The on-demand economy is reversing rights and protections workers fought for centuries to win.

Ordinary Internet users retain little control over their personal data.

Online platforms worsen social inequalities.

Can we achieve an Internet free from monopoly, exploitation, and surveillance?

The activists who put together Ours to Hack and to Own argue for a new kind of online economy: platform cooperativism, a new vision for the future of work and a fairer Internet.

Featuring contributions from Michel Bauwens, Yochai Benkler, Francesca Bria, Miriam Cherry, Ra Criscitiello, John Duda, Marina Gorbis, Karen Gregory, Seda Gürses, Steven Hill, Dmytri Kleiner, Vasilis Kostakis, Brendan Martin, Micky Metts, Kristy Milland, Mayo Fuster Morell, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Rachel O’Dwyer, Janelle Orsi, Michael Peck, Carmen Rojas, Douglas Rushkoff, Saskia Sassen, Juliet Schor, Palak Shah, Tom Slee, Danny Spitzberg, Arun Sundararajan, Astra Taylor, Cameron Tonkinwise, McKenzie Wark, and Caroline Woolard.

Ours to Hack and to Own

Edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider