AI, Surveillance, and Solidarity

December 11, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

During economic strife, authoritarian political systems masquerading as populism rise to protect the power, profits, and privilege of the wealthy ruling class. Power is obtained through conspiracy theories and disinformation and it is maintained through surveillance. We are at the crest of a disinformation apocalypse….

I Was a Refugee Once. I Fear I May Be Again.

December 2, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Early in my life, I started my journey through this earth as a refugee when my parents fled the rise of an authoritarian regime in their homeland. With just the few possessions they were able to stuff into a suitcase, they arrived in New York…