Richard Maxwell
@rmax
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Working to make working conditions better for everyone, and freeing up a little more freedom where he can
Queens NY
Joined February 2009
A follow up to my last post about 1993 and NAFTA. Here's another key political change that foretold of further working class decline in the US, this one from 1978:
edsource.org
Study recommends no specific fix to 1978 property tax limit initiative, but the Opportunity Institute and Pivot Learning cite many reasons to consider reforms.
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As analyses roll in talking about this being an inflection point in American politics, we should pause to consider a perhaps more significant moment in our political history that started it all: 1993.
theguardian.com
The working class saw Clinton’s support of Nafta, which cut most tariffs between US, Mexico and Canada, as ‘a betrayal’
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From the Political Economy rapid response team--Information Observatory. Our Kind of Villain* https://t.co/p3vCLCDFBa via @shinjoung
informationobservatory.info
(*With apologies to John Le Carre) A bill to expel the massively popular TikTok from the United States unless it cuts its ties to its Chinese owner, ByteDance, has gained unprecedented political mo…
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We're living in the #enshittocene, in which the forces of enshittification are turning everything from our cars to our streaming services to our dishwashers into thoroughly enshittifified piles of shit. Call it the Great Enshittening: https://t.co/6qxSEqTuin 1/
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I'm thinking about the inspiring and heartbreaking history of Allende's Chile and the visionary cybersyn project.
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Ok Communication and media colleagues, we have homework...
A major new report on the censorship-industrial complex - a citizen's starter kit from Racket. By @mtaibbi with contributions from myself, @technofog @bergerbell @SchmidtSue1 @tw6384 and more https://t.co/kRRVES4Cs7
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At last! Can't wait to get a copy.
I have been looking forward to this arrival ever since I took Dan’s graduate course on the social history of US telecommunications at the U of Illinois 20 years ago. It is such an important book!
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nothing like a little political economic analysis on a cold saturday
This video (from @foldablehuman) is long, but it is PHENOMENAL, the best synthesis of the tech, political and economic critique of NFTs, DAOs, crypto and web3 I've yet seen (h/t @waxy) https://t.co/MACHsJcULO
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COP 26--progress or a salve to fossil fuel addicts? The latest from Greening the Media.
psychologytoday.com
We hope that the climate crisis can be stopped with existing technologies. But when we're told that what's lacking is political will, what hope lies there?
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I always liked the actor-activist David Clennon. Here's his critical look at the aristocracy of talent in Hollywood and its anti-union "unionism." Part 1.
counterpunch.org
From the beginning of his acting career, Mr. Hanks seems to have lacked an appreciation for the life experience of the average, working, non-starring actor. When his entrepreneurial drive took him to...
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Why do corporations act irrationally to block climate action? The answer might be found in the psychology of corporate greed.
psychologytoday.com
How media technology contributes to the global ecological crisis.
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Aupa Atleti!!!! 2-0, el pistolero makes the winning goal, then reminds Koeman about that fateful phone call. Served cold.
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On climate anxiety and political action, from Greening the Media
psychologytoday.com
Is anxiety generated by news of climate change destructive or constructive? What role should the media play in reporting the science—and instilling hope?
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A little something about the class politics of the climate crisis, from the folks at Greening the Media. What Do You Mean “We” Aren’t Safe? | Psychology Today
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