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Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Ed Niedermeyer on Tesla's business model and how it affects Elon Musk.

Paris Marx

February 27, 2025

Demonstrators gather for a protest against Elon Musk and Tesla on February 22, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.(David Ryder / Getty Images)

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Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk w/ Ed Niedermeyer | Tech Won’t Save Us
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On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the trouble with Tesla’s business model and how that makes Elon Musk’s power vulnerable to protest and boycott.

Ed Niedermeyer is the author Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors and a co-host of the Autonocast.

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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the trouble with Tesla’s business model and how that makes Elon Musk’s power vulnerable to protest and boycott.

Ed Niedermeyer is the author Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors and a cohost of the podcast Autonocast.

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Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.

How Mass Layoffs Changed Working in Tech w/ Clarissa Redwine & JS Tan / Tech Won’t Save Us
byThe Nation Magazine

Not long ago, tech jobs were sought after for their security, benefits, wages, and the progressive values promoted by Silicon Valley companies. But now workers are barely hanging on. Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan join Paris Marx to discuss the state of worker organizing in the tech industry, including how it’s changed since the mid-2010s and where it needs to go from here.

Clarissa Redwine is a tech worker and labor activist. JS Tan is a PhD candidate at MIT and writes the Value Added newsletter. They are the authors of Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry.

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Paris MarxParis Marx is the author of Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires. He hosts the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast and writes the Disconnect newsletter.


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