[HacktionLab] dotcomrades - anyone know em?

[yossarian]

Hi Tom,

I know a couple of people who have participated in their meetups, both
of whom are cool - I don't know very much about the overall setup though.





On 18/09/2015 10:18, Tom Lord wrote:
> http://www.dotcomrades.net/
> 
> "dotcomrades is a (very) loosely associated band of makers, activists,
> doers and your general salt of the earth awkward squad types.
> 
> We're marrying our geeky tendencies to our progressive politics, and
> assembled for the first time in June 2015 to think about/hack away at
> how technology might reboot/revive/"disrupt" organised labour.
> 
> A bunch of us are sniffing around how co-ops, mutuals, Guilds, credit
> unions, etc. might take advantage of advances in technology to
> outcompete incumbents and positively shape the markets/industries they
> operate in.
> 
> We have monthly meetups in London and Dublin (if neither of those
> locations work for you get in touch and we'll encourage/support you to
> start your own meetup). "
> 
>