Episode 40: The Spring Anniversary and Renewal
An important LabourStart campaign, and Tor's latest attempts to evade Iranian censors. And Walton practices SSH.
Episode 39: Walton is soooo boring!
Walton is doing end of year financial reports and is bored to tears. Also, he gives a really long talk at Ruskin College.
Episode 38: Walton goes to the other Oxford
Walton visits his old school, Ruskin College Oxford, and talks to the current cohort of MA students.
Episode 37: Left wing, FLOSS, Right wing or what?
We have discussion forums ... Debate about where FLOSS in relation to ideological perspectives...
Episode 36 – Zsocial on ParE-con-tradiction
Stephen learns how to video stream with FLOSS...Walton analyzes unions use of the internet....and then Stephen RANTS about Zsocial....enjoy
Episode 34 Eff it we'll call it Pipe Soup (SOPA/PIPA)
With special guest host, Douglas from the Music Manumit Lawcast and an interview with Parker Higgins from the Electronic Frontier Foundation...
Episode 33 Return of the ... 5th International
With Walton gone we return to his interview with Peterwaterman...
Episode 32 We are back together to be separate again
Finally we have a connection that works...we catch up and bring back a regular show...for now...then Walton leaves again (Have a Great Wedding!)
Episode 31 The Tech 5th International
A week without Walton as I visit Mexico City....well still have Walton just in an interview with Peter Waterman in a part one of two shows.
Episode 30: Happy New Year!
...and we're back!
We discuss Liberation Theology in Guatemala.
Episode 28: The Little Red Songbook
We celebrate the 30 November strike with some protest songs,
Episode 27: Sparks are flying and it's not even May First!
We look at the construction workers' dispute in the UK, and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the US.
Episode 26: Music and Movements
We interview radical folk musician David Rovics.
Episode 25: Walton is half-cut, Stephen play's catch up
We have a drink to celebrate our 25th episode. Join us!
Episode 24: We decided to do a show about books
We review our favourite books about trade unions, tech and economics.
Episode 22: 'Mon the Dragon!
Stephen spends time at Occupy Boston, and we learn about the links between the United Steelworkers and the Mondragon group of workers' co-ops in Spain.
Episode 21: Organise, Network, Occupy!
We investigate the Occupy movement, and talk to Örsan about Social Network Unionism
Episode 20: CRM - the tech tools to put your organisational theory into practice
We install Ubuntu on a fabulous netbook, and look at free and open source Constituent Relationship Management software. Great for unions and campaigning organisations!
Episode 19: Swarming between bureaucratic inertia and the tyranny of structurelessness
We create a mobile site, and look at union organising structures and swarm theory.
Episode 18: The Long and Unconventional History of Industrial Action
Little Brother, ParanoidLinux, Tor, Strikes and IRC.
Episode 17: Building an international comradeship of cyber cadre!
On Biko Day we discuss Social Movement Unionism and the TAC and Cosatu campaign for treatment access with Eduard in Cape Town. We also look at video editing for Linux.
Episode 16: Solidaridad sin Fronteras
As Walton takes a UK Citizenship test, we talk about visas, immgration and how the economy relies on migrant labour - with special guest Lindsey.
Episode 14: Riots, strikes and reddit
Kernel updates, the Verizon strike and the r/cyberunions subreddit
Episode 15: Some one on the Internet is WRONG!
A squabble on reddit turns into a debate about different economic systems.
Episode 13: Labo(u)r history in the clouds
We talk about labour history and global solidarity, and ask if cloud computing is the future.
Episode 12: Solidarity - for starters!
We review Google+ and discuss global solidarity.
Episode 11: Integrate a little Freedom into your Office
Never pay for office software again! LibreOffice provides a Free and Open Source Software solution. We also talk about puppies and mobile operating systems.
Episode 10: Tech workers can organise?
Part Two of our show looking at the ideas raised by Cory Doctorow's For the Win - organising tech workers.
Episode 9: This one's for the tech workers
Digital artisans unite! We look at organising workers in the tech sector.
Episode 8: #NotW Hashtag FTW
We look at the social media campaign around the #NotW hacking scandal, and review a great book.
Episode 7: Statistically 'Intriguing' Onion
We talk about web stats and cyber-utopia, and test the Tor privacy tool.
Episode 6: Testing the Feedback Loop
Stephen returns from Guatemala with ideas about internet cafes running Linux. We review a book by Cory Doctorow and discuss privacy, and respond to our critics!
Episode 5: Wiki and Creative Commons rant
Trade unions should use Creative Commons and share good practice to avoid repeating costly mistakes.
Episode 4: Building links with the Co-operative movement
Ahead of Co-operative Fortnight, we look at the links between trade unions, the Open Source community and the Co-operative Movement.
Episode 3: Building a branch website
Communicate with your members by creating a simple branch website and developing a social media strategy.
Episode 2: A 'strike' against Skype
As Skype disappears behind Microsoft’s walled garden, Free Software activists are working on alternatives
Episode 1: Welcome to the Cyberunions podcast
We are really pleased to be able to announce a new feature on Cyberunions: the first of what we hope will be a weekly podcast. The Cyberunions Show is hosted by myself, and MV, a trade uni