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Digital technology and automation: the end of capitalism or a new Lucas Plan? – November 2017 – Audio

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Ian Davies

Digital technology-driven automation and restructuring has been ongoing since the 1960s, most notoriously in the destruction of the printers’ unions by Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s.  Now, the impending ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ is creating widespread public anxiety about massive job … Continue reading →

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Digital Technology as Heavy Industrial Technology: iSlavery and Environmental Destruction – London – 6th September 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Ian Davies

Interrogating Digital Capitalism: A series of monthly events questioning liberal ideas of progress through technology Digital technology powers neoliberal capitalism: it is central to globalisation, financialisation, the ‘flexible economy’, ongoing waves of automation and now, ‘big data capitalism’. Liberals and … Continue reading →

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Of cakes and bakeries: the Lucas Plan and the politics of technology – part 2

Posted on October 19, 2016 by David King

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 →

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Of Cakes and Bakeries: the Lucas Plan and the Politics of Technology

Posted on October 9, 2016 by David King

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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Celebrating the Fortieth Anniversary of the Lucas Plan

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Ian Davies

Together with trade unionists and organisations from the peace and environment movements, Breaking The Frame is helping to organise the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of the Lucas Plan. The Lucas Plan was a pioneering effort by workers at … Continue reading →

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Public meeting – ‘Technology out of control? Drones, killer robots and the arms trade’ – July 2013 – report

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Ian Davies

The first BTF meeting was a resounding success with a very lively discussion and a general appreciation of Fairly Square’s food and drink! Ann Marie O’Reilly of Campaign Against the Arms Trade gave an introduction to general issues related to … Continue reading →

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Automation and the Threat to Jobs – London – 23rd May 2015

Posted on February 21, 2015 by David King

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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Killer robots: weapons out of human control?

Posted on July 1, 2013 by David King

Richard Moyes, Article 36 These issues will be discussed at our first cafe discussion event on July 8th, see also http://www.luddites200.org.uk/Drones.html The Luddite uprisings two hundred years ago highlighted the social and economic impacts of changing technologies of production, and the capacity … Continue reading →

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