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Another Unsolvable Issue for Americans
Mass Incarceration, Prison Labor in the United States By John Stanton Source: Dissident Voice The Federal Prison Industries (FPI) under the brand UNICOR operates approximately 52 factories (prisons) across the United States. Prisoners manufacture or assemble a number of products … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Economics, Labor, Law, Mass Incarceration, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged Bill Clinton, DOD, Donald Trump, Federal Prison Industries, FPI, Immigrants, Jeff Sessions, Mass Incarceration, Prison Policy Initiative, Prisons LAbor, Private Prisons, SINCGARS, Slave Labor, Towards Justice, UNICOR, US Department of Defense, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Corbyn Teaches Us to Embrace the Change We Need
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Source: The Unz Review The shocking election result in the United Kingdom – the Conservatives losing their majority and the creation of a hung Parliament; and Jeremy Corbyn being more successful than any recent … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Empire, Health, Labor, Neoliberalism, news, society, war, war on terror
Tagged bernie sanders, Blairites, Campaign Financing, Conservatives, Democrats, DNC, Duopoly, empire, foreign policy, Jeremy Corbyn, Labor Party, Neoliberals, Parliament, Retail Politics, terrorism, Theresa May, Tories, United Kingdom, war, war on terror
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Luddism and Economic Ideology
Source: the HipCrime Vocab Smithsonian Magazine has a very good feature on the Luddites, well worth a read. There are many elements you just don’t read in many economic histories; for example, the 40-hour work week was not brought down … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Work
Tagged 40 Hour Work Week, 5 Day Workweek, Adam Smith, automation, capitalism, Chris Dillow, economic inequality, Economics, Economism, James Kwak, Kirkpatrick Sale, Labor, London, Luddism, Luddites, Neoclassical Economics, Rebels Against the Future, Revolution, Robots, technology, Wealth Gap, Wealth of Nations, Work
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Saturday Matinee: Obsolete
Source: Truthstream Media The Future Doesn’t Need Us… Or So We’ve Been Told. With the rise of technology and the real-time pressures of an online, global economy, humans will have to be very clever – and very careful – not … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Film, Financial Crisis, Labor, Philosophy, Saturday Matinee, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, automation, Corporate Globalization, culture, Documentary Film, economic crisis, Economics, Global Economy, Internet, Labor, Robots, science, social control, society, technology, Work
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The United States of Work
Employers exercise vast control over our lives, even when we’re not on the job. How did our bosses gain power that the government itself doesn’t hold? By Miya Tokumitsu Source: New Republic Work no longer works. “You need to acquire … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged automation, Corporations, corporatocracy, culture, Economics, economy, Elizabeth Anderson, Employment, financial crisis, Government, James Livingston, Labor, Postcapitalism, Postwork Society, technology, UBI, Universal Basic Income, Welfare, Work
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Reimagining Money
What if markets were designed to build trust instead of wealth? By Douglas Rushkoff (The Atlantic) Bitcoin was conceived as a modern solution to an ages-old problem: How can two parties agree on and verify an exchange of value? In … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, society, Sociology, Technology, Work
Tagged Banks, BitCoin, Blockchain, centralized currency, Community Currencies, Cryptocurrency, Currency, Debt, Digital Currency, Douglas Rushkoff, economic crisis, Economics, Mutual Exchange, technology, Time Dollars
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Disposable Americans: The Numbers are Growing
By Paul Buchheit Source: Information Clearing House As often noted in the passionate writings of Henry Giroux, poor Americans are becoming increasingly ‘disposable’ in our winner-take-all society. After 35 years of wealth distribution to the super-rich, inequality has forced much … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Labor, Racism, Recession, Social Control, society, State Crime, Work
Tagged Blackstone, Debt, economic inequality, financial crisis, HealthcareSystem, Housing Market, Income Disparity, Institutionalized Racism, Middle Class, Real Estate, recession, Rent, Social Security, Wealth Gap
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Bureaucratic Insanity is Yours to Enjoy
Reposted below is Dmitry Orlov’s review of the new publication from Club Orlov Press: “Bureaucratic Insanity: The American Bureaucrat’s Descent into Madness” by Sean J. Kerrigan. By Dmitry Orlov Source: ClubOrlov In contemporary United States a child can be charged … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Health, Labor, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged automation, Bureaucratic Insanity, Bureaucrats, Conformity, culture, Insanity, Legislation, Obediance, Red Tape, Sean Kerrigan, society, Specialization, technology
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