Ben Conway is an independent socialist and writer from the UK now living in Melbourne, Australia.
Australian tech company Atlassian — best known for its flagship product, Jira Software — presents itself as a humble innovator that wants to improve the world with technology. But its productivity-boosting tools are designed to maximize the exploitation of workers.
Neoliberalism now dominates Australia’s formerly left-wing institutions, marginalizing working-class and socialist politics. Yet the center-left “progressive neoliberal” consensus shambles on, a corpse in search of a decent grave.