#NaomiKlein, #BernieSanders, and #RoKhanna Roundtable Explores Future of AI
“#AI is the most far-reaching and pivotal technological revolution in the history of humanity,” notes the Sanders Institute. “The choices we make now will determine whether those changes make the world better or worse.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/artificial-intelligence-policy

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Brett Wilkins
Apr 14, 2026

Turning to #Khanna and Klein, the senator asked: “What are the motives of these guys? Do the American people think that Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are sitting up nights saying, ‘Wow, we got this #technology, we’re going to improve life for working people?’”

Klein contended that “their motives are exactly the opposite, and they’re very blunt about this, that they are in a race to reach something that they call AGI—artificial general intelligence—or even something beyond that, superintelligence.”

#ArtificialIntelligence #news #politics #US #USpol

Watch Live: Naomi Klein, Bernie Sanders, and Ro Khanna Roundtable Explores Future of AI and Robotics | Common Dreams

The Sanders Institute hosts Sen. Bernie Sanders, Congressman Ro Khanna, and Naomi Klein for a livestreamed discussion exploring "the progressive vision for artificial intelligence and robotics, and where we go from here."

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Naomi Klein postet in ihrem Newsletter das Cover von End Times Fascism. Das Buch, das sie zusammen mit Astra Taylor schreibt, wird am 15. September erscheinen. Es ist aus dem Guardian-Artikel entstanden, ĂŒber den ich hier vor einiger Zeit geschrieben habe. Gerade erst hat sie mit Ezra Klein ĂŒber die Themen des Buchs diskutiert.

Ich bin auf das Buch gespannt – vor allem, weil Klein und Taylor die Themen der Spiegelwelt und des apokalyptischen Faschismus zusammen mit dem Kampf gegen die sich verschlimmernde Klimakatastrophe behandeln. In ihrem Newsletter schreibt Naomi Klein:

As we show via original reporting and analysis, internal conflicts and contradictions leave today’s far right intensely vulnerable to a new kind of “pro-life” politics, one that chooses the living world over robots and weapons and refuses to give up on the idea of a shared future.

Naomi Klein on the importance of Avi Lewis becoming NDP leader

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Avi Lewis, elected to lead Canada’s New Democratic party, promises ‘NDP comeback’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/30/canada-avi-lewis-elected-new-democratic-party #Canada #MarkCarney #NaomiKlein #Americas #WorldNews
Avi Lewis, elected to lead Canada’s New Democratic party, promises ‘NDP comeback’

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Naomi Klein and Karen Hao: The empire of AI and the fight for our future.

https://youtu.be/Z1B__Efqacc

#media #journalism #AI #LLM #naomiklein #KarenHogan #video #presentation

Naomi Klein & Karen Hao: The Empire of AI and the Fight for Our Future | Chan Centre Insights

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This was an interesting discussion. I enjoyed #NaomiKlein book #DoppelgÀnger and the discussion of the far right and the move of some from yoga fan to vaccine skeptic (or worse). For "influencers" it seems to be about where to make the most money:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html

Link has video and audio and also available wherever you get your #podcasts

#EzraLevin #xp

Opinion | We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now

Naomi Klein and Ezra Klein discuss what the success of MAGA reveals about the American left.

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‚We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now‘

Höre Ezra Kleins GesprĂ€ch mit Naomi Klein (auf YouTube und allen Podcast-Plattformen nachzuhören, Transkript bei der New York Times, 2026). Sehr empfehlenswert, u.a. – aber bei weitem nicht nur– wegen Naomi Kleins Bemerkungen zu einer neuen Strategie fĂŒr die Linke. Sie spricht von einer welcoming left, von neigbourism und eco populism.

Voran geht eine lange und differenzierte Analyse des Erfolgs des Trumpismus, fĂŒr Ezra wie fĂŒr Naomi Klein eine Form des Faschismus. Die Spiegelwelt, die Welt der Querdenker, mit der sich Naomi Klein schon lange beschĂ€ftigt, habe gesiegt. Sie bestimme die globale RealitĂ€t, obwohl und vielleicht weil die „aufgeklĂ€rte Seite“ der Gesellschaft sie lange nicht ernst nahm – so wie wir hier die Spiegelwelt derjenigen, die von den Kickls, Kunaseks und Amesbauers vertreten werden, nicht ernst genug nehmen.

Klein, N. (Guest), & Klein, E. (Host). (2026, March 20). We’re All Living in the “Mirror World” Now [Broadcast]. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html
Opinion | We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now

Naomi Klein and Ezra Klein discuss what the success of MAGA reveals about the American left.

The New York Times
Opinion | We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now

Naomi Klein and Ezra Klein discuss what the success of MAGA reveals about the American left.

The New York Times

A lot of insight into how things are


https://youtube.com/watch?v=vDTWU4m2H-g

#EzraKlein #NaomiKlein #uspol

Naomi Klein on Trumpism and Our Age of ‘Unlikely Bedfellows’ | The Ezra Klein Show

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