Kill chain: Silicon Valley, AI, and the war on Iran
The traditional process of military targeting, what the Pentagon calls the “kill chain”, historically required teams of thousands of intelligence analysts poring over imagery, cross-referencing reports, and building target packages over days or weeks. Now it’s done in seconds.
Trump 2.0: US revivalism driven by tech oligarchy
The Tech Oligarchy – the big tech monopolies and their billionaire owners are front and center in the Trump administration and its ambitious efforts to reshape US domestic and foreign policy.
A government for and of the banks in the US
Eugene Puryear of BreakThrough News explains the latest US banking crisis, the role of the US Federal Reserve, and how only the rich seem to be worthy of bailouts and rescue packages
Many are outraged after venture capitalist-favored Silicon Valley Bank is bailed out by US government in full, as working people continue to struggle
Holmes verdict: In the US, it is fine to lie to consumers, but not investors
Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers
Latest US poll stunt proves Uber, Lyft are their own worst political enemies
Ride-hailing has been popular and seemingly has potential, but the public must insist that these companies not profit by shifting all the risk onto their workers and hurting the environment
Why is the Indian IT sector in crisis?
We look at the nature of the crisis in the Indian IT sector, the duplicity of big corporates, and the advances made in organizing in the industry.
With Huawei sanctions, US intensifies technological war on China
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the larger context behind the latest US measures targeting telecommunications giant Huawei.






