Crypto leftism? With Alex Rivera
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Hello from a blockchain!
This week, Jay and Tammy talk with Alex Rivera, a filmmaker, media artist, immigrant rights activist, and MacArthur genius, about crypto.
What is crypto currency? How does it work? And why is it often cast as a right-wing, libertarian, carbon-depleting project?
Can the left reclaim crypto for the people? How might decentralized financial networks power social movements? Post-national transactions? Worker cooperatives? Global decision-making?
For more, check out:
* The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (Donate and get yourself some merch!)
* Alex and Cristina Ibarra\\u2019s film, The Infiltrators
* Alex\\u2019s film, Sleep Dealer (pictured above)
* Jay and Aaron Lammer\\u2019s podcast, \\u201cCoinTalk\\u201d
* Jay on his toad NFT
* Alex on border technologies, via \\u201cTech Won\\u2019t Save Us\\u201d
* Crypto Communism by Mark Alizart, translated by Robin Mackay
* Murtaza Hussain on crypto remittances
* Crypto POC economies
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