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What can the global left learn from Mexico

April 21, 2025 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the 18-APR-2025 Guardian: How to beat the far right – Mexico

Posted in: History, Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, far-right, far-right politics, leftwing, López Obrador, Morena, Politics, progressives

A Few Notes About the Future of Work

November 25, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Seems that themes come in batches, the newest theme for me is the old Jetson’s promise of leisure time replacing work, somewhere in the future we’d all work at what we’re good at and there would be enough (food and other goods and money) to go around. I’m firmly convinced that since the dawn of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: AI, Artifical Intelligence, Economics, Future of Work, Government, innovation, MIT, money, Politics, productivity, Skidelsky, so-so technology, startups, Stockton, technology

Every year, about election time – 27 August 1873

July 21, 2016 by sergneri 1 Comment

In our “Somethings never change” department: Every year, about election time, disappoint- ed politicians, finding themselves in a minor- ity in the dominant party, pretend to have all the political virtue of the time, declare them- selves alone worthy of holding office, and get to work to make the people believe their pre- tensions. No … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Thinking about Tagged: 1873, Demagogism, elections, Politics, Railroads

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