Carmen Dal Monte

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May 5, 2025, 5:39 AM

1938 Is Back. But This Time, We Know Everything

Rome, May 1, 2025. During the traditional May Day concert in Piazza San Giovanni, the Milanese band Patagarri – launched by X Factor – performed Hava Nagila, the historic Jewish song. At the end, they chanted “Free Palestine,” invited...

Apr 30, 2025, 5:13 PM

From Labor to Identity: How the Left Forgot Women and Class

In a previous article, I tried to trace a shift: from redistribution to recognition, from material change to symbolic affirmation. The Left today—much of it, at least—doesn’t talk about class anymore. It talks about voices. Stories. Trauma. You’re legitimate...

Apr 16, 2025, 10:58 PM

From Labor to Recognition: When the Left Stopped Changing Society

Progressive politics has replaced redistribution with identity-based legitimacy. But can suffering alone define justice? This is the first in a series of articles that try to understand when — and why — everything changed: words, alliances, enemies. There was a...

Apr 3, 2025, 5:05 PM

It’s not AI following you. You’re following it: the Netflix case

In my work with my startup, I study how AI shapes our choices every day. Netflix is one of the most emblematic cases. There’s something extraordinary — and at the same time subtly unsettling — about the way Netflix tries...

Mar 22, 2025, 10:45 PM

How Gaza Hijacked the Western Left

Today, for much of the Western left, there seems to be only one cause truly worthy of visibility: Palestine. Not Palestine as a historical, social or geopolitical reality — but as an absolute, totemic symbol of suffering. Gaza has...

Mar 17, 2025, 2:55 PM

Antisemitism in the Machine

Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how we communicate, learn, and produce content. But what happens when these models—trained on massive datasets scraped from the internet—absorb and reproduce both explicit and coded forms of antisemitism? The issue isn’t just...

Mar 10, 2025, 10:17 PM

Can AI Decode the Language of Modern Antisemitism?

Online antisemitism is a slippery entity. It no longer reveals itself through blatant slurs or overt hate speech but hides behind cryptic symbols, seemingly harmless memes, and coded language that only the trained eye can decipher. Think of the...

Mar 4, 2025, 1:25 AM

Online anti-semitism is a beast

Online antisemitism is a constantly evolving beast. From social media posts to viral memes, hate rhetoric spreads at an astonishing speed, adapting to new digital languages and evading automatic controls. But can artificial intelligence really be the answer to...

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About Me

Carmen Dal Monte (PhD), is an Italian entrepreneur and Jewish community leader. Founder and CEO of an AI startup, she is also president of the Jewish Reform Community Or 'Ammim, in Bologna.