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Goodbye iSlave - A Manifesto for Digital Abolition (Paperback)
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Goodbye iSlave - A Manifesto for Digital Abolition (Paperback)
Series: Geopolitics of Information
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Welcome to a brave new world of capitalism propelled by high tech,
guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions
of laborers being robbed of their souls. Gathered into mammoth
factory complexes and terrified into obedience, these workers feed
the world's addiction to iPhones and other commodities--a
generation of iSlaves trapped in a global economic system that
relies upon and studiously ignores their oppression. Focusing on
the alliance between Apple and the notorious Taiwanese manufacturer
Foxconn, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines how corporations and
governments everywhere collude to build systems of domination,
exploitation, and alienation. His interviews, news analysis, and
first-hand observation show the circumstances faced by Foxconn
workers--circumstances with vivid parallels in the Atlantic slave
trade. Ironically, the fanatic consumption of digital media also
creates compulsive free labor that constitutes a form of bondage
for the user. Arguing as a digital abolitionist, Qiu draws
inspiration from transborder activist groups and incidents of
grassroots resistance to make a passionate plea aimed at
uniting--and liberating--the forgotten workers who make our
twenty-first-century lives possible.
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