Author Archives: David King
Of cakes and bakeries: the Lucas Plan and the politics of technology – part 2
The Lucas Plan: running the bakery This is the second of a two-part post looking at the Lucas Plan and the politics of technology. The first part looks at the context of the Lucas Plan in union struggles around technology … Continue reading
Of Cakes and Bakeries: the Lucas Plan and the Politics of Technology
This is the first part of a two-part post on the Lucas plan. This part sets the scene for the Lucas Plan in the anti-technocracy movements and union struggles of the 1970s. 2016 is the 40th anniversary of the Lucas … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Arms trade, Automation, Gathering, Key blog posts, Lucas Plan, Military technology, Robotics, Technology, Unions, Work
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Automation and the Threat to Jobs – London – 23rd May 2015
Automation and the Threat to Jobs: What Response from the Labour Movement? Event to discuss how unions can respond to the threat of robotics and automation. May 23rd (tbc) 2015, London.
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Tagged Automation, Events, Labour movement, London, Robotics, Technology, Unions, Work
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Radical Science and Alternative Technology – London – 11th April 2015
Radical Science and Alternative Technology: From the 70s to the Present. Discussion event with talks by the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science / Alternative Technology Movement and current activists. April 11th, 1pm to 5.30pm, Feminist Library, 5 Westminster … Continue reading
Women’s Gathering – London – 28th & 29th March 2015
At the first Breaking the Frame gathering in 2014, women started developing a feminist analysis of the intersection between gender and the politics of technology and how it impacts on all aspects of our lives, e.g. in food production, work, … Continue reading
Borders and Technology – Bristol – 20th February 2015
Borders and Technology: A look at contemporary and historical surveillance and control over the movement of people, plus resistance to it. Fri Feb 20th 7-9pm 2015 at Hydra Books, 34 Old Market, Bristol BS2 0EZ. Speakers include: Statewatch (statewatch.org), Bristol Radical … Continue reading
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Tagged Borders, Bristol, Events, Refugees, Statewatch, Surveillance, Technology
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TTIP: The ‘harmonization’ of regulation for the benefit of corporations – London – Oct 6th 2014
Negotiated in secret and widely opposed by civil society and community groups, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) calls for the ‘harmonisation’ of regulations between the United States and the E.U. Internet privacy and safety and environmental regulations in … Continue reading
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Tagged Events, Friends of the Earth, Hazards Magazine, London, Open Rights Group, Technocracy, TTIP, Work hazards
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Breaking the Frame programme of events 2013-14
Technology dominates our world, but many people think ‘its just a neutral tool’ or that technology = progress. Although it does bring some benefits, most technology designed and controlled by corporate, military and technocratic elites to serve their interests and … Continue reading
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Tagged Appropriate technology, Arms trade, Article 36, Austerity, Bhopal, Big pharma, Biofuelwatch, Cancer, Corporate Watch, Digital technology, Drones, E F Schumacher, Econexus, Economic crisis, Eugenics, Events, Feminism, Food, Fracking, Gender, Geoengineering, Human Genetics, Killer robots, La Vie Campesina, London, Mental health, Million Climate Jobs Campaign, Monsanto, Nanotech, NHS, Nuclear power, Occupy London, Open Rights Group, Poetry, Practical Action, Psychiatry, Social control, Statewatch, Stop Hinkley Campaign, Surveillance, Synthetic biology, Technology
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Breaking the Frame Gathering – Derbyshire – May 2nd-5th 2014
The Breaking the Frame gathering is less than a week away. If you’re interested in coming, and especially if you want a bed in the house, we would prefer you to book your place. However, if you have to leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Derbyshire, Economics, Energy, Environment, Events, Food, Gathering, Gender, Health, Peace, Technology
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Databases and data-mining: a favoured method for security and law enforcement agencies
Databases and data-mining: a favoured method for security and law enforcement agencies Chris Jones Statewatch Image from The Guardian The documents released by whistleblower Edward Snowden on the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Don't Spy On Us, GCHQ, Key blog posts, NSA, Snooper's charter, Snowden, Social control, Stop Watching Us, Surveillance, Technocracy, Technology
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