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Issue No. 319/320 Mar/Apr 2017)
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COVER:
Automation, digitalisation and the gig economy: Implications for developing
Automation,
robots and the threat of economic disruption in developing countries
Deepening
use of automation is threatening mass displacement of jobs everywhere, and
developing countries could be the worst hit.
By Martin Khor
Robots
and industrialisation in developing countries
The
following UN policy brief considers some vital questions about robots and
industrialisation in developing countries.
Digitalisation
and the gig economy: Implications for the developing world
Unless
they get their act together, the developing countries risk being locked into a
digital dependency which will ultimately impact on their national sovereignty.
By Parminder Jeet Singh and Richard Hill
Automate
this!: Delivering resistance in the gig economy
In
the workplace, automation and technology have tipped the balance of power greatly
in favour of capital but workers are contesting this situation, logging out and
calling the shots.
By Jamie Woodcock
The
gig economy
The
gig economy is a fitting feature of a fly-by-night world in which all human
activity is broken down into simple, measureable tasks: a commodification of
work.
By Jeremy Seabrook
The
gig economy: hype and reality
Economist
Gerald Friedman warns that the much-hyped gig economy is a road to ruin for
workers.
By Lynn Stuart Parramore
Gig
economy, gig health?
There
is a need for more research on the health effects of the gig economy as the
loss of what were once accepted as basic workers' rights may have public health
impacts.
By Chris Yuill
Ensuring
security in the international digital order
The
only way to ensure security in the emerging digital order is by nation states
entering into an international compact to ban all cyber weapons.
By Prabir Purkayastha
ECOLOGY
US military is
world's largest polluter
The recent
massive jet fuel spill at a US naval station located close to the Atlantic
Ocean has thrown the spotlight on the US military's role in polluting our
planet.
By Whitney Webb
ECONOMICS
Defence
of right to water drives call for land reform in Chile
There
is growing support in Chile for a second land reform which will make water a
public good once more.
By Orlando Milesi
Caught
between Scylla and Charybdis: The effects of Greece's loss of sovereignty
Greece's
complete helplessness and impotence in the face of the fight over its fate
between its creditors is a measure of its loss of sovereignty.
By CJ Polychroniou
China:
Belt and Road Initiative
The
head of a regional UN development agency says how China’s Belt and Road
Initiative can help to put Asia on a sustainable development path.
By Shamshad Akhtar
The
Belt and Road Initiative: China's answer to globalisation?
In
May China held an international forum in Beijing to explain its Belt and Road
Initiative.
By Pepe Escobar
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WORLD
AFFAIRS
Iran's
conservatives lose a presidential election and more
An
analysis of the recent Iranian election's outcome and how President Hassan Rouhani
pulled off his convincing victory for a second term in office.
By Farideh Farhi
Fear
and loathing in Turkey
The
massive crackdown on citizens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after
the failed July 2016 military coup has caused widespread disquiet, as has his
decision to steamroll a controversial referendum on changing the country's
political system.
By Umit Cizre
Two
sides of the Palestinian coin: Hunger strike/Gaza
The
international media paid scant notice to the plight of Palestinians in Israel’s
oppressive prison conditions, just as it has pointedly ignored the deepening
crisis facing the people of Gaza.
By Richard Falk
Syria:
Neocons get almost giddy
When
President Trump ordered the cruise-missile strike against Syria in April, it
revived the spirits of many of the neoconservative hawks in Washington.
By Jim Lobe
HUMAN
RIGHTS
Survival
of Africa's indigenous peoples 'seriously threatened'
A
new report on the state of the indigenous peoples around the globe has
highlighted the serious threats to the life and livelihood of indigenous
peoples of Africa.
By Baher Kamal
Forty
years on, Argentina's bravest mothers keep marching
Argentina’s
now octogenarian ‘Mothers of Plaza de Mayo’ continue to march demanding full
accountability for their '30,000 disappeared' children at the hands of the
military junta in power 40 years ago.
By Mar Centenera
WOMEN
Rural
struggles in India against exploitation bring women to the fore
A
fair day's wage for a fair day's work has been the main goal of women workers
in rural India. Although this struggle has been bitter and protracted, women
workers have demonstrated great tenacity in fighting and organising themselves
to realise this goal.
By Bharat Dogra
VIEWPOINT
Invasion
of the Putin-Nazis
A
look into claims that the Russians are secretly running the White House...
By CJ Hopkins
POETRY
If
you’ll just go to sleep
The
first Latin American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this Chilean
poet was especially passionately concerned about the plight of poor children. The
theme of a mother's love is a familiar one in her poetry.
By Gabriela Mistral
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