https://znetwork.org/author/martinhart-landsberg/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:54:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/martinhart-landsberg/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ai-and-education-the-kids-are-in-danger/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ai-and-education-the-kids-are-in-danger/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:54:35 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289548 Big tech, ever on the hunt for new markets for their generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems, are pushing hard to get them into public schools as well as colleges and universities. Their interest goes beyond short-term profits – it is also about “grooming” a new generation to accept, if not embrace, the world big tech [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ai-and-education-the-kids-are-in-danger/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-time-to-confront-big-techs-ai-offensive/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-time-to-confront-big-techs-ai-offensive/#respond Sun, 10 Aug 2025 18:37:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287142 Big tech companies continue to spend massive amounts of money building ever more powerful generative AI (artificial intelligence) systems and ever-larger data centers to run them, all the while losing billions of dollars with no likely pathway to profitability.  And while it remains to be seen how long the companies and their venture capital partners [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-time-to-confront-big-techs-ai-offensive/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/fdrs-wartime-strategies-can-power-a-just-transition-now/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/fdrs-wartime-strategies-can-power-a-just-transition-now/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1279391 Economist Martin Hart-Landsberg underscores the importance of planning for a just transition and transformation of socio-economic relations. Hart-Landsberg examines FDR’s Defense Production Corporation and War Production Board which were established to coordinate the U.S. economy’s rapid conversion from civilian to military production. The entrepreneurial class largely opposed these changes, fearing cuts to their bottom line. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/fdrs-wartime-strategies-can-power-a-just-transition-now/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/feeling-the-heat-capitalism-and-global-warming/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/feeling-the-heat-capitalism-and-global-warming/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:48:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1270210 We are in real trouble. Global carbon dioxide emissions (the main cause of global warming) continue to rise, hitting a new high in 2023. Last year was also the hottest in recorded history, and, year by year, more Americans feel the consequences. Yet, we have seen only modest attempts to bring emissions down. 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