20th century astronomer and television star Carl Sagan once gave an interview to PBS’s Charlie Rose and warned about the problems of authoritanianism in a society that lacks basic scientific knowledge. Sagan warned that authorities could use public ignorance to push policies that erode citizens’ fundamental rights.
Yanis Varoufakis On 23rd October, Yanis Varoufakis testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. His speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. In particular, he spoke on the manner in which capitalist dynamics have historically fuelled the white settler colonial project and, more recently, how the accumulation of a new form of capital - which he calls cloud capital - has accelerated, deepened and amplified the economic forces powering and propelling the machinery of genocide.
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