May First Movement Technology Podcasts

NOTE: The english recording is split into two recordings representing the introduction and start of the webinar and the rest of the webinar. Due to technical difficulties, the quality of part one (the player on the left) is poor. The quality of part two (the player on the right) is better.

Ongoing apartheid violence in occupied Palestine, brutal anti-worker retaliation against organizing warehouse workers, and criminalization and violence against communities of color globally all depend on surveillance capitalism’s infrastructure – largely fueled by Amazon’s and Google’s military and police contracts. Join us for a panel bringing together movement voices who are turning up the heat on the unapologetic role of Google, Amazon, Zoom, Facebook and others in upholding and expanding the reach of state violence.

The speakers featured Matyos Kidane (Stop LAPD Spying), Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, and Jonathan Bailey (Amazon International).

Overturning Roe v. Wade in the United States and restricting access to abortion throughout the Americas is part of a strategy of repression that is focused on our bodies. The strategy not only targets reproductive justice, but also transgender rights, the mobility of poor people and people of color, and access to health care and other critical services. In this webinar, we’ll hear from May First members involved in the struggle and discuss the relationship between the struggles for reproductive justice, privacy, autonomy, and freedom from surveillance. How can our campaign to re-envision technology based on consent and liberation contribute to our movement’s struggle for reproductive justice?

On June 21st, 2022 May First, along with May First members the Progressive Technology Project, the National Network of Abortion Funds, and the Detention Watch Network organized a webinar to discuss the technology implications of over turning Roe v. Wade.

Listen by clicking the play button above, or see the collection of resources the panelists and participants compiled during the webinar.

Collected Resource from the webinar

• Riana’s blog post about abortion privacy & encryption
• EFF abortion privacy & security tips
• Talk about abortion criminalization, “Jailed by a Google Search”
• Politico article about abortion privacy & security (6/20)
• “My Body, My Data Act”
• Ale Link Tree
• American Dragnet Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century
• Defunding the Dragnet
• End Abusive Surveillance of Immigrant, Black & Brown Communities
• Hacking//Hustling
• EFF - Street Level Surveillance
• Detention Watch Network: Defund Hate
• Mijente No Tech For ICE Campaign
• Time Magazine - Abortion Surveillance
• Digital Security for Abortio Poster
• From Data Criminalization to Prison Abolition
• De-criminalize Abortion
• Facebook tracking abortion
• Shout your abortion
• Join Mayfirst or if a member, get involved

Panelists

During the 1970’s the Puerto Rican Socialist Party was the largest and most powerful Puerto Rican revolutionary organization in the U.S. and a major force within the U.S. Left. A recently published book (Revolution Around the Corner: Voices from the Puerto Rican Socialist Party in the United States), written by people involved in the PSP then, offers a lesson-filled oral history of the organization and its work. This Need to Know features some of those people.

This is an event every person interested in changing this country should attend. The lessons of that period and that organization are of great value today.

The slide show referenced in the talk is available for download.

Ame Elliot - UX Design for shifting power

2021-07-02: Ame Elliot talks about her work at Simply Secure providing design support and coaching for technology projects that center and protect vulnerable populations. Follow the pdf presentation.

Ame Elliot is the Design Director for Simply Secure, an educational nonprofit building a community of professional practitioners who put people at the center of privacy, security, transparency, and ethics.

Additional references:

• Pattern Library for Decentralization
• Simply Secure’s Knowledge Base
• Participant Rights
• Wire framing
• Make it physical, print it out. Pin it up. Look at it

Nechari Riley - Human Centered Research

2021-07-25: Nechari Riley shares insights from her journey to becoming a “people powered” UX Design researcher. Follow the pdf presentation

Nechari Riley is a mixed-methods user researcher and strategist who works with organizations to develop research-informed projects that are inclusive, accessible, and engaging.

Victoria Barnett - Design Justice

2021-06-18: Victoria Barnett introduces us to the Design Justice Principles and her work supporting the growth of the Design Justice Network . Follow the pdf presentation

Victoria Barnett is a digital graphic designer, facilitator, community organizer and collaborator at the service of social justice initiatives. Her work is based on the Principles of Design Justice.

Additional references:

• How the design justice principles were generated, See venn diagram exercise.
• Useful questions to ask, see page 7
• Tips on how to organize a local node Can apply to Working group
• Zines

Biden is President. The Congress is over-run by right-wing thugs. We are in a new era. Now what? What do we demand of this new administration? What should we expect from this new situation? What do we think this new administration is going to do…what should we be doing?

Presentations by Jerome Scott, Maritza Arrastia and Ken Montenegro, followed by small group discussions (not recorded) followed by report backs.

[Unfortunately the beginning of the session is missing. It picks up just after Jerome begins his presentation.]

This presentation covers the proposal for re-structuring how we price the dues for membership.

The Coop and Engagement membership meeting discussion covered how best we can engage our members in our organizing and operations work.

This session provides an overview of the organization, specifically intended for anyone interested in joining the Board.