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R. Trebor Scholz

@trebors2025.bsky.social

Prof at The New School | Founder, Platform Cooperativism Consortium + Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy | Author, OWN THIS! (2023) + UBER-WORKED & UNDERPAID (2016) | Faculty Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center | Advocate for Digital Labor Rights |

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We are pleased to announce the 2026–2027 ICDE Fellows, a cohort advancing research on cooperative digital infrastructure across governance, finance, labor, food systems, and AI, representing 10 countries across 4 continents. platform.coop/blog/icdefel...

14.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Socialist Co-Ops Against Silicon Valley Empires Co-ops are often dismissed as attempts to create islands of socialism. But building democratically controlled tech infrastructure can be part of a wider movement for working-class power.

jacobin.com/2026/02/soci...

13.02.2026 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Building a Solidarity Ecosystem for AI (SSIR) How cooperatives, public institutions, and social movements can come together to intentionally build a practical, community-owned alternative to extractive AI systems.

ssir.org/articles/ent...

05.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is a co-op model emerging in platform logistics? Evidence from Spain R. Trebor Scholz, founding director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium, reports on a success story from Spain

Spain offers real evidence that platform logistics can be cooperative: Givit, a worker-owned platform co-op in delivery, now has 900+ members and €12m+ in revenue. www.thenews.coop/is-a-co-op-m...

03.02.2026 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And here the reflections after the event platform.coop/blog/when-wo...

17.11.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tired of the AI hype, backlash, and β€œAI for Good” events? Join us in Istanbul for Cooperative AIβ€”4 days linking tech to real movements. 30+ countries, scholars, data labelers, union organizers, co-op leaders. Join the network reimagining AI beyond Big Tech. platform.coop/events/coope...

16.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

03.10.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3976    πŸ” 2408    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 140
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Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students Trump officials have proposed a new rule limiting international students to fixed periods of entry, making a U.S. education more precarious.

Trump officials will limit intl. students to 4 years (median to finish PhD: 5.7 years). The justification? DHS claims to protect national security it hopes a threat files an extension after 4 years so USCIS reviews their application. @mclem.org @erikbryn.bsky.social‬
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

28.08.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What if the digital economy worked for communities, not corporations? A/Prof Trebor Scholz @trebors2025.bsky.social shares real-world alternatives from over 60 countries in this presentation. Listen now on the ADM+S Podcast bit.ly/4fBkbzT
#DigitalCoops #PlatformCooperativism #DigitalEconomy

15.08.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The syllabus of my online course 'AI Without Bosses'
ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/pub...

Enrollment is now open to everyone (15 weeks, free with registration, starts on Aug 28th)
cpe.newschool.edu/search/publi...

Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / Better Images of AI

08.08.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us Sept 11 for "Beyond Democracy Theater" w/ Dan McQuillan, Emily Tseng, Joan Kinyua, Anna Iovine, Dorleta Urrutia-OΓ±ate, Linda Huber & Trebor Scholzβ€”on worker power + AI alternatives.

Register newschool.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #coops #ai #platformcoops

Details:
platform.coop/blog/beyondd...

06.08.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Givit, Europe’s largest platform cooperative for delivery, grew 60% in 2024, reaching €9 million in revenue and 837 worker-owners. [article in Spanish]

www-eleconomista-es.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.elec...

12.07.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great report by Mosa Tsay on Groupmuse

platform.coop/blog/icde-re...

12.07.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next Tuesday at Columbia U

12.07.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
5 Ways Cooperatives Can Shape the Future of AI AI development is dominated by a handful of powerful firms, raising concerns about equity, accountability, and social harm. AI cooperativesβ€”democratically governed and community-ownedβ€”offer a promising alternative through five key interventions: 1) Democratizing data governance by giving individuals control over how their data is used; 2) Bridging research and civil society by grounding AI debates in public needs, not elite institutions; 3) Advancing education to equip members with the knowledge to influence AI systems; 4) Building alternative ownership models to keep AI value creation in stakeholder hands; and 5) Adapting AI for cooperative ends, ensuring systems support solidarity and worker power. Though cooperatives face barriers in scale and resources, these strategies point to a viable, inclusive path for AI aligned with public interest.

Glad to share our new piece in Harvard Business Review hbr.org/2025/06/5-wa...

09.07.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few years of work in this report. Worth the read! platform.coop/blog/new-pcc...

21.06.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming up:
Trebor Scholz β€” From Vibe to Viability: A Methodology for Building Transformative Alternatives in the Digital Economy

Friday 16 May
5:30pm – 7:00pm
RMIT Storey Hall
336 Swanston Street, Melbourne

06.05.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m excited to share the publication of my book Own This! β€”now not only in Italian, but also in Mandarin, and published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House.

07.06.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Less than a week left to submit an abstract for the conference 'Countervailing Platform Power', Florence, June 26-27.

27.03.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"the president is asserting dictatorial power and β€˜constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”

"the president is asserting dictatorial power and β€˜constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”

Here's an expert saying that "constitutional crisis" isn't the right term **because it doesn't go far enough.**

"The president is asserting dictatorial power and β€˜constitutional crisis’ doesn’t capture the gravity of the situation.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

20.03.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4327    πŸ” 1397    πŸ’¬ 73    πŸ“Œ 67
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Ramadan Mubarak from all of us at Signalise! πŸŒ™

28.02.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to speak at Rutgers’ Childhood Studies Center this morning

27.02.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post owner Bezos announces shift in opinions section; Shipley to leave In an email and social media post, Jeff Bezos outlined dramatic changes to The Washington Post’s opinions section, and announced that opinions editor David Shipley has resigned.

Unsubscribe. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

27.02.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only two days left to apply.

26.02.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

delivering a university lecture at Rutgers on Thursday. DM me if you want to join.

25.02.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just spoke with South African truckers about their new unionized platform co-opβ€”exciting stuff! They are unstoppable.

25.02.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The early ’90s in E Germany didn’t feel like the present moment, though there are parallelsβ€”twenty-year-olds shutting down factories they deemed unfit to survive. But for a faint moment then at least, it felt like the possibility of something better.
@nilsgilman.bsky.social

22.02.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Joseph Beuys - Sonne statt Reagan 1982
YouTube video by fritz51238 Joseph Beuys - Sonne statt Reagan 1982

β€œSonne statt Reagan,
Sonne statt Regen,
Lasst die Sonne scheinen
In die Herzen hinein!”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ1_...

19.02.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBrazil’s attorney general, Paulo Gonet Branco, indicted Mr. Bolsonaro and 33 other people for a series of crimes against Brazil’s democracy. β€œ

19.02.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the words of Molly Ivins: β€œIt sounded better in the original German”

16.02.2025 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0