[S7 E02] New
In this episode of All Things Co-op in honor of National Co-op Month, Kevin interviews Priya Chatwani, a software engineer and organizer at Politics Rewired, a tech cooperative which grew out of the 2020 Bernie campaign that aims to build technology for Left organizing. Kevin and Priya speak about how Politics Rewired got started, the technology they’re currently working on, Big Tech and the role of tech cooperatives, cooperative decision-making, the relationship between technology and organizing, and how technology can support and grow the Left.
All Things Co-op is a Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Learn about all the ways to support our work on our Donate page. Every donation counts! A special thank you to our devoted monthly donors (via both our website and Patreon) whose recurring contributions enable us to plan for the future.
About our guest: Priya Chatwani is a technologist and organizer who centers anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, and intersectionality in her efforts to redistribute privilege and build political power on the Left. She’s currently a worker-owner at Politics Rewired, previously worked on public transit planning tools at Remix, and interned at Twitter, Google, and Infosys. While at Stanford, she co-taught "Coding for Social Good" and worked with the Haas Center for Public Service to curate "public interest tech" panels, career newsletters, resource guides, and summer and post-graduate fellowships.
Politics Rewired is a worker-owned cooperative designing human and technological solutions for organizers. They work with organizers to streamline workflows so that they can focus on what they do best: building systems and relationships. They work with political campaigns, unions, and movement organizations, with a deliberate emphasis on supporting Left insurgents and building independent Left infrastructure.
To learn more: https://www.politicsrewired.com/
FOLLOW US ONLINE:
NEW 2021 Hardcover edition of “Understanding Marxism,” with a new, lengthy introduction by Richard Wolff is now available just in time for the Holidays! Visit: https://www.lulu.com
“Marxism always was the critical shadow of capitalism. Their interactions changed them both. Now Marxism is once again stepping into the light as capitalism shakes from its own excesses and confronts decline.”
Check out all of d@w’s books: "The Sickness is the System," "Understanding Socialism," by Richard D. Wolff, and “Stuck Nation” by Bob Hennelly http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/democracyatwork