Crypto leftism? With Alex Rivera

Hello from a blockchain!

This week, Jay and Tammy talk with Alex Rivera, a filmmaker, media artist, immigrant rights activist, and MacArthur genius, about crypto.

What is crypto currency? How does it work? And why is it often cast as a right-wing, libertarian, carbon-depleting project?

Can the left reclaim crypto for the people? How might decentralized financial networks power social movements? Post-national transactions? Worker cooperatives? Global decision-making?

For more, check out:

* The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (Donate and get yourself some merch!)

* Alex and Cristina Ibarra’s film, The Infiltrators

* Alex’s film, Sleep Dealer (pictured above)

* Jay and Aaron Lammer’s podcast, “CoinTalk”

* Jay on his toad NFT

* Alex on border technologies, via “Tech Won’t Save Us”

* Crypto Communism by Mark Alizart, translated by Robin Mackay

* Murtaza Hussain on crypto remittances

* Crypto POC economies

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