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The Role of “Friendship” and Bromance in International Affairs

The Politics of Getting Around Things: Geopolitics as Couples Therapy By Peter Bach [Excerpts] https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/20/the-politics-of-getting-around-things/      Imagine Trump and Xi disappearing into a room for an hour and emerging with the gentlest of smiles to announce that the United States and China had agreed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons—with Russia and North Korea waiting in the wings to get rid of them too. I suppose the most famous political [...]

By |2026-10-01T22:36:55-05:00October 1st, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, China, China, Donald Trump, Historical, National Security, News, Nuclear Power, Peace and War, Politics|0 Comments
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The Only Kill Switch We Need

Inside Labor's AI Data Center Split by Ginny Hogan [Excerpts] https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/the-only-kill-switch-weve-got Several weeks ago, Jason Kelce (football player, podcaster, Taylor Swift’s brother-in-law) starred in an ad asking Americans to pee in jars and send them to their nearest AI data center. The spot – a collaboration between Liquid Death and Kelce’s own Garage Beer – was nominally about water consumption. Mostly, though, it was evidence that hating on data centers has gone [...]

By |2026-09-02T02:16:28-05:00September 2nd, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Activism, Artificial Intelligence, Capitalism, Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Labor, Tech|0 Comments
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Pax Silica

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) https://antiracist.org/pax-silica/ Talk about Orwellian Double-Speak. Pax Silica is a US-led initiative to put Artificial Intelligence, which is still primarily driven by military and surveillance tech, at the center of an international geo-strategic economic development and national security alliance directed at countering China and protecting US economic, political and military dominance in the second quarter of the 21st Century. It is being [...]

By |2026-05-30T17:00:41-05:00May 30th, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Activism, Afghanistan, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, China, CIA, Donald Trump, Drones, Economy, Energy, Environmentalism, Immigration/Migrant rights, India, Labor, Marco Rubio, Michael Novick, Palestine, Peace and War, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Security and Insecurity, Surveillance, Tech, Ukraine, Venezuela, War|0 Comments
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Giant Georgia data center secretly used 29 million gallons of water; avoids fine

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/georgia-data-center-used-29-million-gallons-of-water by Luke James An AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water use. County's soft touch is attributed to the data center being 'our largest customer, and we have to be partners.' Fayette County, Georgia, was telling residents to stop watering their [...]

By |2026-05-30T16:35:46-05:00May 30th, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Climate Change, Ecology, Energy, Environmentalism, Movements|0 Comments
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FBI Raids Home & Office of LAUSD Supt. Carvalho Over A-I Ed Tech

by Michael Novick, UTLA-retired As Change Links was going to press, the FBI raided LAUSD headquarters on Beaudry in DTLA and the home of superintendent Alberto Carvalho in San Pedro. The FBI announcement also provided an address in Florida that was searched. Public records show that property is linked to an individual who worked with AllHere, an education technology startup that created a highly touted A-I chatbot for the Los Angeles school [...]

By |2026-02-26T23:38:03-05:00February 26th, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Artificial Intelligence, California, Crime, Education, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, News, Students, Tech|0 Comments
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City of Davis CA Boycotts Musk-Owned Companies, But Starlink Stays

https://opentools.ai/news/city-of-davis-passes-boycott-resolution-on-musk-owned-companies-but-starlink-stays [Excerpts] In an intriguing twist during a City of Davis city council meeting on February 17, 2026, a resolution to boycott Elon Musk's companies, such as Tesla and SpaceX, was approved, albeit with amendments. Interestingly, Starlink was exempted from this resolution due to its essential role in providing emergency services to the community. The council's move stems from accusations against Musk of democracy endangering ideologies and various labor law violations. However, [...]

