Sidney Rothstein
@sidneyrothstein.bsky.social
Political scientist. Author of 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (http://tinyurl.com/RePwr). Tech, labor politics, curiosities of capitalism.
Few books have made such an impact on my thinking recently as Brannen's "The Story of CO2." Can't wait to discuss with @peterbrannen.bsky.social on March 4th.
Come by if you're in Western Mass, and if you're not, go get yourself this book!
Come by if you're in Western Mass, and if you're not, go get yourself this book!
So excited to bring @peterbrannen.bsky.social to campus and get to talk with him again about CO2, this time with my amazing colleague @sidneyrothstein.bsky.social on board as well! March 4th for those in the area -
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Few books have made such an impact on my thinking recently as Brannen's "The Story of CO2." Can't wait to discuss with @peterbrannen.bsky.social on March 4th.
Come by if you're in Western Mass, and if you're not, go get yourself this book!
Come by if you're in Western Mass, and if you're not, go get yourself this book!
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Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field.
Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social
Send them your abstracts!
Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social
Send them your abstracts!
📣 Call for Abstracts!
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field.
Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social
Send them your abstracts!
Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social
Send them your abstracts!
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A must read paper on how Big Tech uses start-ups from Spain and Brazil to advance their political interests
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Out now in Competition & Change
@compchange.bsky.social
“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”
@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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@compchange.bsky.social
“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”
@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
1/n
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A must read paper on how Big Tech uses start-ups from Spain and Brazil to advance their political interests
👇👇👇
👇👇👇
Out now in Competition & Change
@compchange.bsky.social
“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”
@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
1/n
@compchange.bsky.social
“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”
@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
1/n
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Out now in Competition & Change
@compchange.bsky.social
“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”
@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
1/n
@compchange.bsky.social
“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”
@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
1/n
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Workers Governing Technologies: Collective Strategies Across Contexts. In-person workshop in Toronto on Sep 25 and 26 with 20 speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain and US
Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...
Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...
September 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Workers Governing Technologies: Collective Strategies Across Contexts. In-person workshop in Toronto on Sep 25 and 26 with 20 speakers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Spain and US
Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...
Registration link and full schedule: www.eventbrite.ca/e/workers-go...
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A few things cooler than AI by Andy J. Pizza
May 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A few things cooler than AI by Andy J. Pizza
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"UC Berkeley’s Labor Center launches a new data tool, an inventory of union contracts, to empower labor in negotiating AI and emerging technologies. It provides crucial insights for unions to secure worker protections and shape the future of work." lngfrm.net/uc-berkeley-...
UC Berkeley Unveils AI Labor Bargaining Tool - LNGFRM
UC Berkeley's Labor Center launches a new data tool, an inventory of union contracts, to empower labor in negotiating AI and emerging technologies. It provides crucial insights for unions to secure wo...
lngfrm.net
August 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"UC Berkeley’s Labor Center launches a new data tool, an inventory of union contracts, to empower labor in negotiating AI and emerging technologies. It provides crucial insights for unions to secure worker protections and shape the future of work." lngfrm.net/uc-berkeley-...
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We are delighted that our Special Issue on "The Politics of Growth, Stagnation and Upgrading in Peripheral Economies" coedited w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga is now out in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social, Vol. 29(3–4).
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We are delighted that our Special Issue on "The Politics of Growth, Stagnation and Upgrading in Peripheral Economies" coedited w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga is now out in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social, Vol. 29(3–4).
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
Good week to re-up this report by @ocampomar.bsky.social and @ips-dc.org:
Following Massachusetts' Fair Share Amendment (tax on millionaires), did the millionaires leave en masse as they had threatened? No, the millionaires stayed -- and tax revenue increased!
ips-dc.org/report-wealt...
Following Massachusetts' Fair Share Amendment (tax on millionaires), did the millionaires leave en masse as they had threatened? No, the millionaires stayed -- and tax revenue increased!
ips-dc.org/report-wealt...
