Podcast | Cyberunions

Episode 34 Eff it we'll call it Pipe Soup (SOPA/PIPA)

With special guest host, Douglas from the Music Manumit Lawcast and an interview with Parker Higgins from the Electronic Frontier Foundation...

Episode 33 Return of the ... 5th International

With Walton gone we return to his interview with Peterwaterman...

Episode 32 We are back together to be separate again

Finally we have a connection that works...we catch up and bring back a regular show...for now...then Walton leaves again (Have a Great Wedding!)

Episode 31 The Tech 5th International

A week without Walton as I visit Mexico City....well still have Walton just in an interview with Peter Waterman in a part one of two shows.

Episode 30: Happy New Year!

...and we're back! We discuss Liberation Theology in Guatemala.

Episode 28: The Little Red Songbook

We celebrate the 30 November strike with some protest songs,

Episode 27: Sparks are flying and it's not even May First!

We look at the construction workers' dispute in the UK, and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the US.

Episode 26: Music and Movements

We interview radical folk musician David Rovics.

Episode 25: Walton is half-cut, Stephen play's catch up

We have a drink to celebrate our 25th episode. Join us!

Episode 24: We decided to do a show about books

We review our favourite books about trade unions, tech and economics.

Episode 22: 'Mon the Dragon!

Stephen spends time at Occupy Boston, and we learn about the links between the United Steelworkers and the Mondragon group of workers' co-ops in Spain.

Episode 21: Organise, Network, Occupy!

We investigate the Occupy movement, and talk to Örsan about Social Network Unionism

Episode 20: CRM - the tech tools to put your organisational theory into practice

We install Ubuntu on a fabulous netbook, and look at free and open source Constituent Relationship Management software. Great for unions and campaigning organisations!

Episode 19: Swarming between bureaucratic inertia and the tyranny of structurelessness

We create a mobile site, and look at union organising structures and swarm theory.

Episode 18: The Long and Unconventional History of Industrial Action

Little Brother, ParanoidLinux, Tor, Strikes and IRC.

Episode 17: Building an international comradeship of cyber cadre!

On Biko Day we discuss Social Movement Unionism and the TAC and Cosatu campaign for treatment access with Eduard in Cape Town. We also look at video editing for Linux.

Episode 16: Solidaridad sin Fronteras

As Walton takes a UK Citizenship test, we talk about visas, immgration and how the economy relies on migrant labour - with special guest Lindsey.

Episode 14: Riots, strikes and reddit

Kernel updates, the Verizon strike and the r/cyberunions subreddit

Episode 15: Some one on the Internet is WRONG!

A squabble on reddit turns into a debate about different economic systems.

Episode 13: Labo(u)r history in the clouds

We talk about labour history and global solidarity, and ask if cloud computing is the future.

Episode 12: Solidarity - for starters!

We review Google+ and discuss global solidarity.

Episode 11: Integrate a little Freedom into your Office

Never pay for office software again! LibreOffice provides a Free and Open Source Software solution. We also talk about puppies and mobile operating systems.

Episode 10: Tech workers can organise?

Part Two of our show looking at the ideas raised by Cory Doctorow's For the Win - organising tech workers.

Episode 9: This one's for the tech workers

Digital artisans unite! We look at organising workers in the tech sector.

Episode 8: #NotW Hashtag FTW

We look at the social media campaign around the #NotW hacking scandal, and review a great book.

Episode 7: Statistically 'Intriguing' Onion

We talk about web stats and cyber-utopia, and test the Tor privacy tool.

Episode 6: Testing the Feedback Loop

Stephen returns from Guatemala with ideas about internet cafes running Linux. We review a book by Cory Doctorow and discuss privacy, and respond to our critics!

Episode 5: Wiki and Creative Commons rant

Trade unions should use Creative Commons and share good practice to avoid repeating costly mistakes.

Episode 4: Building links with the Co-operative movement

Ahead of Co-operative Fortnight, we look at the links between trade unions, the Open Source community and the Co-operative Movement.

Episode 3: Building a branch website

Communicate with your members by creating a simple branch website and developing a social media strategy.

The Cyberunions Podcast – building an open source labour movement

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