U.S. 7, 8
From Turtle Island to Brazil to Gaza, we can’t let Palantir get away with the decimation of our communities.
Join the People vs. Palantir Week of Action by registering for the online kick-off event at 9am PT / 12pm ET on Monday, September 28!
Leila N.
Senior Organizer
Adalah Justice Project
P.S. Excited to do more? Check out this toolkit from the BDS Movement with guidance on planning a Week of Action event, launching a Palantir divestment campaign, organizing against Palantir on campus, and plugging into the global People vs. Palantir movement in other ways!
Footnotes:
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/comments/1sq8twm/palantir_stands_with_israel/#lightbox
- Telehealth.org: https://telehealth.org/news/nurses-expand-palantir-protests-to-eight-u-s-cities/
- CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/palantir-ceo-says-outspoken-pro-israel-views-led-employees-to-leave-.html
- AFSC Investigate: https://investigate.afsc.org/company/palantir
- 972+ Magazine: https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
- CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/palantir-ceo-says-outspoken-pro-israel-views-led-employees-to-leave-.html
- Mijente: https://mijente.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mijente-The-War-Against-Immigrants_-Trumps-Tech-Tools-Powered-by-Palantir_.pdf
- Mijente & Just Futures Law: https://thecrcr.org/wp-content/uploads/Tech-Behind-ICE-Final.pdf
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