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Breaking the Power of Big Tech

Tuesday, September 1, 2020;  2:00-3:30 pm ET

While it was once unthinkable to imagine that policymakers would move to break the power of Big Tech, it is now a question of when and how, not if. 

As the Antitrust Subcommittee prepares its final plan of action, 40 organizations are hosting a conversation on September 1st at 2pm about why breaking up these dominant corporations is key to protecting workers, small businesses, communities, and democracy. 

Hear from the experts and advocates that jump started the movement to take on Big Tech about the road ahead, what we can expect next in the fight, and why there is a growing opportunity to take on corporate power.

Panel 1: The Need for Big Tech Break Ups
Speakers: 
  • Maurice BP-Weeks, Co-Executive Director of the Action Center on Race and the Economy 
  • Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
  • Jeremie Greer, Co-Founder, Co-Executive Director of Liberation in a Generation
  • Sandeep Vaheesan, Legal Director of the Open Markets Institute
Moderator:
  • K. Sabeel Rahman, President of DEMOS

Panel 2: The Politics of Advancing the Fight Against Big Tech
Speakers: 
  • Brandi Collins-Dexter, Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
  • Sarah Miller, Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project 
  • Roger McNamee, early investor in Facebook and Author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
  • Lauren Jacobs, Executive Director of the Partnership for Working Families
Moderator:
  • David Segal, Executive Director of Demand Progress

Tuesday, September 1, 2020
2:00 - 3:30 pm ET

 
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Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE); Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN); American Booksellers Association; American Economic Liberties Project; American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA); American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA); Athena; Awood Center; Backbone Campaign; Cambridge Local First; Center for Digital Democracy; Center for Journalism & Liberty; Color of Change; Demand Progress; Demos; Freedom From Facebook & Google; Future of Music Coalition; Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition NYC; Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association (IOPFDA); Institute for Local Self-Reliance; Jewish Voice for Peace; Jobs with Justice; Liberation in a Generation; Local First Arizona; Make the Road New York; National Employment Law Project (NELP); National Office Products Alliance (NOPA); New York Communities for Change; Office Furniture Dealers Alliance (OFDA); Open Markets Institute; Portland Buy Local; Public Citizen; Revolving Door Project; Running Industry Association (RIA); Social Security Works; Stand Up Nashville; StayLocal New Orleans; Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP); The Center for Popular Democracy; and Warehouse Worker Resource Center.

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