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The mouthpieces of the scientific establishment have identified the latest global security threat: antiscience. So what does that mean, exactly? Whatever they want it to mean, of course! This week on The Corbett Report podcast, James explores the game of Science Says that the self-appointed experts are playing with the public and outlines how that game is about to get a whole lot darker. (The Corbett Report YouTube channel was removed shortly after this episode was posted)Kim Iversen 04.08.21
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Data governance and the new frontiers of resistance
The 21st century corporation is using algorithmic-based intelligence to accumulate data on a massive scale. Social movements need to grasp this change quickly. By Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami Source: ROAR Four centuries after the East India Company set the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Environment, Inequality, Labor, media, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged algorithmic optimization, Amazon, artificial intelligence, Big Tech, capitalism, Commodification, Corporatization, corporatocracy, data capital, data dispossession, digital platforms, Dystopia, Economics, environment, Financialization, Global South, Intelligencification, intelligent corporation, Labor, Monopolies, neo-colonialism, Neoliberalism, Technocracy, technology, Uber, Wealth Concentration
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Neoliberalism Is Changing Our World Without Our Even Noticing
Wendy Brown charts the ‘stealth revolution’ that’s transforming every aspect of society — and now has democracy in its sights. By Hans Rollmann Source: PopMatters ‘Neoliberalism’ is a much confused and maligned term these days. Progressive activists deploy it derisively … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, education, History, Labor, Philosophy, Privatization, propaganda, Social Control, society
Tagged capitalism, Corporate Globalization, Corporatization, Deregulation, Free Markets, Neoliberalism, Privitization, Public-Private Partnerships
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Inside the Belly of the Beast
The Manifold Crises Threatening Higher Education By Vince Chernak and Henry A. Giroux Source: Counterpunch When Western University president Amit Chakma’s jaw-dropping income was posted recently on the Sunshine list, it put a spotlight on the inequities and conflicts that … Continue reading
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Tagged Commodification, Corporatization, Higher Education, Neo-Liberalism, privatization
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