On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Sam Biddle talks about Silicon Valley's rush to become part of the American imperial project.
Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey, CEO of weapons manufacturer Anduril.(Anduril)
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Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle to discuss how Silicon Valley is shamelessly courting government military contracts, using tactics to silence employee dissent and normalize the situation to the public, and what it all means for the future of military geopolitics.
Sam Biddle is a senior technology reporter at The Intercept.
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On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Sam Biddle, senior technology reporter at The Intercept, to discuss how Silicon Valley is shamelessly courting government military contracts and using tactics to silence employee dissent and normalize the situation to the public. And they talk about what it all means for the future of military geopolitics.
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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.
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.