# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Against Tech Oligarchy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Worker Resistance in the Tech IndustryAbout this EventAfter Donald Trump's election in 2016, the tech industry sprang into action to oppose his right-wing agenda, with workers and CEOs alike joining mass mobilizations against the new president's anti-immigrant policies. But it wasn't long before the tech bosses started to fall in line with the new administration. In response, tens of thousands of tech workers protested against their own employers for betraying the progressive values that once defined the industry—including organizing against military contracts, walking out to protest sexism, and even launching a wave of union drives. By the early 2020s, these workers had sparked what observers were calling the tech worker movement, one that seemed capable of checking the industry's reckless growth and reactionary drift.But as their struggle grew, so did the employers' backlash. A new class consciousness took root among tech's billionaire owners. Hell-bent on stamping out any and all dissent, tech executives embraced Trumpism, fired organizers, and began lashing out against the "woke" ideology they blamed for turning their once loyal employees against them—and replacing the good tech jobs of the 2010s with incessant layoffs, grind culture, and a management style that treats workers as disposable.Against Tech Oligarchy provides a gripping account of this inspiring workers' movement and the rise of the hostile labor politics that define Silicon Valley today.JS Tan is getting his PhD at MIT and formerly worked in tech, where he spent years organizing across the industry. His work has been featured in The New York Times, MIT Technology Review, Dissent, Jacobin, Foreign Policy, The Baffler, and The Guardian, among other outlets. Clarissa Redwine helped organize the Kickstarter union, and has since dedicated herself to organizing the industry. She cofounded and runs the annual tech organizing conference Circuit Breakers. Her organizing work has been featured in The New York Times, the BBC, The Guardian, The Verge, TechCrunch, and elsewhere.Tamara Kneese is a researcher, writer, and organizer in Oakland. She is currently a senior research scientist at Partnership on AI and a practitioner fellow at the University of Virginia’s Environmental Institute. She is the author of Death Glitch: How Techno-Solutionism Fails Us in This Life and Beyond (Yale UP 2023) and, with Capacitor Collective, co-author of Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry (Common Notions 2025)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/oakland/against-tech-oligarchy/100001994103149199
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, business, conferences
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0
- **Event Highlights**: 
  - Duration: 2 hours
  - Location: Clio’s Books
  - Languages: English

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 31.66, currency: USD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Oakland
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Clio’s Books
- **lat**: 37.8085976
- **long**: -122.2560638
- **full address**: Clio’s Books, 353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Against Tech Oligarchy being held?
  - **A:** Against Tech Oligarchy takes place on Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Clio s Books, 353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Against Tech Oligarchy?
  - **A:** Against Tech Oligarchy is organized by Clio's Books.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Against Tech Oligarchy is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Oakland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Against Tech Oligarchy sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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