#Instrumentalization of #culture to mask the existing #structural material inequities is further concentrating political #power and reproducing historical, contemporary and #intersectional inequities, e.g., #patriarchy, #class, #coloniality, leaving human rights to markets and #vicissitudes of capital, structural #racism, among others.

#globalinequalities #NoBandaidSolutions

#AnotherWorldIsPossible

#politicaltheory#Agamben #Gramsci #solidarity

#democracy #equalrights

Instead of a land grab, we are witnessing today a 'data grab' whereby our lives, in all their aspects, are being captured and converted into commercial profits, argue @couldrynick and @ulisesalimejias. How does this new era of informational power deepen existing global inequalities?

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2024/05/01/todays-colonial-data-grab-is-deepening-global-inequalities/

#DataColonialism #BigTech
#GlobalInequalities #DataSovereignty #DigitalRights #DataGrab

Today’s colonial “data grab” is deepening global inequalities

What are the parallels between earlier stages of colonialism and today’s digital world? Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias argue that instead of a land grab, we are today witnessing today a data gra…

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@weblearning Interesting points.
For the part about extreme inequality, that sure is part of something we need to acknowledge. Including #GlobalInequalities (as per the title of a course by one of mentors). There's a lot to unpack, there. Depending how you measure it, the context for that article is as extremely unequal as one can fathom (especially since they measure life by wealth, over there).

Speaking of #SocialMediaInfluencers and #DoGooders who exhibit very strong tendencies to put themselves at the centre of #GlobalInequalities
Wonder what has been happening with #WEorganization lawsuits against journos.

https://www.canadaland.com/shows/the-white-saviors/

The White Saviors

From CANADALAND, the news company that exposed it all, this is the exclusive story of a charity that did well when it was supposed to be doing good.

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