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Risk, Return To Industry, And The Future Of Democracy, Lukas Szrot Jan 2026

Risk, Return To Industry, And The Future Of Democracy, Lukas Szrot

Fast Capitalism

Reflecting on 2020, I consider the possibility of the collapse of the United States, as well as the ways in which it has fallen short of representative and democratic promise. I argue that the spread of conspiratorial reason is symptomatic of the mistrust that has arisen from these failures. Drawing on naturalist, critical theory, and sociology of knowledge accounts of conspiratorial reason, I argue that such thinking is interest-bound, weaponizing mistrust, and is broadly appealing but ultimately disempowering, serving the ends of failed praxis and reification of power. I examine two possible sources of institutionalized mistrust: the "culture wars" thesis …


The Plague Of White Supremacy In The Age Of Fascist Politics, Henry Giroux Jan 2026

The Plague Of White Supremacy In The Age Of Fascist Politics, Henry Giroux

Fast Capitalism

The toxic thrust of white supremacy runs through American culture like an electric current. Without apology,Jim Crow is back suffocating American society in a wave of voter suppression laws, ongoing attempts by rightwing politicians to implement a form of apartheid pedagogy, and the resurgence of a right-wing cultural politics organized around the legacy of white nationalism and white supremacy. The emergence of white supremacy to the centers of power is also evident in the reign of police violence against Black people that came into full view with the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer and the ensuring …


A Prelude To Insurrection: How A 4chan Refrain Anticipated The Capitol Riot, Marc Tuters Jan 2026

A Prelude To Insurrection: How A 4chan Refrain Anticipated The Capitol Riot, Marc Tuters

Fast Capitalism

This paper looks at how vernacular practices associated with fringe web communities seem to have found their way into reactionary American politics in recent years. Combining concepts from political communication (Bennett and Segerberg 2013) and from assemblage theory (Samson 2020), the paper looks at how key elements of the Capitol insurrection narrative initially emerged on 4chan as meme about a second civil war (called "the Boogaloo"), then spreading to social media and amplified by President Trump. In an effort to make sense of this relationship between the fringe the mainstream, the paper offers both original empirical analysis as well as …


Beyond Prepper Culture As Right-Wing Extremism: Selling Preparedness To Everyday Consumers As How To Survive The End Of The World On A Budget, Timothy W. Luke Jan 2026

Beyond Prepper Culture As Right-Wing Extremism: Selling Preparedness To Everyday Consumers As How To Survive The End Of The World On A Budget, Timothy W. Luke

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Homoterrorism: Definition, Application, Subversion, Angelos Bollas Jan 2026

Homoterrorism: Definition, Application, Subversion, Angelos Bollas

Fast Capitalism

On Friday, September 21, 2018, news reports on Greek corporate media announced the death of a man who had allegedly attempted to rob a jewellery store. The media announcement was accompanied by video footage in which two civilians were shown violently attacking the alleged thief while the latter was attempting to escape the jewellery store. A little later, the alleged thief was announced dead. This is the case of Zak Kostopoulos who was lynched in his attempt to escape a jewellery shop where he had found shelter from a threat that, to this day, remains unknown. Zak was lynched literally …


The Rise Of The Robots: Technocapitalism And The Policing Of Race, Constantine Gidaris Jan 2026

The Rise Of The Robots: Technocapitalism And The Policing Of Race, Constantine Gidaris

Fast Capitalism

This article critically engages with the emergence of police robots in the United States, arguing that their inevitable foray into everyday policing will fuel existing issues of racial discrimination. Building on Luis Suarez-Villa's (2009) conceptualization of technocapitalism, I situate police robots within a framework of social domination that thrives not only on its connections to corporatism and militarism, but also on technocapitalist conditions that invariably exacerbate the oppressive dynamics of racist and discriminatory policing. Although police robots will make police work safer for officers (Sharkey 2008), I contend that they will be used by the police as weaponized machines of …


Precarious Labor In Covid Times: The Case Of Musicians, David M. Arditi Jan 2026

Precarious Labor In Covid Times: The Case Of Musicians, David M. Arditi

Fast Capitalism

The coronavirus pandemic changed the way we think about work, the economy, and our everyday lives as governments shutdown all but the most essential public spaces. Workers who earn a living through precarious employment have faced unique barriers to securing wages. The impact of the pandemic shutdown was especially devastating on musicians' lives and many supporting workers in the entertainment industry. The structural insecurity of gig work became amplified as venues were forced to stop performances for a year or more. In this paper, I argue the current phase of capitalism that depends on precarious labor and unending consumption destroys …


About The Authors, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team Jan 2026

About The Authors, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team Jan 2026

Full Issue, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Modularity, Labor, And Ideology In Edtech Platforms, Mario Khreiche Jan 2026

Modularity, Labor, And Ideology In Edtech Platforms, Mario Khreiche

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Fast "Truths" And Slow Knowledge; Oracular Answers And Wikipedia's Epistemology, Zachary Mcdowell, Matthew Vetter Jan 2026

Fast "Truths" And Slow Knowledge; Oracular Answers And Wikipedia's Epistemology, Zachary Mcdowell, Matthew Vetter

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Deep-Rooted Images: Situating (Extra) Institutional Appropriations Of Deepfakes In The Us And India, Kailyn Slater, Akriti Rastogi Jan 2026

Deep-Rooted Images: Situating (Extra) Institutional Appropriations Of Deepfakes In The Us And India, Kailyn Slater, Akriti Rastogi

