{"id":14820,"date":"2026-08-12T14:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/?p=14820"},"modified":"2026-08-12T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:09:43","slug":"blood-in-the-machine-bc-unions-are-doing-a-book-club-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/2026\/08\/12\/blood-in-the-machine-bc-unions-are-doing-a-book-club-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood in the Machine: BC Unions are doing a Book Club! \u2013 New!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5 Tuesdays, 11:30-1:00 p.m., September 29, October 6, 20, &amp; November 3, 17; in person in House 1<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This book club is open to both faculty and\u202fclassified staff and will be presented by faculty and staff with a background in labor organizing.\u202fIn this era of AI and labor fights we are hosting a quarter-long book discussion of\u202f<em>Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech<\/em>\u202fby Brian Merchant.\u202f Come feel the solidarity and read a book that focuses on labor history past and asks what we do in this new age of AI as workers and human beings.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feel free to bring your lunch!\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bcfacultycommons.formstack.com\/forms\/unions_book_club_blood_in_the_machine_bc_fa26\">Registration<\/a> is encouraged if you would like the schedule of discussion chapters.\u00a0 Drop-ins are welcome.\u00a0\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Open to faculty and classified staff.\u202f&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For more information, contact\u202fElena Maans-Lorincz, Library Faculty and BCAHE Vice President; Ty Saxon, Social Science Faculty and BCAHE member; &amp;\u202fMarlowe\u202fZoller, International Education &amp; Global Initiatives staff and WPEA shop steward.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Tuesdays, 11:30-1:00 p.m., September 29, October 6, 20, &amp; November 3, 17; in person in House 1&nbsp; This book club is open to both faculty and\u202fclassified staff and will be presented by faculty and staff with a background in labor organizing.\u202fIn this era of AI and labor fights we are hosting a quarter-long book <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/2026\/08\/12\/blood-in-the-machine-bc-unions-are-doing-a-book-club-new\/\">...more about Blood in the Machine: BC Unions are doing a Book Club! \u2013 New!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3811,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[64,181],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-14820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-we-in-person-web-enhanced","tag-fall-2026"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-11-17 11:54:00","action":"category-remove-all","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3811"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14820"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14856,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820\/revisions\/14856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/facultycommons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}