‘It’s a Modern-Day Draft’: Why Stanford Students Walked Out on Sundar Pichai’s Commencement Speech
Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.
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More than a hundred Stanford University students walked out during Google's CEO's commencement speech to protest the company's contracts with the U.S. and Israeli governments as well as with ICE. The organizers, two recent Stanford graduates, framed the walkout as opposition to what they characterized as defense-propelled career pipelines at elite universities that fuel systems of control. The demonstration received international media coverage and reflected broader student activism on campus around issues including Palestinian liberation and environmental justice.
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