By |2026-02-26T23:36:55-05:00February 26th, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Big Business, California, California, Capitalism, Economy, Economy, Elon Musk, Fascism, News, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity, Tech|0 Comments
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A-I, Labor, and the Future of LA, War & the World

Teach-in Held Sat., Feb. 7, 11 am - 5 pm, IAM Machinists union Hall, 1261 N. Avalon Bl., Wilmington Part 1: https://youtu.be/oaPdrHmrOAI Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3Xy5bf8Jo The first thing to understand about "artificial intelligence", A-I, is that it is military technology. The techno-fascist moguls promoting it are all military contractors with Trump's War Department. The principal driver of research and development in autonomous vehicles has been the US Army Tank Division. Elon Musk's [...]

By |2026-02-16T03:24:21-05:00February 1st, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Artificial Intelligence, Big Business, Democracy, Economy, Fascism, Human Rights, Internet, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, Peace and War, Politics, Socialism, Solidarity, Solidarity Economics, Surveillance, Tech, Unions, War|0 Comments
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February 2026 Change Links Community Calendar

Change Links can’t publish without your support. Send items, articles or poems to changelinks2@gmail.com or via change-links.org/submit/   WE URGENTLY NEED VOLUNTEER  DISTRIBUTORS of CHANGE LINKS TO VENUES & AT EVENTS. PLEASE EMAIL US: <changelinks2@gmail.com>    Please subscribe as well. Subscriptions to the print edition are $12/25/50 a year, low income, regular or sustainer (sliding scale), payable to “AFGJ,” our fiscal sponsor, with “Change Links” in the memo. All events announced are [...]

By |2026-02-14T01:52:37-05:00February 1st, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Calendar, Events, Labor, Los Angeles, Movements, News|0 Comments
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That Which Is To Come

© Dec. 26, 2025 by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/that-which-is-to-come/ It is foolish for us to predict what is to come. For life is full of variables, and none can see the whole. But sometimes, some things, are so clear that they impress themselves upon the mind, and leave a mark that cannot be undone. This seems to be such a time. The turning gears of this machine are not just the ruinous effects [...]

By |2026-01-01T00:38:11-05:00January 1st, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Artificial Intelligence, Black liberation, Commentary, Donald Trump, Economy, Fascism, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Political Prisoners, Tech|0 Comments
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Palantir Colonizes Los Angeles

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA Palantir Technologies has long contracted with the LAPD to provide software and data analysis capacities that fuel "Pred-Pol",  predictive (some say, predatory) policing, and the widespread use of automated license plate readers that track and identify every vehicle on the streets of Los Angeles. Now Palantir is taking its act into the air above Los Angeles. Palantir has formed a partnership with Archer Aviation, aimed at [...]

By |2025-12-03T14:53:56-05:00December 1st, 2025|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Artificial Intelligence, Big Business, California, California, Drones, Economy, Fascism, Immigration, Immigration/Migrant rights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, National Security, News, Palestine, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Repression|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: Present and Continuously Tense – A Self-Portrait

Present and Continuously Tense - A Self-Portrait by Snigdhaa Rai [Excerpt] https://thewire.in/livewire/present-and-continuously-tense-a-self-portrait   Once I turn myself into the machine, Against what will I rage? I whirl about in a conviction of confusion This ride of life has a weird constitution, It has dawned on me how dark it gets And into this passivity I watch the sun set   A weird reminder of school days as I, Hear constant cries of [...]

By |2025-12-01T02:39:00-05:00December 1st, 2025|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Big Business, Economy, Economy, India, Poetry Corner, Tech|0 Comments
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Keep Space for Peace Week

October 4-11 2025 Oppose Trump's “Golden Dome” The US military preparations for global war continue – on land, at sea, in the air, and in space. Wars cannot be fought these days without support from space systems, and the aim of the U.S. Space Force is to ensure that it controls outer space and the Earth below. Trump’s provocative plan to build a ‘Golden Dome’ umbrella over North Amrica would cost several [...]

By |2025-09-30T23:33:37-05:00September 30th, 2025|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Donald Trump, Economy, Elon Musk, News, Peace and War, Protests and Rallies, Security and Insecurity, War, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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