Neoliberalism
Self-driving cars
Fig. 1. Photograph by Mark Doliner, August 1, 2012, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Ricardo Cano, “San Francisco asks California regulators to halt approval of expanded robotaxi service,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 16, 2023, https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/driverless-taxi-cruise-waymo-18300237.php
Work
Fig. 1. The spectre of Death, in the form of a large skeleton, rises with the smoke and flames of the burning Asch Building during the Triangle fire, as people jump and fall to their death. Artist unknown, from International Ladies Garment Workers Union Photographs (1885-1985) at The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
Jack Kelly, “White-Collar Workers Face Hyperspecialization, Fewer Job Openings And Threats To Their Job Security,” Forbes, August 16, 2023, https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/08/16/white-collar-workers-face-hyperspecialization-fewer-job-openings-and-threats-to-their-job-security/
Illiberalism
Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU![1]
Maya Yang, “Names and addresses of Trump jurors in Georgia posted on rightwing websites,” Guardian, August 17, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/17/georgia-grand-jurors-information-posted-rightwing-websites
Imperialism
Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh
Ishaan Tharoor, “Armenians see a new genocide taking place. Azerbaijan sees propaganda,” Washington Post, August 18, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/18/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-armenia-genocide-propaganda/
- [1]Donald Trump, quoted in Edwin Rios, “Donald Trump: threatening social media post flagged by prosecutors in court filing,” Guardian, August 5, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/05/donald-trump-threatening-social-media-post-flagged-by-prosecutors-in-court-filing↩