In episode #373 of Talking Radical Radio, Scott Neigh interviews Derek Blackadder. He is a long-time trade unionist who has been centrally involved in shaping how unions have taken up new digital tools over the decades, a veteran digital campaigner for workers' rights, and the "web work" columnist for independent labour magazine Our Times. They talk about that history of experimentation, debate, and action with online tools, and about what social movements can learn from it today, as they scramble to figure out how to organize, mobilize, and act in the face of the wide ranging restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: https://talkingradical.ca/2020/06/02/radio-unions-and-online-technology-from-the-1980s-to-covid-19/
