Lingua: INGLESE

21 aprile 2024
LEZIONE digitale, diritti, distopia, potere, utopia
Il rapido, precipitoso declino dei servizi digitali dai quali dipendiamo non è un fatto casuale, ma il risultato di precise scelte politiche. Un vero e proprio piano pensato per incoraggiare il monopolio delle piattaforme, che possono così estrarre un valore incommensurabile da noi utenti-clienti, assicurandoci un residuo omeopatico di ricavi utili a vincolarci ancor di più ad esse. Cory Doctorow ci introdurrà al fenomeno della “merdificazione”, illustrandoci come funziona, il perché, e come ... continua

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As Donald Trump selected Ohio Senator J.D. Vance to be his vice-presidential candidate Monday, we look at the record of the 39-year-old political rookie, who rose to fame after writing the memoir Hillbilly Elegy and who once compared Trump to Hitler and called him unfit for the presidency. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 with backing from right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, and he has since embraced the MAGA movement and become one of Trump’s most loyal supporters. For more on Vance’s rise and his appeal to the Republican base, we go to Pikeville, Kentucky, ... continua

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Why would someone confess to a crime they didn't commit? We hear from the men and women who have spent more than 20 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. They tell us about that moment when, in the darkness of the interrogation room, cut off from the world and terrified by police officers, they finally said what the interrogators wanted to hear.. the moment their lives changed forever.

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From Algeria to Paris, from Tel-Aviv to Hebron, Pinhas Attali has gone from being a militant in the Jewish nationalist movement in Paris, to the leader of a terrorist group in France, to an Israeli soldier, to a business director.
Today, at 57 years old, he believes that he is leading a divine mission: the colonisation of the West Bank. He has now become a well known and respected figure. He lives near Hebron, in the Jewish colony of Kyriat Arba. Together with his wife Sarah, he raises his nine children. Pinhas Attali defines himself as a fighter. Since his ... continua

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