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Members of the coalition behind Drop Dialog protest against Peter Thiel’s meeting in front of the Powerscourt Hotel. Courtesy of the Drop Dialog coalition.

Politics and Movements: International

Peter Thiel’s Dialog conference in Ireland shut down by grassroots action

by Michael Fox July 20, 2026July 20, 2026

A former Google worker describes the #DropDialog movement and organizing against Big Tech in Ireland.

The Battle for Free Speech

Media education, regulation, and organizing against Big Tech in Europe | Ep. 7

by Michael Fox July 16, 2026July 16, 2026

Labor journalists Alex Press (left), Kim Kelly (center-left), Hamilton Nolan (center-right), and Maximillian Alvarez (right) speak to a live audience at In These Times magazine headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, on June 14, 2026. Screenshot/TRNN

From fascism to AI, our world is breaking. Only rank-and-file workers can save it.

by Maximillian Alvarez June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

(L-R) CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, US businessman Jeff Bezos, CEO of Alphabet Inc and Google Sundar Pichai and Teska and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony where Donald Trump will sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.

The Battle for Free Speech

Big Tech’s assault on free speech: Mergers, social media, AI, and censorship | Ep. 3

by Michael Fox and Marc Steiner June 18, 2026June 22, 2026

A US Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

AI-powered robot dogs guarding reviled data centers is where we have arrived

by Stephen Prager March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Economy and Inequality

The AI bubble, like the housing bubble, is a big problem and it’s not complicated

by Dean Baker March 17, 2026March 17, 2026

United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville, Colorado on Monday, February 23, 2026. Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post

Politics and Movements: US

Hegseth demands Anthropic let military use AI however it wants—even for autonomous killer drones and spying on Americans

by Stephen Prager February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

ICE agents leave a residence after knocking on the door on January 28, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

ICE is using the same Microsoft tech Israel uses to surveil and kill Palestinians

by Maximillian Alvarez February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

A technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Indiana on October 2, 2025. Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services

Politics and Movements: US

‘A big f*ck you to big tech’: New Jersey residents defeat AI data center

by Brett Wilkins February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

The Billion Dollar Lie Machine: synthetically created media by Chatgpt 4-o purposefully constructed for the AI explainer.

Inequality Watch

The secret tool AI uses to seduce you: explained

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Peter Thiel speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 08, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union

Politics and Movements: International

Peter Thiel is unleashing a neocolonial billionaire fantasy in Honduras

by Edith Romero February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

Artist and illustrator Anna Dittmann, from Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, works on a mural at Quality Yard in Leith, that features Bisan Owda, a 25-year-old journalist in Palestine. Picture date: Sunday January 28, 2024. Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

TikTok takes down Gaza journalist Bisan Owda’s account mere days after US deal

by Sharon Zhang January 30, 2026January 30, 2026