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SYRIZA gained popular support and came in with a program that was really radical. They said we will socialize or nationalize the Greek banks and put in practice a very radical fiscal policy and increase the taxes on the rich, the Orthodox Church, and the oligarchs. They wound up doing just the opposite. , ,

The nineteenth-century philosopher’s ideas may help us to understand the economic and political inequality of our time.

After attacks targeting political figures in Greece and abroad, there is concern the violence could escalate.

CoTech is a network of 30 UK tech businesses that have embraced the co-op model, working on principles of autonomy, equality and democratic control

P2P Theory investigates the transition from social forms based on the domination of the market form, to social forms based on the peer to peer network form.

A  branch of mathematics known as evolutionary graph theory has some promising answers

Why Isolationism, Conflict, and Trade Wars are Erupting, and What They Really Mean

Η οικοδόμηση της έκτασης και μάλιστα με την ένταση και τα χαρακτηριστικά που προβλέπεται στο ΣΟΑ και ΣΜΠΕ ανατρέπει τη όποια περιβαλλοντική θωράκιση – προστασία της πόλης και επιβαρύνει την ποιότητ…

As the stock market gleefully claws its way to more record-breaking highs, Forbes reports a full 56% of US Americans now have less than…

Μια απόφαση του ανώτατου δικαστηρίου των ΗΠΑ ίσως κρίνει τη μάχη του αμερικανικού Συντάγματος απέναντι στον σύγχρονο καπιταλισμό

Μια θεωρητική μελέτη για την πορεία της κομμουνιστικής προοπτικής

On International Human Rights Day Jeremy Corbyn makes the case for a fundamental break with the world order.

By Nafeez Ahmed

This is the second part of the series “AI, Blockchain and the Decentralization of Work”. In the original article I explored the emergence…

A look into the spaces where young people mock the “boring dystopia” that capitalism has built

The agency is expected to make this change in February, which will make America's broadband situation look better than it actually is.

Statement for endorsement: We have drawn up the following statement on basic income (BI). It makes the case that, progressive hopes to the contrary notwithstanding, BI is being developed as a measu…

It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives. By falsely tethering the concept of progress to free market economics and centrist values, Steven Pinker has tried to appropriate a g…

German cultural values do not center on individual wealth, recognition, or even careers.

In their new book, Eric Posner and Glen Weyl imagine a world where everything is always for sale, including a migrant's right to live and work abroad.

The YouTube algorithm that I helped build in 2011 still recommends the flat earth theory by the *hundreds of millions*. This investigation by @RawStory shows some of the real-life consequences of this badly designed AI. https://t.co/rAi9sqAYYM— Guillaume Chaslot (@gchaslot) November 19, 2018

"Maintenance has taken on new resonance as a theoretical framework, an ethos, a methodology, and a political cause."This beautiful piece on maintenance talks to me on so many levels... https://t.co/IhZdrnx8Pg— Mathieu Jacomy (@jacomyma) November 21, 2018

For Silicon Valley: “..or better yet, to find new revenue streams that don’t rely on commodifying people’s private behavior. This is all the more important because people can’t meaningfully opt out.”—@MarechalPhD does a deep dive! https://t.co/70suItN3to— zeynep tufekci (@zeynep) November 18, 2018

Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether it’s the system that’s best suited to build our future society.