Fast Capitalism

The paper aims to map institutional and extra-institutional affordances and appropriations of deepfake images through an analytical framework that accounts for the socio-political contexts of the US and India. Our main argument involves the inevitable leakage of technologies outside institutions and its redressal through corporatized comebacks. Utilizing vernacular and global examples, we trace the perceived ownership and extended modalities of deepfake images and videos. While compositing (Manovich 2006) and habitual media (Chun 2016) predetermine our deep mediatized world (Hepp 2019), deepfakes, as a visual cultural technology newly popular within the political economy of media, offer a novel entry point into …


The Dialectic Of De-Holocenation: Waste And Wealth In The Anthropocene*, Timothy W. Luke Jan 2026

The Dialectic Of De-Holocenation: Waste And Wealth In The Anthropocene*, Timothy W. Luke

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Culture After Work? Intellectual Property In Post-Scarcity Discourses, Ryan Nolan Jan 2026

Culture After Work? Intellectual Property In Post-Scarcity Discourses, Ryan Nolan

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


Cultural Politics And The Crisis Of Education And Political Agency, Henry Giroux Jan 2026

Cultural Politics And The Crisis Of Education And Political Agency, Henry Giroux

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


The Manosphere As An Online Protection Racket: How The Red Pill Monetizes Male Need For Security In Modern Society, Eva Bujalka, Tim Rich, Stuart Bender Jan 2026

The Manosphere As An Online Protection Racket: How The Red Pill Monetizes Male Need For Security In Modern Society, Eva Bujalka, Tim Rich, Stuart Bender

Fast Capitalism

To effectively manage, empathize with and respond to the implications and impact of the so-called ‘Manosphere,' this paper is centered on the premise that researchers require an understanding of the draw factors that lead individuals to engage, affiliate with, and contribute to the various groups that constitute this wider movement. This paper seeks to contribute to the growing body of knowledge around the Manosphere by exploring how thought leaders propagate symbiotic cycles of ontological security and insecurity through YouTube in a manner that resembles a protection racket. It argues that these constructed ontological security cycles provide a powerful impetus to …


Full Issue, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team Jan 2026

Full Issue, Fast Capitalism Editorial Team

Fast Capitalism

No abstract provided.


La Huelga Jan 2026

La Huelga

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Documents regarding "La Huelga" and the different locations where the boycotting is taking place.


Correspondence For Robert A. Magowan Jan 2026

Correspondence For Robert A. Magowan

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Correspondence from the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee to Robert A. Magowan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Safeway Stores.


"The Grape Boycott...Why It Has To Be" By Cesar Chavez Jan 2026

"The Grape Boycott...Why It Has To Be" By Cesar Chavez

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Document titled " The Grape Boycott...Why it has to be". The author is Cesar Chavez and the document states that the only way to improve the working conditions of farm workers is to take action.


Article By El Malcriado From September 23, 1966 Jan 2026

Article By El Malcriado From September 23, 1966

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Article published by "El Malcriado" speaking on the growth of the United Farm Workers Union and the support they have received. The article is dated September 23, 1966.


Inter-Faith Coalition For The Grape Boycott Jan 2026

Inter-Faith Coalition For The Grape Boycott

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Document announcing the formation of the "Inter-Faith Coalition for the grape Boycott". The statement was presented by James E. Jones on Tuesday, August 13, 1968.


Letter From The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee To Safeway Stores Inc. Jan 2026

Letter From The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee To Safeway Stores Inc.

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Correspondence from the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee warning Quentin Reynolds, president of Safeway Stores Inc. regarding the lack of cooperation the union has received from Safeway .


Farm Worker Newsletter By Independent Industrial Workers' Association Jan 2026

Farm Worker Newsletter By Independent Industrial Workers' Association

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Farm Worker newsletter by the Independent Industrial Workers' Association (IWA). The letter lists brands to not purchase from in order to support farm workers on strike.


The Texas Farm Worker Newsletter From January, 1974 Jan 2026

The Texas Farm Worker Newsletter From January, 1974

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

The Texas "Farm Worker" newsletter from January, 1974. The document announces updates on different boycotts occurring in Texas in cities like Austin and Houston.


"State Laws Ruled Unconstitutional" Jan 2026

"State Laws Ruled Unconstitutional"

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Article titled "State laws ruled unconstitutional". The document is dated June 27, 1972.


Correspondence From Antonio Orendain Jan 2026

Correspondence From Antonio Orendain

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Correspondence from Antonio Orendain, a Texas organizer for the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). The document is titled "July Newsletter", and it discusses future plans of the organization in the Texas branch.


Cesar Chavez Plans To Visit Texas Jan 2026

Cesar Chavez Plans To Visit Texas

Migrant Farm Workers Organizing Movement Collection

Document announcing the visit to Texas in December of Cesar Chavez, National Director of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC).


Fediverse’S Evolution From The Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, José Manuel Meza-Cano, Edith González-Santiago Jan 2026

Fediverse’S Evolution From The Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, José Manuel Meza-Cano, Edith González-Santiago

Fast Capitalism

This paper begins by mentioning some problems we found in social networks belonging to corporations such as Facebook and Twitter, emphasizing the inclusion of algorithmic timelines, the verticality of decisions that respond to market logic, and the privacy of users’ data. This research gives rise to presenting open-source social networks as a democratic and safer alternative for their users. These social networks shape the Fediverse, the result of the union of the words Federation- Universe, and whose history and evolution we describe. We expose the main postulates of the Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) for using this theory to conduct the …


Burdened Communities, Beleaguered Wombs, & Barren Choices: The Impact Of Dobbs On Environmental And Reproductive Justice, Emily R. Rudo, Elizabeth E. Sharp, Michael R. Desjardins Jan 2026

Burdened Communities, Beleaguered Wombs, & Barren Choices: The Impact Of Dobbs On Environmental And Reproductive Justice, Emily R. Rudo, Elizabeth E. Sharp, Michael R. Desjardins

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.