Aline Blankertz

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Aline Blankertz
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Tech Economist 
cofounder [@structural_integrity](https://kolektiva.social/@structural_integrity ) | Tech Economy Lead [@rebalance_now](https://bewegung.social/@rebalance_now ) | fan nostr:npub1ys9f50c892f0pe8qktur63u996lmq76mfqkvgcy3939rhu7x537sy99upl

 believes in people's ability to learn and change (neoliberal in a previous life, now all about solidarity & mutual aid) | Berlin-based with a soft spot for night trains | blurry boundaries between private and professional - content from both domains here
It seems to take people (in particular fellow Europeans) so long to let go of what have always been myths: “transatlantic partnership for democracy” (always a lie) “US as global police for the rule of law” (read: use force to extort economic benefits) and “we stand up for European values” (only if they serve us economically). The mask has been off for a while (deportations, army in the interior, DOGE…), Venezuela is another step in the very same direction. We need anti-fascist resistance NOW.
Let's make great plans for 2026! Tired of fighting alone? Join the Cables of Resistance in Berlin, April 10-12! We are movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. We want to bring together interested people, network and connect local struggles.
Cables of Resistance -- A movement conference
Cables of Resistance is organised by movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. It will be ...
 Also check out the CfP! Whether you are politically active against Big Tech, conducting scientific research or involved in other ways, we look forward to your contribution. image
Shameless self-promotion alert! It was such a pleasure to discuss with @Paris Marx how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in totally misguided hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
Tech Won't Save Us
Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz - Tech Won’t Save Us
 A place for hope is Berlin, April 10-12, 2026:
Cables of Resistance -- A movement conference
Cables of Resistance is organised by movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. It will be ...
Whoop whoop! Get ready for my already favourite event in 2026!! 🥳 ✊ Cables of Resistance ✊ Movement conference against Big Tech Berlin 10-12 April 2026 Save the Date NOW and check out the 🎇 Call for Participation 🎇 looking for proposals in 8 tracks (DE/EN): - climate & energy - water & resources - urban policy - labour - militarisation - fascism - feminism - futures
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I do not have any positive take on the Franco-German sovereignty summit. Yes, they do not throw the DMA under the omnibus, but apart from that it is an agenda that puts frontier AI before infrastructure, profits before people, EU before global antifascist resistance. And: They still do not even address the core of Big Tech dependence. EU startups are subject to their control through investments and research agendas. Pouring more money into them cements dependence.
Tech Policy Press
At the Sovereignty Summit, Europe Put Start-Ups on Stage and Kept Big Tech in Control
At the Berlin summit on digital sovereignty, Europe backs start-ups, avoids Big Tech confrontation, and bets on deregulation, writes Aline Blankertz.
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Champagne Anarchism (@champagneanarchism@kolektiva.social)
The Rise of the Great Capitalist Empires | Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Chapter 11) Can capitalism ever truly wrestle with the idea of eternity? ...
 "The single defining feature of modern capitalism is that it acts like the party is almost over. So why stop now?" I still remember when that dawned on me when reading Graeber's Debt 🤯 People have been saying they are in late-stage capitalism for decades, if not centuries. It is 100% intuitive that growth and expansion cannot go on forever. But debt as an engine of growth has locked people/organisations/states into extractive behaviour. Strongly recommend the book and the podcast series! View quoted note →
"Both Google and Apple recently removed Red Dot, an app people can use to report sightings of ICE officials, from their respective app stores [...] Google told 404 Media it removed apps because they shared the location of what it describes as a vulnerable group that recently faced a violent act connected to these sorts of ICE-spotting apps—a veiled reference to ICE officials." Who is vulnerable and who is at risk? Google joins Apple in executing fascism.
404 Media
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spo...
Apparently this requires restating: We should not want a European Palantir. We should not want an open-source Palantir. We should not want a non-commercial Palantir. If it is supposed to do what Palantir does, we should not want it. And I don't care to what extent Palantir's products are shaped by political or profit motives. We know enough to reject its logic altogether.
After reading his book, I am very much moved by the release of Mikola Dziadok from Belarusian prison.
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Anarchist Black Cross Belarus (@abcbelarus@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image Today, anarchist Mikalai Dziadok was released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania. He was just met by comrades in Vilnius. Up...
 He has already spent over ten years in prison (while being slightly younger than me). And his book is testament to an incredibly fearless, courageous and compassionate mind:
Mikola Dziadok: The Colours of the Parallel World
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 His case is not an isolated one, so I am even more glad that through his writing I got access to and started to care about political prisoners more generally. (1/3)
Digital sovereignty without techno-nationalism and an ambitious understanding of more democratic technology? It is always such a pleasure to listen to Cecilia Rikap! 🫶 She conveys that we should not just demand governments to “get off Big Tech” and “build local data centres”, but also to go beyond the capitalist paradigm. Uruguay seems an interesting example among various others. Finally managed to listen to her episode with Paris on @Paris Marx 👇
Tech Won't Save Us
Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty w/ Cecilia Rikap - Tech Won’t Save Us