NYC DSA

Tech Action

Working Group

If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery, in impoverishment.

— Michael Harrington, The Other America, 1962

Have you ever wondered...

What is the role of labor in the tech industry?

How does Big Tech influence economic, education, housing, and criminal justice policy?

What does class have to do with internet access?

Is Google reading my emails?

How can I take control of the technology in my life instead of it controlling me?

How does Facebook make money?

🌹 💻 The NYC DSA Tech Action Working Group wants to help you find answers 💻 🌹
🌹 💻 The NYC DSA Tech Action Working Group wants to help you find answers 💻 🌹
🌹 💻 The NYC DSA Tech Action Working Group wants to help you find answers 💻 🌹

We're developing a socialist perspective on technology and society,

creating alternatives to the status quo,

and thinking up strategies to challenge the tech industry's growing power.

NYC Council Digital Divide Testimony

The following is written testimony given by NYC-DSA Tech Action Working Group organizer Will Luckman to the New York City Council Committee on Technology & Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchise hearing concerning oversight – Broadband and the Digital Divide. Will also gave testimony live during the October 13 remote......

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