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 “Coding,” Timothy Cooke told Trump, “should be a requirement in every public school.” The Apple chief’s education mandate was just the latest tech company push for coding courses in schools. But even without Mr. Trump’s support, Silicon Valley is already advancing that agenda. nytimes.com/
This kind of A.I. is spreading to thousands of domains (not just loans), and as it does, it will eliminate many jobs. Bank tellers, customer service representatives, telemarketers, stock and bond traders, even paralegals and radiologists will gradually be replaced by such software. nytimes.com/
Some school reformers have long been pushing technology as the way to transform education. There is no denying that education technology can be helpful to students in a number of important ways, but there is also no denying that in a number of important ways, it has not been as transformative as supporters might have hoped. washingtonpost.com/
HEALTH
a leading researcher at Oxford University, has recently discovered that the most common form of modern day torture is actually having to wake up and start work before 10 o’clock in the morning, something that affects an enormous amount of us.
A leading researcher at Oxford University, has recently discovered that the most common form of modern day torture is actually having to wake up and start work before 10 o’clock in the morning, something that affects an enormous amount of us. livetheorganicdream.com/
OPINION
While idiotic supporters of our two-party system wring their hands over the sensationalist nonsense reported by the mainstream media, we thought it might be worth touching on the most dangerous lie of all-time: capitalism. counterpunch.org/
Donald Trump’s presidency marks the most acute stage of the protracted crisis of U.S. imperial hegemony and its trajectory toward neofascism. The president, his closest advisers, and some key cabinet members are now promoting an openly racist, xenophobic, and nationalist ideology. monthlyreview.org/
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Senior executives at JSE Top 100 companies are earning an average of R69,000 a day. This is according to a report by Deloitte which reportedly found that executive pay increases have generally exceeded inflation over the past five years, “despite increasing scrutiny”, and that annual bonuses to CEOs and CFOs were “large”. 
Cosatu is reportedly stepping up its campaign for President Jacob Zuma to resign. City Press newspaper reported that Cosatu has already submitted a strike notice to Nedlac.
New York Times copy editors facing staff cuts or new jobs in a re-imagined editing system sent a letter to the newspaper’s two top editors Wednesday protesting the oncoming changes. 
In an important UN resolution adopted on 22 June, states reaffirmed the urgent need to address the potential negative impacts of the commercialisation of education on human rights. 
Lenin wrote his pamphlet Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism in the first half of 1916. His theory of imperialism had, and continues to have, huge implications for the Marxist movement. An accurate understanding and presentation of the theory is therefore vitally important. 
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