Why ‘Responsible’ Capitalism Is Not Enough
In an era of runaway inequality and environmental destruction, corporate giants are rebranding as socially-conscious – but these problems are caused by the same system that makes them rich.
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Nicole Aschoff
Nicole Aschoff is on the editorial board at Jacobin. She is the author of The Smartphone Society: Technology, Power, and Resistance in the New Gilded Age and The New Prophets of Capital.
Big Brother Can’t Save Us from Coronavirus
Across the world, powerful new surveillance technologies are being rolled out to combat Covid-19 – but the civil liberties we sacrifice today will be very hard to claim back tomorrow.
Why I’m a Feminist – and a Socialist
The only feminism worth fighting for today is one that struggles against a capitalist system which prevents the working women of the world from living their lives to the full.
Big Capital Is Watching You
Large corporations are increasingly using dystopian technologies to monitor every aspect of their workers’ days – it marks a new wave of ‘digital Taylorism’ designed to maximise control.
We Don’t Need Advertising
Advertisers thrive on perpetuating a system that is ravaging the planet. We can do without them — and a lot of the stuff they’re trying to sell us.