DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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The digital dilemma
How should the left face up to the ubiquitous challenges of new technologies in the age of robotics, artificial intelligence and big data? ANDY HEDGECOCK reviews two books attempting some answers
Dehumanisation: Kismet robot with rudimentary social skills
[Polimerek]
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
Capital is Dead: Is This Something Worse?
by McKenzie Wark
Verso, £14.99
Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism
by Christian Fuchs
Pluto Press, £19.99
DIGITAL technology has been dislodged from the political agenda by Brexit, political corruption and fears for the NHS. It occasionally flickers at the borders of our awareness but we’re failing to assess its impact and implications.
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