160 - Lizzie O'Shea

Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, writer, broadcaster and socialist activist. She's the author of Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology - an examination of radical social movements and theories from history and how they can be applied to technology capitalism.  Lizzie and I discussed the class action she's working on against Uber's business model, the "datafication of ourselves", how much Facebook and Amazon suck, Australia's awful data encryption laws, what it might mean to break up or nationalise the tech companies and the possibilities of a better world with a better internet.  Come see me record a LIVE SHOW as Greens MP Adam Bandt returns on Tuesday December 10th, 7pm – all funds raised go to the ASRC JOIN THE BRAND NEW LIKE I’M A SIX-YEAR-OLD GROUP ON FACEBOOK! WOW!  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron I want to do an AMA episode of the show: please get in touch with your questions, email [email protected] @Lizzie_OShea lizzieoshea.com Lizzie's writing for The Guardian A review of Future Histories on Engineering & Technology  ARTICLE: Invisible Handcuffs - it's time for workers to throw off the shackles of big tech by Lizzie O'Shea ARTICLE: The Future Has Arrived by Robert Maharajh Cause of the Week: The National Justice Project (justice.org.au)