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Machine unlearning: AI, neoliberalism and universities in crisis
Could Artificial Intelligence render the university obsolete? Katy Hayward explores what is lost when human thought is made subordinate to the machine.
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Exposing bias against Palestinians, Ta-Nehisi Coates is predictably accused of bias by CBS
Acclaimed journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates returned to nonfiction with his essay collection The Message, published on October 1, only to be met with patronizing dismissal and a whiff of racism on CBS Mornings
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Atrocity Inc: How Israel sells its destruction of Gaza
In an exclusive new documentary, Max Blumenthal rips the cover off the media deceptions and atrocity hoaxes Israel pushed after October 7 to create political space for its gruesome assault on the Gaza Strip.
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The Genesis of Cultural-Historical Theory in Vygotsky’s manuscripts of 1926
The present article aims to analyze a restricted set of notes made by Vygotsky, between 1925 and 1926.
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Vania Bambirra: A voice from the Global South
Consequently, despite co-founding dependency theory, teaching at some of the most important universities in Latin America, and publishing dozens of highly original books and articles, Vania Bambirra’s name is completely absent from IR and IPE handbooks and disciplinary surveys.
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Sixty years after Kubrick’s film, meet the U.S.’s real Dr. Strangelove
SOLOMON HUGHES looks at the sorry career of Brett McGurk.
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A year after the attack on NewsClick, journalists in India call for a united fight against assaults on independent media
Many former NewsClick employees are struggling to find an alternative job even after months of unemployment due to the vilification and fear mongering campaign launched by the ultra-right government in India.
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The Western media helped create these horrors in the Middle East
All the mass media personnel who’ve been lying and manipulating for Israel helped pave the way to this.
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A walk along the Baiyangdian Lake in the Xiong’an new area: The Fortieth Newsletter (2024)
On 1 October 1949, the People’s Republic of China was established. Seventy-five years into its revolutionary process, China has made rapid advances while still facing many challenges.
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In first speech since release, Assange says imprisonment set ‘dangerous precedent’
“I am not free today because the system worked,” said Assange. “I am free today because after years of incarceration I pleaded guilty to journalism.”
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The political beginnings of AMLO, the Mexican politician who did not give up
We review some of the key moments in the political life of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), from his beginnings until the 2006 presidential election. AMLO concluded his presidential term on September 30.
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Judges in TikTok case seem ready to discount First Amendment
Earlier this year, despite widespread protest, President Joe Biden signed legislation forcing TikTok’s owner “to sell it or face a nationwide prohibition in the United States”.
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Burning questions put to Shaman Rufino of Venezuela
A Huottüja leader easily dispatches most of the major political issues the country is facing, including the electoral dispute.
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The most precarious place in the world to be a child: Israel’s year of war on children
Israel’s onslaught against the Palestinian people has systematically targeted children in both Gaza and the West Bank. The result is a war against an entire generation.
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Remembering Fredric Jameson, 1934-2024
In Fredric Jameson, who died on Sunday at the age of 90, we have lost probably the most creative Marxist thinker of our time.
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When ‘disinformation’ control becomes government censorship
The Trudeau government is playing a dangerous game with its latest censorship push.
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Maybe we should be the ones grokking: Thoughts on Elon Musk’s xAI super-polluting supercomputer
Is it just our filter bubbles? Or is an understanding of the environmental impact of artificial intelligence (AI) slowly making its way into the mainstream?
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When you suffer for your sanity and struggle to get free: The Thirty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
The antidote to the mental health crisis lies in re-building our societies, moving away from capitalism’s culture of hostility towards a culture of connection and community.
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U.S. shooting itself in the foot with info warfare in Africa
U.S. efforts to control information in Africa will ultimately backfire, says African journalist, author, and filmmaker David Hundeyin.
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Marcellus Williams lynched by United States despite public outcry
Marcellus Williams has been executed via lethal injection in the U.S.