Ellen Reese's guest appearances

Ellen Reese

Sea Change Radio

Laborwave Radio

New Left Radio

Jake Alimahomed-Wilson

Liza Featherstone

Marianne Garneau

Bill Fletcher

Asad Haider

Nora Samaran

Micah Uetricht

Tom Wetzel

Alex Press

Boots Riley

Jane McAlevey

David Barsamian

Raj Patel

Holly Lewis

Barbara Muraca

OwlTail

By now, we all recognize the ubiquitous box or shipping packet with the arrow, but the reality behind the packaging is much darker and much more ubiquitous in our lives than most people could ever imagine. From last mile delivery, warehouse &amp; fulfillment workers, major tech companies, and avergae citizens across the globe - Amazon has an impact on billiuons of us in one way or another.We're joined by sociologists Jake Alimahomed-Wilson &amp; Ellen Reese to discuss their new book, The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy, to examine just how deep Amazon's tentacles go into global society and what that means for working people, consumers, and oblivious internet users alike.Ironically the book is available on (you guessed it) Amazon. Do yourself a favour and pick it up from the DSC's Bookshop instead, where your purchase goes to support local booksellers, the DSC's mission, and keeps your hard earned money out of Jeff Bezo's pocket. 

By now, we all recognize the ubiquitous box or shipping packet with the arrow, but the reality behind the packaging is much darker and much more ubiquitous in our lives than most people could ever imagine. From last mile delivery, warehouse &amp; fulfillment workers, major tech companies, and avergae citizens across the globe - Amazon has an impact on billiuons of us in one way or another.We're joined by sociologists Jake Alimahomed-Wilson &amp; Ellen Reese to discuss their new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-cost-of-free-shipping-amazon-in-the-global-economy/9780745341484?aid=20392&amp;listref=read-s-from-new-left-radio" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy</a>, to examine just how deep Amazon's tentacles go into global society and what that means for working people, consumers, and oblivious internet users alike.Ironically the book is available on (you guessed it) Amazon. Do yourself a favour and pick it up from the <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/DSC" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">DSC's Bookshop</a> instead, where your purchase goes to support local booksellers, the DSC's mission, and keeps your hard earned money out of Jeff Bezo's pocket.

The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy Interview with Jake Alimahomed-Wilson & Ellen Reese

Support Laborwave Radio at patreon.com/laborwaveJake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese are the editors of The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy published by Pluto Press. Order a copy at https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/With cutting-edge analysis, this book looks at the many facets of the corporation, including automation, surveillance, tech work, workers' struggle, algorithmic challenges, the disruption of local democracy and much more. Mentioned in the talk is a panel event with the editors from November, when this episode was recorded, you've missed that discussion but you can watch the video of it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYeH0jLmHFMJoin the fight against Amazon by connecting with Amazonians United at https://www.amazoniansunited.org/ and read an interview with the workers at https://www.plutobooks.com/blog/amazon-manages-us-through-stress/Learn more about forms of solidarity work from this piece at Jacobin, Amazon Workers Desperately Need an Insurgent Union Campaign https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/amazon-worker-organizing-salting-union-coronavirusAll our content is at laborwaveradio.com Music:Fresh and Onlys- I'm a Thief

Support Laborwave Radio at <a href="http://patreon.com/laborwave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/laborwave</a> Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Ellen Reese are the editors of The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy published by Pluto Press. Order a copy at <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341484/the-cost-of-free-shipping/</a> With cutting-edge analysis, this book looks at the many facets of the corporation, including automation, surveillance, tech work, workers' struggle, algorithmic challenges, the disruption of local democracy and much more. Mentioned in the talk is a panel event with the editors from November, when this episode was recorded, you've missed that discussion but you can watch the video of it at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYeH0jLmHFM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYeH0jLmHFM</a> Join the fight against Amazon by connecting with Amazonians United at <a href="https://www.amazoniansunited.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazoniansunited.org/</a> and read an interview with the workers at <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/blog/amazon-manages-us-through-stress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.plutobooks.com/blog/amazon-manages-us-through-stress/</a> Learn more about forms of solidarity work from this piece at Jacobin, Amazon Workers Desperately Need an Insurgent Union Campaign <a href="https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/amazon-worker-organizing-salting-union-coronavirus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/amazon-worker-organizing-salting-union-coronavirus</a> All our content is at <a href="http://laborwaveradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">laborwaveradio.com</a> Music: Fresh and Onlys- I'm a Thief

Amazon Capitalism & Organizing the Giant w/ Jake Alimahomed-Wilson & Ellen Reese