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Why does your boss get away with stealing from you?
Matthew Cole examines why the persistence of wage theft isn't just the result of greedy capitalists, but a feature of capitalism itself.
What a week. My book with @versobooks.bsky.social was a winner of The Theory Prize, which is awarded by the American Sociological Association's Theory Section every two years.
Congratulations to the others recognized. Very pleased to win it alongside Zophia Edwards, whose book is a must read.
Available for preorder - Algorithmic Capital: Resistance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Jonathan Durand Folco and Jonathan Martineau
A rich and audacious account of the mutually reinforcing transformations of capitalism and technology in the age of AI
Over a century ago, Jewish immigrant women arrived in New York’s Lower East Side from the Russian Empire with nothing.
Within a generation, they had pulled off some of the most combative and highly organized labor actions in American history.
youtu.be/7DdCA5yvTjw via @brosef-stalin.bsky.social & @versobooks.bsky.social
This looks interesting, especially if it lives up to the praise in one of the blurbs that it "deftly avoid[s] both technophobic romanticism and technophilic transhumanism".
This fabulous book, The Hard Question of Art by @metahaven.bsky.social is available for preorder! Coming out in August.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775582...
Matthew Cole on how as app-based gig work becomes increasingly common, exploitation grows more sophisticated and harder to detect.
youtu.be/7DdCA5yvTjw?...
Better Screenshot of The Double Shift on Brooklyn Coffee shop.
so excited for Nada Elia’s Falastiniyyat: A Century of Palestinian Feminisms, out from @versobooks.bsky.social on October 6. writers and reviewers let me know if you’d like an early copy!
Over a century ago, Jewish immigrant women arrived in New York’s Lower East Side from the Russian Empire with nothing. Within a generation, they had pulled off some of the most combative and highly organized labor actions in American history.
This book provides a critical theory of the new stage of algorithmic capitalism, and maps out paths for critique and resistance. AI and algorithms are not just technologies, they are rooted in new cap...
Unpaid: The Past, Present and Future of Wage Theft by Matthew Cole is out now: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3206-unpaid?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=unpaid_26
From unpaid…
This fabulous book, The Hard Question of Art by @metahaven.bsky.social is available for preorder! Coming out in August.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775582...
