An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution.
This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how Silicon Valley shapes the way we live today..
This book brings heterodox Marxist analysis to bear on modern technological developments.
At the same time, he looks at possibilities for information technology within radical movements; contemporary struggles are cast in the blue glow of the computer screen.
Nick Dyer-Witheford reveals the class domination behind everything from expanding online surveillance to intensifying robotisation.
From Coltan mines in the Congo; electronics factories in China and devastated neighbourhoods in Detroit, this book reveals how technology facilitates growing polarisation between wealthy elites and precarious workers.
An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution
