Suchir Balaji was found dead in his apartment in San Francisco at the end of November. Belaji worked for Open AI as a researcher until he quit in August. On October 23, he posted a blog post and tweet about how generative AI does not fall under fair use and does in fact violate the Copyright Act. His death was ruled a suicide.
What is Politics?
If We the People wish to be victorious in the class struggle that bifurcates all of modern society, then we must understand this simple truth; we cannot rely on the power of the capitalists. We must build our own power, and we must build it independently from the power of the capitalists. This necessitates the creation of an independent political organization which operates as a political combat organ of the working people. The building of such an organization is the basic task of socialists and communists nationwide.
WWI and Repression
the organized mob risen from its grave to snoop and tyrannize once more. And it will come up again and again for ever and ever! If there isn’t a good cause like a war, then it will parade for a poor cause. It will always be a cause with ideals so high that no mere law can restrain the execution of its judgements. And it will always be based on hatred and fear. Tomorrow it may come again…. who knows?”
The Poverty of Economics
Since the beginning of written history human society has been divided into classes. These class divisions will be different depending on the particular society you are looking at and its peculiar conditions. Some societies, like Ancient Rome, had class systems based on slavery and land ownership, with slaves and Plebeians at the bottom, and slave owners and land-owning Patricians at the top. In such societies, if you are a slave, or if you are a “free” Plebeian who owns no little to no land, you are a nobody, and as such have the rights of a nobody.
What Must Be Done
Even divine-right kings of old, ruled only by the consent of the governed. Meaning that we have always had the power, with or without elections and the other machinations of democracy. When we sit on our hands–when we refuse to plant or harvest–refuse to spend or punch the time clock, we can bring empires to their knees.
Change Making and Story Telling: A Conversation with Margaret Killjoy
Take the history of fiction… Ursula le Guin of course, but also Tolstoy. There’s this entire huge, influential lineage that descends from Tolstoy’s Christian Anarchism. Oscar Wilde…. famous as a playwright and a witty gay man, but he wrote one of the better and most widely-read anarchist socialist tracts of the 19th century, one that gets into everything we’re talking about now… it’s called The Soul of Man Under Socialism and in it he argues that the point of art isn’t to make socialism, the point of socialism is to enable us to make art. He also like, bailed anarchists out of jail. The Modern Library wrote a list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century. Three of the top 5 were written by anarchists
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Character of Survival: A Family Tradition
But, here’s the thing about sex work, it’s still work. It’s draining and exhausting, both mentally as well as physically. Sometimes I didn’t want to show up anymore than the receptionist at your dentists office doesn’t want to go into work. It’s literally playing pretend, creating and selling a fantasy. Balancing being too fake with too real. Juggling safety alongside needs. It was also scary.
Palestine: In Revolutionary Context
Courtesy of the South East Idaho Democratic Socialists of America One cannot seriously speak about the, “common cultures,” of a nation when employers and workers of one and the same nation cease to understand each other. What, “common destiny,” can there be when the bourgeoisie thirsts for war and the proletariat declares war on war?- … Continue reading Palestine: In Revolutionary Context
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