Ep. 128: Why Asian Americans Should Give A Shit About The Techlash (ft. Jimmy Wu and R.K. Upadhya)
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In the third iteration of the Plan A tech series, Filip talks to guests RK and Jimmy about the surge in activism and labour activism in the tech sector in the past few years. They tackle the question of where Asian Americans fit in amongst the tech-lash, and why we should care, beyond just the fact that we’re highly represented in this world-affecting industry.

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REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Optimize What? by Jimmy Wu at Commune Magazine https://communemag.com/optimize-what/

Lessons from the Long Sixties for Organizing in Tech by R.K. Upadhya at Science for the People https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol22-1/lessons-from-the-long-sixties-for-organizing-in-tech-today/

The Subversive Roots of Asian Scientists and Engineers https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2016/12/subversive-roots-asian-scientists-and-engineers

White Techies are not our Friends by Filip Guo https://planamag.com/white-techies-are-not-our-friends-e8cf1d51b3a3

Collective Actions In Tech https://collectiveactions.tech

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FROM GUESTS RK AND JIMMY: Forget Your Middleclass Dreams in Jacobin Magazine https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/03/middle-class-white-collar-unions-kickstarter

Tech Workers are Workers, Too (links to Chinese Tech workers organizing) https://jacobinmag.com/2019/05/tech-workers-chinese-solidarity-microsoft-github

Coders of the world, unite: can Silicon Valley workers curb the power of Big Tech?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/oct/31/coders-of-the-world-unite-can-silicon-valley-workers-curb-the-power-of-big-tech

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