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It is done. After much work, discussion and finetuning our book “Digitale Solidarität – Zur Überwindung kapitalistischer Technologie” (in English: “Digital Solidarity – On Overcoming capitalist technology”) is now available at our publisher Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin and you can read the introduction here. The book is only available in German at the moment but […]
We are very happy to be part of a group that organises a new event series in Berlin starting on 30 September! Nodes of Resistance Nodes of Resistance will contribute to building a broad and resolute movement that dares to reject and fight Big Tech. We pick up where the Cables of Resistance conference ended. […]
Tech bros still dominate the discussions about so-called “AI” with false claims. Even most “AI”-critical researchers spend much of their time meticulously debunking (always only a subset of) claims, leaving vast areas of the economic consequences of “AI” unexplored. (Even the “AI”-evangelist Economist notices the absence of economic studies on the impacts of “AI” and […]
Some books are difficult to summarise because they are so rich and insightful that it is impossible to do them justice. Techno-Negative is such a book. Hence: This is not a summary, but a reflection on what makes this an outstanding book that provokes a ton of thought – even in the areas in which […]
Open source is very popular these days, not least due to the open-source strategy that the European Commission announced last week as part of the tech sovereignty package. While there is a lot to criticise about that strategy (exaggerated goals, misleading numbers etc), the one thing I would like to point out is that open […]
This is an odd post as it combines an event announcement and actual content: I am very excited about an upcoming conference that will bring together people from very different areas and very different perspectives. But there is one shared goal: Resistance to capitalism, its technologies and its most exploitative manifestation: Big Tech! Cables of […]
Calls for “digital sovereignty” are still everywhere. They are a central narrative of contemporary European economic policies, they serve as powerful justifications for corporations to call for subsidies and they are also omnipresent among progressive digital policy NGOs and activists. Aline has already written expertly about the nationalist elements of “tech sovereignty” in the name […]
The day has come. After years of whispers and inklings the European Commission has at last opened hunting season for privacy rights. The so-called “Digital Omnibus“, a legislative package announced on November 19th aims at changing most of the European data regulations. Among the bounty is the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe’s gold […]
Books about so-called “AI”, the hype around “AI” and the connection between “AI” and authoritarian and fascist forces are much needed these days. They are important resources for communities to understand, organise against and resist “AI”. Aline and I have referenced some of them in our writing on this blog, among them Dan McQuillan’s “Resisting […]
Over the last years, I have taken part in numerous meetings about how to square the circle of formulating policy demands that both make a difference and have a vague prospect of being adopted by policy-makers. And I often get to observe how this kills any meaningful debate and narrows perspectives. It makes us end […]