For anyone curious about the real roots of #talkpay, software developer Lauren Voswinkel kicked it off on Model View Culture: https://modelviewculture.com/news/

For anyone curious about the real roots of #talkpay, software developer Lauren Voswinkel kicked it off on Model View Culture: https://modelviewculture.com/news/lets-talk-about-pay https://modelviewculture.com/news/lets-talk-about-pay (Background: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/01/talkpay-hashtag-twitter-worker-wages-titles-lauren-voswinkel http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/01/talkpay-hasht...) So basically, a software dev announced a Twitter campaign on a Silicon Valley startup's website. Naturally, it only hits Hacker "News" when some white man placates fellow uninformed ideologues with "I’m honestly troubled by joining a Marxist movement on May Day". (Translating #talkpay into market theology — is this analogous to how Soviet commissars made bold ideas safe for consumption?) BTW: May 1st commemorates the Chicago Haymarket affair, where workers went on strike for the 8-hour day. And four anarchists were martyred by the state via hanging.