Trump’s masked agents snatching people off the streets. Israel dropping bombs on Palestinian families. And Westpac.They all chose the same data-tech company: Palantir.Around the world, people are organising to push Palantir out. Here in Australia, Coles is dumping Palantir.It’s time we make Westpac do the same.
Dump Palantir is a community campaign by grassroots Palestine solidarity groups across the continent. Its digital campaigns and collected data are managed by AUS Free Palestine, a national coalition of Palestine solidarity groups.
We acknowledge that we live, work and organised on the stolen lands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples. We pay respect to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
A surveillance tech company profiting off the genocide in Gaza and ICE is not an acceptable business partner for anyone.Westpac, it's time to dump Palantir.Add your name and send a quick message to Westpac using our template >>
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Are you a Westpac customer? One of the most powerful things you can do is make an official complaint and make Westpac officially defend its choices.
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As a Westpac customer you have more leverage than most to pressure them for change. First is to lodge an official complaint.Westpac requires customers to use its online portal or app to lodge a formal complaint. We have made a step-by-step guide to walk you through the whole process as well as a template complaint to use as reference.Fill out the form to receive the guide to lodge an official complaint with Westpac >>
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New to the campaign? Send Westpac a message - let them know you want them to dump Palantir.
Get out in the real world! Plan a peaceful action at your local Westpac branch. Whether it's a community complaint day or educating customers and staff, fill out the form to adopt your local branch.
Spread the word
Share campaign posts, print a flyer, put up a poster or talk to people in your community.
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Bring the pressure offline and host your own action at a branch near you.
Whether you're thinking community engagement, a peaceful protest or anything in between, use the form to sign up and host your own action at or near a Westpac branch.
We'll get in touch with resources and support to get you started!
Find a branch near you here or leave the question blank for us to suggest one near you.
We are proposing three dates for you to host an action. You can choose more than one or elect a different date if none works for you or your group.
- Sat 7 Nov: community engagement day
- Tue 10 Nov: inside or outside a branch targeting customers and/or staff
- Wed 16 Dec: date of Westpac's Annual General Meeting (AGM), let's make as much noise as we can to build pressure on shareholders and executives
Regarding time, we encourage action in the morning or around lunchtime depending on your needs and goals.
What support you will receive as hosts:
- Guide on hosting a branch action, including how to have conversations about Westpac and Palantir;
- A RSVP page for you to recruit your community. Any sign-ups will be shared with you so you can contact your RSVPs directly;
- Direct support from our organising team including a webinar before your action to connect you with other action hosts;
- Physical and digital assets such as print-outs, flyers, placards etc
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Tell Westpac
New to the campaign? Send Westpac a message - let them know you want them to dump Palantir.
Are you a Westpac customer? One of the most powerful things you can do is make an official complaint and make Westpac officially defend its choices.
Spread the word
Share campaign posts, print a flyer, put up a poster or talk to people in your community.
Help organise
Want to do more?
Help organise outreach, branch visits, actions or campaigning where you live, work or study.
Part of an organisation/small business?
The Dump Palantir Coalition brings together Palestine, BDS, anti-war, community organisations and small businesses to pressure Australian companies and institutions to end their relationships with Palantir.Our current target: WESTPAC → DUMP PALANTIREndorse the coalition statement below and add your organisation's logo to join.We'll send you campaign materials and ways your organisation can participate — from sharing the campaign to engaging your supporters and taking local action.Together, we can make doing business with Palantir a deal-breaker.
Coalition StatementWe, the undersigned organisations, call on Australian companies and institutions to end their relationships with Palantir.Palantir is not an ordinary technology company.The Palestinian-led BDS movement identifies Palantir as a company complicit in Israel's genocide, apartheid and illegal military occupation. Palantir provides military and AI technology to Israel and entered a strategic partnership with Israel's Ministry of Defense to support its assault on Gaza.Palantir's support continued after the International Court of Justice issued binding provisional measures under the Genocide Convention ordering Israel to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Palantir and its executives now face potential criminal liability for their role in facilitating international crimes.Palantir's technology is also used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to track people for detention and deportation, while its surveillance technology has been deployed by police, governments and corporations around the world.Australian companies and institutions are choosing to give business, money and legitimacy to a company that profits from military violence, mass surveillance and the targeting of vulnerable communities.They do not have to do business with Palantir. They choose to.Our coalition has already demonstrated what organised public pressure can achieve. After sustained campaigning from GetUP and the wider Palestine movement, Coles announced it would not renew its relationship with Palantir.Now we continue.We stand with Palestinians resisting genocide and apartheid, migrants targeted by detention and deportation, workers entitled to dignity and privacy, and communities everywhere rejecting surveillance and repression.We call on Australian companies and institutions to end their relationships with Palantir and commit not to renew or enter into contracts with the company.DUMP PALANTIR.
