Author Archives: Conor Gallagher
Book Review: Confronting the Slow Calamity of Climate Migration
In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten details how global warming could displace millions of Americans.
Read more...Links 3/31/2024
Combating “Hate”: The Trojan Horse for Precrime
Canada pushes ahead with a pre-hate-crime bill as US states continue with programs to collect data on all types of hate “incidents.” Can “precrime” really prevent hate or are there ulterior motives at hand?
Read more...NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law
The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take worker’s tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income.
Read more...US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia
Plans suffer from design flaws, cost overruns, and a reliance on Russia for multiple stages of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Read more...“The Algorithm Told Me to Do It”: More Price Fixing in US Rental Market
Arizona and another class action join lawsuit parade against price-setting software companies and property managers, North Carolina AG investigating.
Read more...Links 3/18/2024
Minneapolis Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Uber and Lyft Minimum Rates
“Essential” workers are cross-sectoral organizing across Minnesota and scoring victories.
Read more...Links 3/17/2024
Collapse on the EU Home Front
Germany continues to self-destruct, more austerity planned for EU, Ursula von der Leyen’s “tools” are sharpened to deal with prole backlash.
Read more...Why Are Their Lordships So Frightened of Modern Monetary Theory?
Efforts are underway to discredit modern monetary theory in the UK.
Read more...From Isolation to Containment: Washington’s Economic War Against Russia Gets a Rebrand
Foreign Affiars recycles a 75-year-old strategy from George Kennan that no longer fits the geopolitical realities of the world in 2024.
Read more...Book Review: Malcolm Harris’ “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World”
The Silicon Valley citadel of capitalism is built on eugenics, bombs, and hatred of the working class, and it’s destroying the world.
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