Tag: tech

No Alarms and No Surprises? What Lyft’s Slump Tells Us About Modern Capitalism
In this week's column, John McDonnell's former advisor, James Meadway, scratches the surface of the current tech bubble. To help us make sense of it all, he takes us through the weird economics of networks and the even weirder economics of the last ten years.
Forget Surveillance Capitalism – It’s Time to Build a Digital Commons
To build a future of shared digital plenty we need to transform and democratise the ownership of data and technological infrastructure, argues Mat Lawrence.
Now is the Time for Worker Power in the Tech Industry
Among the upper echelons of the tech industry there is strong hostility to the idea of organised labour. But the tech sector is too important to cede control of it to capital, and lately there have been more and more reasons why tech workers need to build collective power, writes Wendy Liu.
Gaming Needs Feminism

#MeToo validated concerns women in the games industry have been raising for years. However since Gamergate, no concrete structures have yet been created to crack down on toxic behaviour. Left Left Up asks – what is to be done? [Spoiler Alert: Unionise!]
Tech Can’t Solve Rape Culture

Consent isn’t a contract – the allegations against Aziz Ansari show that men can’t rely on an over-simplistic tech solution to challenge rape culture.
4 Reasons the Left Should Care About Data and Surveillance
Most people passively accept the collection, storage and sale of their data - after all, the government tells us mass surveillance makes us safer. But Tasmin Lockwood argues the left should take privacy more seriously and stop ignoring the dangers inherent in letting the state collect so much information about us.