Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex

by Nick Dyer-Witheford

Book Overview

An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution. From Coltan mines in the Congo; electronics factories in China and devastated neighbourhoods in Detroit, this book reveals how technology facilitates growing polarisation between wealthy elites and precarious workers. Nick Dyer-Witheford reveals the class domination behind everything from expanding online surveillance to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745334032
• ISBN13: 9780745334035
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.4"