In the years following the Russian Revolution, a popular resistance movement sprang up in Ukraine that drew its inspiration from a man named Nestor Makhno. Makhno went on to organize a seven-million-strong anarchist polity amidst the chaos and brutality of the Russian Civil War. Charlie Allison describes Makhno’s appeal, his political beliefs, and his rejection of … Continued


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The Violent Use of Artificial Intelligence as Border Enforcement; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Chris Burger

The intersection of immigration, border enforcement, new technology and specifically artificial intelligence, is racing toward more intense and more violent border enforcement strategies that are fueled by problematic algorithms, that mostly replicate the social and economic systems of power and exclusion that western societies are rooted in. On today’s show, we’ll explore part of how … Continued