Wealth Expands After Higher State Taxes on High-Income Earners - Institute for Policy Studies
Wealth Expands After Higher State Taxes on High-Income Earners
ips-dc.org
June 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Good week to re-up this report by @ocampomar.bsky.social and @ips-dc.org:
Following Massachusetts' Fair Share Amendment (tax on millionaires), did the millionaires leave en masse as they had threatened? No, the millionaires stayed -- and tax revenue increased!
ips-dc.org/report-wealt...
Following Massachusetts' Fair Share Amendment (tax on millionaires), did the millionaires leave en masse as they had threatened? No, the millionaires stayed -- and tax revenue increased!
ips-dc.org/report-wealt...
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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
One more piece of (really) good evidence that AI domination of all that is well and good is not a fait accompli. Workers can fight back and decide how AI is governed.
New work out by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @guiaoquadrado.bsky.social and André Campos Rocha:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New work out by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @guiaoquadrado.bsky.social and André Campos Rocha:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Worker-led AI governance: Hollywood writers' strikes and the worker power
This article theorizes worker-led AI governance through the 2023 Hollywood writers' strike, arguing that workers can shape the governance of generative AI from below. Drawing on the power resources...
www.tandfonline.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One more piece of (really) good evidence that AI domination of all that is well and good is not a fait accompli. Workers can fight back and decide how AI is governed.
New work out by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @guiaoquadrado.bsky.social and André Campos Rocha:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New work out by @grohmannrafael.bsky.social @guiaoquadrado.bsky.social and André Campos Rocha:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In Montréal for SASE 2025 – or nearby? 🇨🇦
Join us Thursday, July 10 for free public sessions at the Palais des Congrès – no badge needed.
Global scholars, union leaders & policymakers discuss labor, social economy & policy innovation.
#SASE2025 #Montreal #PublicSessions
Join us Thursday, July 10 for free public sessions at the Palais des Congrès – no badge needed.
Global scholars, union leaders & policymakers discuss labor, social economy & policy innovation.
#SASE2025 #Montreal #PublicSessions
June 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In Montréal for SASE 2025 – or nearby? 🇨🇦
Join us Thursday, July 10 for free public sessions at the Palais des Congrès – no badge needed.
Global scholars, union leaders & policymakers discuss labor, social economy & policy innovation.
#SASE2025 #Montreal #PublicSessions
Join us Thursday, July 10 for free public sessions at the Palais des Congrès – no badge needed.
Global scholars, union leaders & policymakers discuss labor, social economy & policy innovation.
#SASE2025 #Montreal #PublicSessions
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Read more about the first-ever content moderator global union alliance here: uniglobalunion.org/news/moderat...
Content moderators launch first-ever global alliance, demand safe working conditions and accountability from tech giants
Content moderators have formed the first-ever global trade union alliance to fight for living wages, safe conditions and union representation.
uniglobalunion.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Read more about the first-ever content moderator global union alliance here: uniglobalunion.org/news/moderat...
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Microsoft fired 6,000 Seattle locals this week so they can set more money on fire for AI and Semafor doesn't think that's worth mentioning despite running with this headline
🟡 NEW: Microsoft helped kick off the AI boom. It needs humans more than ever, its CEO says.
Microsoft helped kick off the AI boom. It needs humans more than ever, its CEO says
In interviews with Semafor, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott explain that AI isn’t about getting rid of people but getting people to act less like robots.
www.semafor.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Microsoft fired 6,000 Seattle locals this week so they can set more money on fire for AI and Semafor doesn't think that's worth mentioning despite running with this headline
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‘U is for Union!’: Sesame Workshop Workers Win NLRB Election
Organizing with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153, workers endured aggressive anti-union actions on the part of management in order to secure Thursday's win.
Organizing with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153, workers endured aggressive anti-union actions on the part of management in order to secure Thursday's win.
‘U is for Union!’: Sesame Workshop Workers Win NLRB Election
Organizing with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153, workers endured aggressive anti-union actions on the part of management in order to secure Thursday's win.
wordsaboutwork.blog
May 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
‘U is for Union!’: Sesame Workshop Workers Win NLRB Election
Organizing with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153, workers endured aggressive anti-union actions on the part of management in order to secure Thursday's win.
