ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
The digital dilemma
How should the left face up to the ubiquitous challenges of new technologies in the age of robotics, artificial intelligence and big data? ANDY HEDGECOCK reviews two books attempting some answers
Dehumanisation: Kismet robot with rudimentary social skills
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Capital is Dead: Is This Something Worse?
by McKenzie Wark
Verso, £14.99
Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism
by Christian Fuchs
Pluto Press, £19.99
DIGITAL technology has been dislodged from the political agenda by Brexit, political corruption and fears for the NHS. It occasionally flickers at the borders of our awareness but we’re failing to assess its impact and implications.
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