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Nicholas Rabb, PhD

Bill Gates’ Climate Memo is Carefully-Crafted Propaganda Serving his Own Business Interests

What is being positioned as pragmatic wisdom is nothing more than a current manifestation in a trend of Gates seeming to care

Oct 30

Bill Gates’ Climate Memo is Carefully-Crafted Propaganda Serving his Own Business Interests

Oct 30

The AI Killer Apps Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Notice: Surveillance, Policing, Deportation

Rather than killer robots, U.S. military AI has had far more success with surveillance and information warfare

Oct 7

The AI Killer Apps Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to Notice: Surveillance, Policing, Deportation

Oct 7

Take to the streets. But then what?

Protests are having an upsurge in the U.S. How do we convert that energy into lasting social change?

Apr 1

Take to the streets. But then what?

Apr 1

Do our political actions even have the power to succeed?

Though we have worked incredibly hard since 2016, our gains have not materially reshaped society as we hoped. How should we move forward?

Mar 19

Mar 19

Responding to the Current Moment: Power and Theories of Change

How do we take political action in this moment? We need sharp goals and strategies for how to get there.

Feb 26

Responding to the Current Moment: Power and Theories of Change

Feb 26

Finding Hope in Dark Times

Practicing hope is difficult, but in a society whose dominant attitudes are hopelessness or denial, it is a crucial skill to develop

Jan 27

Jan 27

Biden’s Warning About Misinformation is Offensive Given his Genocide Apologetics

Warnings about tech companies promulgating lies are ironic given the Biden administration’s unwavering campaign to cover up genocide in…

Jan 20

Jan 20

Our Mismanaged Social Ecology is Fueling Misinformation Wildfires

Misinformation about the LA fires has underlying social causes that we must acknowledge while battling the immediate incidents

Jan 15

Our Mismanaged Social Ecology is Fueling Misinformation Wildfires

Jan 15

Deconstructing Surveillance Week 10 — Inside Resistance, Design Justice

Finishing our “practice” section, we discuss surveillance in Palestine, resistance by Google employees, and a vision of just tech and…

Nov 6, 2023

Deconstructing Surveillance Week 10 — Inside Resistance, Design Justice

Nov 6, 2023

Deconstructing Surveillance Week 9 — Resistance and Making Change

A week of taking note of historical and present examples of creative and courageous resistance to surveillance systems

Oct 30, 2023

Deconstructing Surveillance Week 9 — Resistance and Making Change

Oct 30, 2023

Nicholas Rabb, PhD

Nicholas Rabb, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher at Cal State LA, PhD studying misinformation at Tufts University. Organized w/ Dissenters, MA Peace Action, Sunrise Movement.

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