Tech Won't Save Us30 Syys 2021

How Race Was Central to Prop 22 w/ Veena Dubal

Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Proposition 22 and the contract status of gig workers is reminiscent of the United States’ history of racial wage codes, which codified lower wages for Black workers. Veena Dubal is a Professor of Law at UC Hastings. Follow Veena on Twitter at @veenadubal. Go back to episode 10 (May 21, 2020) for Veena’s first appearance on the podcast. 🚨 T-shirts are now available! Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon. Find out more about Harbinger Media Network at harbingermedianetwork.com. Also mentioned in this episode: If you’ve ever assigned an episode of the podcast in a college or university course, let me know by Twitter DM, email, or through this form. Read Veena’s essay on The New Racial Wage Code. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois had opposing philosophies for Black social and economic progress. Robert C. Weaver and David Roediger wrote about differential wages. Uber put up a billboard saying, “If you tolerate racism, delete Uber.” Drivers were not happy. Uber and Lyft held up workers’ unemployment claims, and Lyft charged for PPE. After Prop 22, gig companies raised fees despite promising not to, and workers reported earning even less money. In August, Prop 22 was found to be unconstitutional. New York City recently passed new protections for delivery couriers after organizing by Los Deliveristas Unidos. Find out more about Rideshare Drivers United. Support the show

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Technofascism in India w/ Banu Subramaniam & Debjani Bhattacharyya

Paris Marx is joined by Banu Subramaniam and Debjani Bhattacharyya to discuss Indian politics under Narendra Modi and the BJP; how contract-tracing apps and geofencing are being used to monitor people...

25 Kesä 202040min

Amazon Wants to Dominate Everything w/ Brian Merchant

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss how Amazon’s response to COVID-19 has put its workers in danger, how big tech companies are partnering with oil and gas companies, and why the pandemi...

18 Kesä 202044min

Tech Giants Don't Care About Black Lives w/ Edward Ongweso Jr.

Paris Marx is joined by Edward Ongweso Jr. to discuss how the labor practices, tech products, and global supply chains of tech companies prove they don't care about Black lives — regardless of what th...

11 Kesä 202041min

Art is More Than Ones and Zeroes w/ Nika Roza Danilova

Paris Marx is joined by Nika Roza Danilova to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting artists, the privileged worldview of tech, the human essence of art, and why that can’t be replicated by artificial inte...

4 Kesä 202040min

A Cooperative Vision for Technological Innovation w/ Dan Hind

Paris Marx is joined by Dan Hind to discuss the problems with the existing tech industry and its links to the state, and his proposal for reorienting technological development to promote human flouris...

28 Touko 202037min

Uber's War on Drivers w/ Veena Dubal

Paris Marx is joined by Veena Dubal to discuss how Uber's misclassification of drivers of independent contractors denies them rights and protections granted to other workers; how that's causing even m...

21 Touko 202038min

How Tech Platforms Affect Our Digital Lives w/ Joanne McNeil

Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important c...

19 Touko 202038min

History Shows Radical Futures Are Possible w/ Lizzie O'Shea

Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how learning about history can empower us to imagine more radical futures, how COVID-19 could create the opportunity to demand a better world, and how ...

14 Touko 202045min