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WATCH: The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul

"In 1950, Ellul finished his manuscript La Technique ou l'enjeu du siècle (The Technological Society), his seminal analysis of the way technology shapes every aspect of society. The Betrayal by Technology is one of the very few existing filmed recordings of Jacques Ellul speaking."

Threats to security, health, public infrastructure—and other potential costs of Canada’s 5G rollout

"A larger number of connected devices will result in huge increases in data that need to be stored in energy-intensive data centres, which are expected to emit more carbon than the international aviation industry."

We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe

"We should support the recommendations of the 250 scientists and medical doctors who signed the 5G Appeal that calls for an immediate moratorium on the deployment of 5G."

The Manufacturing of Greta Thunberg – for Consent: To Plunder What Little Remains: It’s Going To Be Tremendous [Volume II, Act III]

A fully "smart city" is on the way for those in the West. Simultaneously, the financialization of nature, not the true protection of biodiversity, is the shared goal. The two will coalesce to form a "smart" dystopian hell. Further, those that comprise the World Economic Forum have been handed the keys to the planet.

An Object Lesson In Spectacle [Excerpt From the Manufacturing of Greta Thunberg for Consent – Volume II]

In 1959, the revolutionary Che Guevara remarked to journalist José Pardo Llada that "newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy." Today, six decades later, the non-profit industrial complex and even "activism" itself must both be considered as instruments crafted and wielded by the 21st century oligarchs.

Raising the Alarm – On the Capitalists Seeking to Profit from the Climate Crisis

"WKOG stands by our reporting on this matter and we will continue to defend our work since we are in full agreement that there is no more pressing issue than the protection of Mother Earth, for the survival of life as we know it."

WATCH: Quiet Storm – Technology & Social Control

"Claims that ‘technology is neutral’ ring hollow in a world dominated by powerful states and capitalist social relations. It’s clear to anyone keeping score that those who control and shape technological development and mass production are best situated to reap the benefits. But at the end of the day, capital and the state don’t hold a monopoly on innovation."