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By Our Bootstraps: Why Tech Needs the Left and the Left Needs Tech
We have the ability - today, right now - to build tech tools that can empower both spontaneous and long-lasting political change, writes journalist Ciaran Daly. It’s time to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.