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Inside: How tech changed global labor struggles for better and worse; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2022/12/02/not…

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On Mon (Dec 5), I'll be at @Northeastern's @BurnesCenter in #Boston to talk about @rgibli's and my book *Chokepoint Capitalism* with the @NU_CAMD(it's also a webcast):

northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 2/

My publisher @torbooks and @goodreads are drawing for a giveaway of advance copies of my next novel, "Red Team Blues," a Silicon Valley forensic accounting thriller about a cryptocurrency heist - If you're in the US or Canada, enter here to win a copy:

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How tech changed global labor struggles for better and worse: Seize the means of computation!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1598757024321372179

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Hey look at this

* Misunderestimating openness openfuture.eu/paradox-of-ope… (h/t Cindy Cohn)

* Sky warns customers they will be charged £5 if they fast forward adverts examinerlive.co.uk/news/sky-warns…

* State of Big Tech 2022: Dismantling Digital Enclosures projects.itforchange.net/state-of-big-t… 5/

#15yrsago Britain’s Data Chernobyl: more lost CDs full of thousands of personal records web.archive.org/web/2008020721…

#5yrsago Tim O’Reilly’s WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater memex.craphound.com/2017/12/02/tim… 6/

#1yrago Massive Predpol leak confirms that it drives racist policing pluralistic.net/2021/12/02/emp… 7/

Yesterday's threads: All the books I reviewed in 2022; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1598353361048424449

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 9/

My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @DarkDel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 10/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @BeaconPressBks et al) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/ 11/

Upcoming appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Conversation/Northeastern University (Boston/webcast), Dec 5
northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (New Orleans), Jan 27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow 12/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Faculty of Laws), Feb 1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

* Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum (Canberra), Feb 17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 13/

* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), Mar 2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 14/

Upcoming appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Conversation/@Northeastern/@BurnesCenter/@NU_CAMD (Boston/webcast), 12/5
northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (New Orleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow 15/

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 16/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy (Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 17/

Recent appearances:

* @BridgeTales (with @seananmcguire)
talesfromthebridge.buzzsprout.com/1795352/117887…

* @if_this_goes_on
itgodp.libsyn.com/chokepoint-cap…

* @NewBooksNetwork
newbooksnetwork.com/chokepoint-cap… 18/

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My latest @Medium column is "Poe vs. Property: A detective story of shifting rationalizations"

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