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Resisting Surveillance

October 8, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Shoshana Zuboff’s new book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, explores a new step in the history of capitalism, where big tech is making profits with data, extracted from citizens without their consent—with destructive effects on the economy, democracy and individual lives.

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left Tagged With: democracy, GDPR, surveillance capitalism

Who Needs 5G in Malta? Certainly Not You!

October 3, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Let us no longer focus on health, but rather on three other facets of 5G: who stands to profit from it, how is it going to affect our society and whether a country as small as Malta needs a 5G infrastructure at all.

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Filed Under: #Technology Matters, More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: public internet, surveillance capitalism, technology

Green Nationalism: Why the ‚Love of My Country’ is Environmentally Unsustainable

October 1, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

The ‘love of my country’ is often based on the belief that if ‘my country’ does well, I will do well, too. However, this love is not mutual. ‘My country’ doesn’t love me back—unless I belong to its privileged class.

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Filed Under: Environment, More Isles of the Left, Society & Politics Tagged With: Environment, nationalism, neoliberalism

National Holiday Is Not for the Workers

September 21, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Is the worker free to choose whether to work on a holiday or not? Is it truly a free choice? And if a worker feels the need to work on a holiday to earn double instead of taking a day off, what does this suggest about the cost of living?

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Filed Under: More Isles of the Left, Voices Tagged With: neoliberalism, worker's rights

Time to Rebel: Civil Disobedience for the Planet

September 17, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Extinction Rebellion wants to ensure democracy and that the people are heard. Usually when you bring people together to take a decision based on unprejudiced facts, they come up with a well thought through, relevant answer.

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Filed Under: Environment, More Isles of the Left Tagged With: #ClimateStrike, climate change, Environment

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