Take back control of your gadgets: right to repair and the opportunity it presents for Ukraine
In this decade, we’ve seen the revolution of modern warfare, and especially the usage of drones. First prelude was 5 years ago: during the Second Karabakh war, Azerbaijan successfully used Turkish Bayraktar and Israeli Harop drones to penetrate Armenian air defence systems. The war in Ukraine has only solidified the significance and impact of drones […]
Politicians Badly Regulate and Tech Oligarchs Exploit Social Media Platforms. But There Is an Alternative
In my previous article, I’ve described in a detailed way the shortcomings of the mainstream left politicians and activists in regulating technology, its failures to challenge the status quo and the policies that must be embraced. It covered things such as advertising, surveillance capitalism, open-source, digital governance, Artificial Intelligence, and copyright reform. But some may […]
Modern Left Must Fundamentally Change Tech Policy Approach
In the 21st century, technology has been rapidly developing. I'd go as far as saying that, in terms of technological advancement, we live in the most fascinating era of our lifetime. Artificial Intelligence is getting steadily integrated into our lives and jobs, assisting us with learning, studying, and working. 3D printing has become so effective […]
Will education save the world?
This article was written as part of the work of the economic department of Center for Social and Labor Research. “People get, for example, a degree in law, and then get a job at McDonalds. But they could have worked there before receiving their diploma, and the country could have saved 800 hryvnias on them.” […]
New technology and global inequality
This article was written as part of the work of the economic department of Center for Social and Labor Research. New opportunities, old inequalities Factories without workers, bullet trains and subways without drivers, robot cleaners and smart houses, multifunctional gadgets and 3D printers, electronic marketing, freelancing and sharing economy[i]. Today’s world is getting closer to […]
Peer to peer production as the altarnative to capitalism: a new communist horizont
Jacob Rigi The current crisis of capitalism has provoked protests, revolts and revolutions in major parts of the planet that include 3 billions of inhabitants. Even the mainstream Time Magazine made “The Protester” the person of the year. The caption on Time’s cover reads: From the Arab Spring To Athens, from Occupy Wall Street to […]
About “Russian” trace in Odessa events
Andrey Ishchenko A tragic death, which took place on April 17 in Odessa, of Maksim Chaika, a right-wing football fan and one of the leaders of a radical nationalist organization “SICH”, has immediately lead to heated discussions on the Internet. Whereas everything is clear for the closest companions of the killed: “the white warrior” had […]
