Bay Area Rally Against Hate

The Tech Workers Coalition in San Francisco has voted unanimously to endorse and support the Bay Area Rally Against Hate, a peaceful counter-protest to the “No to Marxism in America” rally being organized by the white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, and fascists calling themselves the “alt-right”. As the world saw from the events in Charlottesville, VA, this white nationalist movement is only becoming more violent and militant. Whereas historically members of popular racist movements would don white hoods to hide their identities, in Charlottesville we saw a united and emboldened far-right openly flaunt their racism and brutally attack counter-protesters in front of the eyes of the world.

We as people, and as tech workers in particular, refuse to allow this fascist movement to continue unopposed. Whether they gather in person or online, we are committed to denying them a platform to threaten people in any way.

We are a coalition of workers from many workplaces, beliefs, genders, ethnicities, sexualities, and origins. We are united in our shared goals for a better future for workers in the tech industry and beyond. We condemn how the leadership of tech companies have been unwilling to confront racist harassment on their platforms, usually under the guise of free speech, until the pressure from their workers and the larger community becomes too powerful to ignore. We believe that the way to change the world around us is from the bottom up and necessarily involves connecting with our co-workers and neighbors in our communities. We know that we are stronger together and that an injury to one is an injury to all.

On August 27th, we are making the choice to stand in solidarity with everyone in our community who rejects hatred. We will come together and continue building a better world.

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