{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Resisting Big Tech Empires: The Fight for the Future","description":"Eight of the ten richest men in the world built their fortunes through Big Tech. As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented profits and market power, a handful of corporations are reshaping economies, politics and societies on a global scale.\n\nIn this episode of COUNTER•POWER, host Nick Dearden is joined by Sofia Scasserra of the Transnational Institute and Anita Gurumurthy of IT for Change to examine the rise of the new tech empires, the political power of Silicon Valley's billionaires, and the growing resistance to their influence around the world.\n\nTogether they explore whether today's tech giants are simply the modern successors to the robber barons of the nineteenth century—or whether we are entering something entirely new: a world of techno-feudalism, where control over digital infrastructure and data underpins unprecedented forms of economic and political power.\n\nThe conversation ranges from the impact of Big Tech on economies in the Global South to the growing debate around digital sovereignty, and asks what progressive movements should be demanding in the face of AI-driven transformation.\n\nIn this episode:\n\nWhy opposition to Big Tech has grown so rapidly in recent years\nThe essential role of trade unions and what they need to do to win back younger generations\nThe promises and pitfalls of digital sovereignty\nResistance to AI infrastructure, including struggles against data centres\nLessons from movements challenging Big Tech across Asia and Latin America\n\nAs governments compete for technological supremacy and corporations consolidate ever greater power, this episode asks a crucial question: what would a democratic, just and internationally accountable digital future look like—and how do we fight for it?\n\nGuests\n\nAnita Gurumurthy is Executive Director of IT for Change, a Bengaluru-based organisation working on issues of digital justice, governance and development.\nLearn More and Donate Here (https://itforchange.net/donate/)\n\nFollow IT for Change\nInstagram (https://www.instagram.com/itforchange/)\nX/Twitter (https://x.com/itforchange)\nYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQIHbWMOrI0Hg5pSxjoKGlA)\n\nSofia Scasserra is a researcher and fellow at the Transnational Institute based in Argentina, focusing on digital economies, trade and the political economy of technology.\nLearn More and Donate Here (https://www.tni.org/en/support-tni)\n\nFollow Transnational Institute\nInstagram (https://www.instagram.com/transnationalinstitute)\nBluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/tninstitute.bsky.social)\nTikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@ideasintomovement)\nYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/TransnationalInst)\n\nABOUT THE PODCAST\n\nCOUNTER•POWER is brought to you by Stop Trump Coalition, Another Europe Is Possible and Global Justice Now, three organisations at the centre of the new global resistance.\n\nThis podcast isn’t just about chatting and conversation — it’s about turning ideas into action and building real community power.\n\nAny donation – big or small – can help us get there. Thank you for your support.\n\nDONATE HERE (https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4683)\n\nFollow Us\n\nInstagram\n@anothereuropeispossible (https://www.instagram.com/anothereuropeispossible/)\n@globaljusticenow  (https://www.instagram.com/globaljusticenow/)\n@ukstoptrump (https://www.instagram.com/ukstoptrump/)\n\nTikTok\n@global.justice.now (https://www.tiktok.com/@global.justice.now)\n@uk.stop.trump.coa (https://www.tiktok.com/@uk.stop.trump.coa)\n\nTwitter / X\n@Another_Europe (https://x.com/Another_Europe)\n@GlobalJusticeUK (https://x.com/GlobalJusticeUK)\n@UKStopTrump (https://x.com/UKStopTrump)\n\nMusic(cc): Intro R&B instrumental loop, Mcgrogo (Freesound.org)","author_name":"COUNTER•POWER","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4960214-counter-power","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43710620/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}