A free, online course taught by Lachlan Kermode and Erika Bussmann. Our latest semester ran in the summer of 2026.

The aim of this course is twofold:

1. To understand Marx’s 1867–1894 text Capital on its own terms.
2. To consider the extent to which Marx’s critique in this work travels to the contemporary context and conundrum of technology companies and our practice, white- and blue-collar alike, as a part of them: as technologists, users, engineers, custodians, product managers, data cleaners, marketers, and even as founders and investors.

It is designed with those who are actively engaged in the operational edifice of ‘big tech’ in mind, as a structured and socially involved way to reflect on the ethics and politics of working in the world of software. A tried and tested way to create space for this kind of difficult conceptual labor is to read and re-read Capital, a fact to which a century and a half of political struggle attests.

Though the course is complete, you can still:

1. Take a look at the syllabus.
2. Join our Discord to discuss similar topics.

Questions

Contact us at cftw@ohrg.org, or ask in the Discord.