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Tell Westpac
New to the campaign? Send Westpac a message - let them know you want them to dump Palantir.
Are you a Westpac customer? One of the most powerful things you can do is make an official complaint and make Westpac officially defend its choices.
Get out in the real world! Plan a peaceful action at your local Westpac branch. Whether it's a community complaint day or educating customers and staff, fill out the form to adopt your local branch.
Spread the word
Share campaign posts, print a flyer, put up a poster or talk to people in your community.
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Join the team
Be a part of a volunteer team and build a movement to kick out bloody tech
The Dump Palantir Coalition is entirely built and run by volunteers passionate about a better world for all.No matter your experience or skillset, you can be part of the team supporting communities across the country to stand up to Palantir and military tech industry.We believe building a strong people-powered movement means developing leaders and skilling up volunteers. You can expect to learn and hone skills in areas such as:- coordinating and supporting a nationwide grassroots campaign;
- working with autonomous community groups;
- developing and maintaining digital campaign;
- media outreach and relationship,
and more.Fill out your expression of interest form and one of our team will get in touch with you shortly.
There are no one way of helping out - how many hours you can contribute is up to you and your capacity. The only prerequisite you need is a passion for justice, openess to work with others and willingess to learn.
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Our team will go over your expression of interest and get in touch with you shortly.
In the meantime, check out other actions you can take:
Tell Westpac
New to the campaign? Send Westpac a message - let them know you want them to dump Palantir.
Are you a Westpac customer? One of the most powerful things you can do is make an official complaint and make Westpac officially defend its choices.
Get out in the real world! Plan a peaceful action at your local Westpac branch. Whether it's a community complaint day or educating customers and staff, fill out the form to adopt your local branch.
Spread the word
Share campaign posts, print a flyer, put up a poster or talk to people in your community.
Help organise
Want to do more?
Help organise outreach, branch visits, actions or campaigning where you live, work or study.
Part of an organisation/small business?
Westpac and palantir
Palantir is part of Israel’s high-tech killing machine. While Palestinian families and entire neighbourhoods are being destroyed in Gaza, Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp has called himself “the most publicly supportive CEO of Israel”.
The Palestinian-led BDS movement is calling on institutions around the world to end contracts and partnerships with Palantir and divest from the company.
Read more
→ People vs Palantir | BDS Australia
→ Future Fund must divest from Palantir | APAN
Palantir builds data and surveillance systems used by ICE to identify and track people for detention and deportation. Its technology helps turn huge amounts of data into targets.
Read more
→ Westpac has partnered with Palantir | GetUp
Westpac knows deeply sensitive information, where your money comes from, where you spend it, what you owe and when you’re struggling. It holds a contract with Palantir, but has not publicly disclosed what the contract covers, how long it runs, or whether Palantir can access customer data.
Whatever the purpose, it chose Palantir - a company built around collecting, connecting and analysing vast amounts of data.
What exactly can Palantir see? Westpac won't tell us. Not without us making them.
Read more
→ Westpac: Keep Palantir Out of Our Banking | Sustainable Investment Exchange
Westpac just confirmed that it's ending a 5 year contract with Palantir after everyday people across Australia spoke up and put pressure on them to dump this bloody tech company.We signed petitions, sent letters to executives, submitted complaints and organised actions at Westpac branches.First Coles, now Westpac.Together and organised, we have kicked out this genocide profiteer tech company twice.
But our fight is not over.Right now we are taking some time to debrief, regroup and strategise for our next campaign to kick this genocide profiteer out of our communities.
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