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What is it like to work in the gig economy? How does flexibility and individual freedom mix with exploitation and conflict? Workers are bullied by algorithms and exploited for the profit of a few – but they don’t just accept it. A transnational network of encrypted chats and informal groups is emerging, leading to a wave of strikes and protests. Far from being atomized individuals at the helpless mercy of giant technology corporations, workers are resisting the rules and trying to take control. In this interview with Mo, a Lieferando driver in Berlin, these new developments in the workplace become tangible, and it becomes plausible how they are combining to create an explosive subterranean class struggle. In this interview with Mo, a Lieferando driver in Berlin, these new developments in the workplace become tangible, and it becomes plausible how they are combining to create an explosive subterranean class struggle. The interview is part of a series of interviews conducted by the Peng Collective as a contribution to the “Silent Works” project. Watch a video statement by the Peng Collective here. Read more about their contribution to “Silent Works” in this brochure (pp. 28-29).