Against Tech Oligarchy

Clarissa Redwine

As tech bosses fall in line with the right, tech workers have begun fighting back. Resistance has included organizing against military contracts, walkouts to protest sexism, agitation about tech’s role in the climate crisis, and even a wave of union drives. Hellbent on stamping out any and all dissent, tech executives embraced Trumpism, fired organizers, and began lashing out against the “woke” ideology they blamed for turning their once loyal employees against them. This is the rousing inside story of the tech worker movement – and the way it spawned an anti-worker backlash now reshaping the industry.

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Clarissa Redwine is the coauthor of Against Tech Oligarchy. In her time as a tech worker, she organized the Kickstarter union and co- founded the tech organizing conference Circuit Breakers. Her organizing work has been featured in The New York Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Verge, TechCrunch, and elsewhere.