Tech Won't Save Us12 Loka 2021

Gig Work is Not a Novelty in Brazil w/ Rafael Grohmann

Paris Marx is joined by Rafael Grohmann to discuss the state of app-based work in Brazil, organizing by food delivery workers to demand better conditions, and even a recent strike by click farm workers. Rafael Grohmann is a professor at UNISINOS, coordinator at DigiLabour Research Lab, and principal investigator in Brazil of Fairwork Project. Follow Rafael on Twitter at @grohmann_rafael. 🚨 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: DigiLabour is organizing a PhD symposium on October 27-28. Find out more here. Some of the people and work mentioned in this episode: Callum Cant, Fabian Ferrari and Mark Graham, Noopur Raval, Rosana Pinheiro Machado, Cheryll Soriano and Jason Cabañes, and Wendy Brown. DigiLabour is looking into worker-owned platforms in Brazil. Vice wrote about gig work organizing in Latin America and talked a lot about the Anti-fascist deliverers. Rafael and his colleagues also looked at political struggle around gig work and the importance of communication. Support the show

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Fighting Back Against the Tech Monopolies w/ Grace Blakeley

Paris Marx is joined by Grace Blakeley to discuss how neoliberal capitalism benefits the tech monopolies, how they’re thriving as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and how workers fight back after the ...

7 Touko 202043min

Elon Musk is a Cult Leader w/ Ilari Kaila

Paris Marx is joined by Ilari Kaila to talk about Elon Musk's latest unhinged tweeting episode, his self-serving calls to end COVID-19 lockdowns, and how the outlandish promises he makes and stories h...

5 Touko 202045min

How Tech Distracts Us From the Bigger Picture w/ Bianca Wylie

Paris Marx is joined by Bianca Wylie to talk about the response to COVID-19, how governments’ emphasis on tech solutions ignores (and potentially entrenches) social inequalities, and how we might take...

30 Huhti 202055min

Bursting the Reality Bubble w/ Ziya Tong

Paris Marx is joined by Ziya Tong to talk about how COVID-19 is helping us to see the world in a new way, and how that might open the door to reimagining how we organize society. Our "reality bubbles"...

27 Huhti 202042min

Transit is the Future w/ James Wilt

Paris Marx is joined by James Wilt to talk about how COVID-19 is affecting transportation systems, the flaws in tech’s auto-oriented visions of the future, and why we need to fight for better transit ...

23 Huhti 202054min

Tech's Response to COVID-19 w/ Wendy Liu

Paris Marx is joined by Wendy Liu to talk about how the tech industry is responding to COVID-19, how tech workers may find their jobs at risk in the aftermath, and why we need to change the system to ...

20 Huhti 202041min