Organizing with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153, workers endured aggressive anti-union actions on the part of management in order to secure Thursday's win.
At Middlebury College, admin introduces deep budget cuts -- faculty vote (94%!) to walkout in protest ✊
Cuts include:
🔪 faculty/staff housing
🔪health insurance
🔪retirement
(All while increasing undergraduate enrollment (i.e., speedup))
www.addisonindependent.com/2025/05/05/c...
Cuts include:
🔪 faculty/staff housing
🔪health insurance
🔪retirement
(All while increasing undergraduate enrollment (i.e., speedup))
www.addisonindependent.com/2025/05/05/c...
College faculty plan walkout amid budget cuts | Addison Independent
www.addisonindependent.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
At Middlebury College, admin introduces deep budget cuts -- faculty vote (94%!) to walkout in protest ✊
Cuts include:
🔪 faculty/staff housing
🔪health insurance
🔪retirement
(All while increasing undergraduate enrollment (i.e., speedup))
www.addisonindependent.com/2025/05/05/c...
Cuts include:
🔪 faculty/staff housing
🔪health insurance
🔪retirement
(All while increasing undergraduate enrollment (i.e., speedup))
www.addisonindependent.com/2025/05/05/c...
Mass's Fair Share Amendment is one of the most successful policies I've seen in the recent past (it increases funding for child care, ed, health, transit by taxing millionaires)
But more millionaires is still a huge policy failure
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
But more millionaires is still a huge policy failure
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Report: Number of millionaires in Mass. has actually gone up since new tax took effect
Since the Fair Share Amendment, or the so-called “millionaires tax,” passed in 2022, Massachusetts has seen an increase in high earners.
www.boston.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Mass's Fair Share Amendment is one of the most successful policies I've seen in the recent past (it increases funding for child care, ed, health, transit by taxing millionaires)
But more millionaires is still a huge policy failure
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
But more millionaires is still a huge policy failure
www.boston.com/news/local-n...
I guess I'm actually proud to be so bad at social media that I did this whole thread to promote my article but forgot to post a link. Anyway, the article is open access, and you can find it here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
April 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I guess I'm actually proud to be so bad at social media that I did this whole thread to promote my article but forgot to post a link. Anyway, the article is open access, and you can find it here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector
Link to open access paper:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... cc @civictechallies.bsky.social @civictechguide.bsky.social
Link to open access paper:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... cc @civictechallies.bsky.social @civictechguide.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector
Link to open access paper:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... cc @civictechallies.bsky.social @civictechguide.bsky.social
Link to open access paper:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... cc @civictechallies.bsky.social @civictechguide.bsky.social
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Apply for the LaborTech Annual Awards, deadline June 1 2025. Welcoming submissions for monographs, graduate student papers and *social justice awards* which invite tech workers, labor organisers, activists, designers and others! @labortech.bsky.social
labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards
labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards
Labor Tech
Labor Tech Research Network - A collection of leading experts on technology and work with a commitment to feminism, anti-racism, and social justice
labortechresearchnetwork.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Apply for the LaborTech Annual Awards, deadline June 1 2025. Welcoming submissions for monographs, graduate student papers and *social justice awards* which invite tech workers, labor organisers, activists, designers and others! @labortech.bsky.social
labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards
labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards
To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class?
This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
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This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
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April 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
To what extent can tech workers mobilize as part of the broader working class?
This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
1/n
This is the question I take up in my new paper "Solidarity across the platform: mobilizing high-wage and low-wage workers in the tech sector" -- just out in Work in the Global Economy
1/n
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New paper in HRMJ: Unions help make remote work more fair - based on research in the US, Canada, and Germany: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New paper in HRMJ: Unions help make remote work more fair - based on research in the US, Canada, and Germany: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Here we go: every single @thedigradio.bsky.social guest on Bluesky go.bsky.app/4T6xwZf
April 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Here we go: every single @thedigradio.bsky.social guest on Bluesky go.bsky.app/4T6xwZf