Goodbye iSlave - A Manifesto for Digital Abolition (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Geopolitics of Information
Release date:	September 2017
First published:	2016
Authors:	Jack Linchuan Qiu
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-08212-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General
LSN:	0-252-08212-5
Barcode:	9780252082122

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