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How IBM Workers Took On Racism and Apartheid w/ ann haeyoung

Tech Won't Save Us

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I B M's Control - What Did the Struggle Against Apartid Look Like?

I b m's control sounds very familiar with arguments that are being made to day about why we need unions in the teckh industry. Another piece of this that you described in your conversation with james lee's was also the apartid struggle, right? And at this moment, it wasn't just the racism being experienced by workers in i b m, in american companies, there was the apartid regime. It was being supported by the united states, and companies like i b m were still selling it computers so that they could continue to administer the apartid system.

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