Derek Blackadder went to his first union meeting in the 1970s, and since the 1980s has been involved in multiple ways in shaping how the labour movement has made use of digital communication techology. Scott Neigh interviews him about that long history of experimentation, debate, and action with online tools, and about what social movements can learn from …
Thank-you to long-time trade unionist Derek Blackadder for the Talking Radical Radio interview just now! We talked about labour movement use of online tools from the 1980s to today, and about how it’s changing due to COVID-19. Listen for it in the coming weeks!