Automation, Guaranteed Income and the Pandemic

<p>A conversation with a member of the <a href= "https://itsgoingdown.org">It's Going Down</a> collective about their pre-pandemic text "Livewire: Against Automation, Against UBI, Against Capital." We revisit the text in the context of the pandemic, ever-increasing trends towards automation of various sectors in Canada and the USA, and the Canadian government's emergency relief benefit (CERB), which many have compared to universal basic income.</p> <p>Read the whole text as a zine here: <a href= "https://itsgoingdown.org/new-zine-pdf-version-of-livewire-against-automation-against-ubi-against-capital/"> https://itsgoingdown.org/new-zine-pdf-version-of-livewire-against-automation-against-ubi-against-capital/</a></p> <p> </p>