The Cloud, Platforms, and Search Engines Are Public-Interest Institutions

Cecilia Rikap interviewed by Kirsten Van Gestel and Klara Ledroit transform! europe
Big Tech has amassed extraordinary power and now exerts control over the entire economy. Europe can no longer afford to remain captive to Big Tech networks. The solution lies in building an alternative digital ecosystem.

Colombia Joins the Far-Right Wave

Lara Loaiza NACLA
With De la Espriella’s victory, Colombia now appears poised to join the mano dura trend represented by countries like El Salvador and Ecuador. Yet the result demonstrates that the Colombian left’s vision of society is far from a minority position.

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A Complicated Time To Be a Young Scientist

Deborah Blum Scientific American
There’s a strong consensus among historians that Nixon’s concept of an imperial presidency bringing scientists to heel foreshadowed Trump’s approach and that of his administration. “There are many eerie similarities.”

Alan Greenspan: Homewrecker

Peter Dreier Portside
Alan Greenspan was the Henry Kissinger of economic policy. Both men caused enormous harm and suffering for which they were never held accountable. The biggest influence on Greenspan was Ayn Rand.

"How to Think About AI" | Cory Doctorow

"When labor drives automation, it's usually in service to making the product better, and when capital drives automation, it's usually in service to making more of the product,"