Dopo anni di incertezze a causa della grande recessione scoppiata nel 2007, il capitalismo globale sembra aver ritrovato slancio attraverso lo sviluppo di nuove economie come la sharing e la gig economy che fanno affidamento sullo sviluppo delle tecnologie digitali. Alcuni tra gli economisti più influenti – tra cui il direttore del World Economic Forum, …
De Stavola – A New Platform Union. The Case of Rappi in Mexico City
Here the second video of Into the Black Box session at RC21 conference “In and Beyond the City”
RC21 Conference 18-21 September, Delhi
Roundtable The Global Challenges of Platform Economy: A Trans-Urban Perspective
Federico De Stavola – A New Platform Union. The Case of Rappi in Mexico City
The platforms, informed by extractive, financial and logistical logics, as installing in Latin America, find and catch some characteristics of the urban fabric, producing subjectivity. By discussing the case of Rappi in Mexico City, we will use two Latin American theoretical contributions, the so called “neoliberalism from below”, raised by Verónica Gago, and “over-exploitation of work”, theorized in the 70s by Ruy Mauro Marini; they will let us shed light, respectively, on popular self-entrepreneurship and the robbery of value through the outsourcing to the rider of the means of production
Logistics Struggles in the Po Valley Region: Territorial Transformations and Processes of Antagonistic Subjectivation
Milan, metropolitan area. October 7, 2011. Hundreds of people stand before the cages of a warehouse. They are logistics workers at Esselunga, a large Italian supermarket chain, protesting because some of their coworkers were laid off in the wake of a series of strikes. A long line of red and yellow trucks waits in front …
Le lotte nella logistica nella valle del Po
Negli ultimi quattro anni una diffusa successione di forme di vertenzialità conflittuale ha coinvolto il mondo della logistica nel nord Italia. Decine di magazzini del settore sono stati al centro di scioperi: dalle aziende maggiori (Bartolini, TNT, GLS, DHL…) a ditte minori, sino a coinvolgere il comparto logistico di imprese multinazionali come Ikea e Granarolo. …