Stefano Tortorici

Cooperative socialiste contro le Big Tech - Jacobin Italia Per contrastare il capitalismo contemporaneo non bastano le elezioni: la trasformazione sociale ha bisogno di leve economiche stabili e durature. L’idea originaria delle cooperative di lavoratori e la...

Per contrastare il capitalismo contemporaneo non bastano le elezioni: la trasformazione sociale ha bisogno di leve economiche stabili e durature. L’idea originaria delle cooperative di lavoratori e lavoratrici è una strada da ripercorrere

Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.

Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism.

But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.

The Blown Head Gasket Effect: Rise and struggles of The Drivers Cooperative in New York City The Drivers Cooperative reveals how diverging stakeholders in platform cooperatives can fracture in their pursuit of developing these platforms.

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Next Monday and Tuesday at @sns.it in Florence we will host the final workshop of my Marie Curie project 'Global Labour Governance: an integrated approach', funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social
The full programme is available here, with possibility of joining online: www.sns.it/it/evento/gl...

Survey on Inactive Platform Cooperative projects. Do you know of any? Please spread the word
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w/ @stefanotortorici.bsky.social @austinrobey.xyz Cecilia Munoz Cancela

It was great to participate in this event on #Platformcoop & #fairwork. It was lovely to connect with new and old faces and discuss very concrete aspects of platform work. Thanks to @oii.ox.ac.uk for hosting us and @stefanotortorici.bsky.social for bringing us together.

Call for Practitioners and Researchers | Platform Cooperativism Consortium November 11–14, 2025 | Istanbul Cooperative AI, the first global conference on cooperatives and artificial intelligence, held during the UN Year of Cooperatives, centers collective ownership…

Join us in Istanbul for the first global conference on Cooperatives and AI! We’ve already confirmed a fantastic lineup of keynote speakers, and our call for practitioners and researchers is open until May 7. Have a look and please share widely! platform.coop/blog/call-fo...

Less than a week left to apply to our upcoming conference, "Reclaiming power: Bridging Social Movements and Industrial Relations in Labour Mobilisation" at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy, on May 26 and 27.
All info here: cosmos.sns.it/news/call-fo...

Today, we crossed 5,000 co-owners of Subvert, spanning 68 countries.

Each plot on this globe represents an individual working together to build an artist-owned future.

This is what international solidarity looks like.

A collectively owned Bandcamp successor is on the horizon.

Countervailing Platform Power | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore The rapid expansion of digital platforms has profoundly reshaped labor markets, social movements, and economic structures. While platformization has exacerbated labor precarity and power asymmetries, ...

Less than a week left to submit an abstract for our conference 'Countervailing Platform Power', Florence, 26-27 June. We've now added info on the four great keynote speakers @veenadubal.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @trebors2025.bsky.social & Vasilis Kostakis

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🚀 Call for Papers – Countervailing Platform Power: Regulation, Organizing & Intersectional Solidarities
📌 June 26-27 in Florence
📌 Topics:
🔹 Migration, Gender & Digital Platforms
🔹 Platform Work Directive, Unions, Co-ops
📅 Submit by April 1
CfP: www.sns.it/it/evento/co...