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“ROBOTA” EXHIBIT EXPLORES LABOR, TECHNOLOGY, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 28, 2022 Filed Under: Visual Arts

The show goes up at MIT List Visual Arts Center

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, capitalism, exhibit, MIT, racism, visual

A BRIEF MEDITATION ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 20, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Image for Occupy meditation. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2021 Jason Pramas.

And the possibility of its return

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: 1%, 99%, anarchism, Andrei Tarkovsky, anniversary, Apparent Horizon, Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, Boston, capitalism, Column, corporation, Democracy, Film, future, global warming, history, HOPE, international, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Meditation, novel, Occupy, Occupy Boston, Open Media Boston, Politics, Protest, rebellion, reflection, Revolt, socialism, Solaris, Stanisław Lem, usa, worker, working class, working people

VAMPIRE PROPERTY: CAPITAL AND THE LIVING DEAD 

Written by GARY ZABEL Posted May 25, 2020 Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

“The thing that you represent face to face with me has no heart in its breast.”– Marx

“There is no life in this body.” – Dracula 

Filed Under: Essay, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: capital, capitalism, Gary Zabel, Karl Marx, labor, philosophy, profit, socialism, think piece, vampire, worker

ENDORSEMENT: WHY I AM VOTING FOR BERNIE SANDERS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Endorsement, NEWS+OPINIONS

Bernie Sanders speaking at outdoor rally

Because no one should have to go through the health care debacle my family just did

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Endorsement, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Beth Israel Lahey, candidate, capitalism, criticism, DigBoston, Election, endorsement, Health, health care, Healthcare, Jason Pramas, Mass General Brigham, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, national health, Partners, president, presidential, Primary, single payer, socialism

SINS OF OMISSION: MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA MUST END ITS ANTI-SOCIALIST BIAS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 22, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the media organizations I help run, at least, we allow people with socialist positions a fair hearing. Understanding that socialism is supported by major political parties and movements the world over, has much to recommend it, and offers tried and true solutions to problems that capitalism can’t fix—because capitalism has caused most of the problems in question.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anarchism, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, capitalism, Column, criticism, Democracy, Donald Trump, Green Party, Greens, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Libertarian, Marxism, media, news, Politics, socialism

STATE WIRE: MIT STUDENTS DEMAND CHANGES AFTER EPSTEIN’S CLOSE TIES TO UNIVERSITY REVEALED

Written by Posted September 18, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Somebody said at the protest, ‘Money has memory.’ And, we have to think about where our money comes from, because money is not given to MIT with no strings attached, right?"

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BethAnn McLaughlin, capitalism, Center for Civic Media, Comparative Media Studies, corporation, corruption, criminal, Democracy, DigBoston, Ethan Zuckerman, George Church, higher education, Jeffery Epstein, John Brockman, Joi Ito, Kate Darling, LinkedIn, Martin Nowak, Marvin Minsky, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Nathan Matias, Op-Ed, Reid Hoffman, resignation, scandal, Seth Lloyd, sex offender, Sherry Marts, Tarana Burke

THE EPSTEIN STENCH

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted September 8, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

 

We can’t just hold our noses and look away from academia’s dirty money

 

The 2018 Disobedience Award ceremony was a full MIT Media Lab spectacle. Carefully produced, lavishly ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: BethAnn McLaughlin, capitalism, Center for Civic Media, Comparative Media Studies, corporation, corruption, criminal, Democracy, DigBoston, Ethan Zuckerman, George Church, higher education, Jeffery Epstein, John Brockman, Joi Ito, Kate Darling, LinkedIn, Martin Nowak, Marvin Minsky, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Nathan Matias, Op-Ed, Reid Hoffman, resignation, scandal, Seth Lloyd, sex offender, Sherry Marts, Tarana Burke

MORE REASONS TO RESIGN FROM THE MIT MEDIA LAB

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 27, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

MIT Media Lab image by ckelly, CC BY 2.0. Modified by Jason Pramas.

 

The connection to Jeffrey Epstein is just one of many questionable relationships

 

Recently, two scholars announced their plans to cut ties with the MIT Media Lab over its longstanding relationship with Jeffrey Epstein ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, BINJ, BP, British Petroleum, capitalism, Center for Civic Media, Citigroup, Column, Comparative Media Studies, corporation, corruption, criminal, Deloitte, Democracy, DigBoston, Erik W. Conway, Ethan Zuckerman, ExxonMobil, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Ford Motor Company, GE, General Electric, GlaxoSmithKline, global warming, higher education, Honeywell SPS, Hyundai Motor Company, J. Nathan Matias, Jason Pramas, Jeffery Epstein, McKinsey & Company, Merchants of Doubt, MIT, MIT Media Lab, Naomi Oreskes, Novartis, resignation, Roche, scandal, sex offender, Takeda

DON’T BUY WHAT CAMBRIDGE MAYOR MCGOVERN IS SELLING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 30, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

East Cambridge courthouse photo by Jason Pramas

 

An East Cambridge courthouse update

 

It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Mayor Marc McGovern, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR THE BROAD LEFT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 2, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

On July 5, start asking the Democrats, “What policies will help working families?”

 

The patriotic season is upon us. With it comes the arrival of the 2020 presidential race—far too early, in my estimation. Which in turn tends to generate conservative political ripples all the way down to the local level in the service of “winning” ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, anarchist, Apparent Horizon, Boston, capitalism, City Councilor Michelle Wu, Column, communist, corporations, Democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, Environment, Gov Charlie Baker, Green Party, Jason Pramas, July 4, July 5, left, left wing, Massachusetts, Politics, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Mike Connolly, Republican Party, Republicans, right, right wing, socialist, usa

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