Tag Archives: control

Manufacturing Personal Happiness

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Oleg Komlik

by Edgar Cabanas‏* Happiness is one of the most pervasive, fast-spreading, and controvertible phenomena of the twentieth century. Grown into an obsessive pursuit, a lucrative industry, and a flawed albeit very popular science, the pursuit of happiness has woven itself … Continue reading →

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Calling for Resistance: the Electronic Panopticon of Call Centers and the Neoliberal Future of Work

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

by Jamie Woodcock* For Working the Phones: Control and Resistance in Call Centres, I spent six months working undercover in a call centre in the UK. Taking inspiration from workers’ inquiry – a Marxist method of co-research that combines knowledge production with organising … Continue reading →

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The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Oleg Komlik

The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent by Alasdair Roberts explains how governments learned to unleash market forces while also avoiding protest about the market’s failures. The US has just gone through the worst economic crisis in a generation. Why … Continue reading →