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Gig Economy Project – Uber fails in “collateral attack” on UK Supreme Court ruling

December 6, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Uber had sought to undermine a key part of the UK Supreme Court ruling in February, which found that the company’s drivers were workers The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by […]

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Gig Economy Project – Open letter to EU Commission: Don’t ‘water down’ plans to regulate platform work

November 29, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Ministers from Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy apply pressure onto EU Commission a week before the platform work directive legislation is to be announced The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated […]

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Gig Economy Project: 59% of UK riders have no financial support when ill or injured, new study finds

November 25, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Seventy-six riders participated in a new in-depth study on working conditions in the food delivery sector in the UK The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us […]

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Carlos Rodríguez: Uber and Cabify violate the rights of users – and we have the evidence

November 15, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Carlos Rodríguez, community manager at Elite Taxi Association Barcelona and vice-president of the Taxi Project 2.0, summarises a report by Taxi Project on the violation of the rights of consumers using the apps of ridehail […]

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Gig Economy Project – Employers must provide riders with a bike and mobile phone, German court finds

November 11, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Riders and unions complain that the cost of bike purchase and repair takes a significant chunk out of take-home pay. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling […]

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Gig Economy Project – Organising gig workers in Belgium: Interview with Martin Willems of ‘United Freelancers’

November 8, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Martin Willems tells the Gig Economy Project that the trade union movement needs to take organising the self-employed seriously. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us […]

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Carlos Rodríguez: Uber y Cabify violan los derechos de los usuarios – y tenemos las evidencias

November 8, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Carlos Rodríguez, administrador de la comunidad de la Asociación Elite Taxi de Barcelona y vicepresidente del ‘Taxi Project 2.0’, resume un informe de Taxi Project sobre la violación de los derechos de los consumidores que […]

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Gig Economy Project – “We are what the companies don’t want to exist”: Interview with Nuria Soto of ‘RidersXDerechos’

November 2, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Nuria Soto of the ‘RidersXDerechos’ movement tells the Gig Economy Project that the Riders Law has its problems but has created an easier “basis for struggle”. Lea este artículo en español AQUI The Gig Economy […]

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Gig Economy Project – ‘The battle of ideas is won’: Interview with ETUC’s Ludovic Voet

October 31, 2021 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project speaks to the European Trade Union Confederation’s Secretary Ludovic Voet about the EU Commission’s platform work directive, trade union organising in the gig economy, and whether the present moment is one […]

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Gig Economy Project – “Somos aquello que las empresas no quieren que exista”: Entrevista con Nuria Soto de RidersXDerechos

October 30, 2021 Ben Wray 0

Nuria Soto, del movimiento ‘RidersXDerechos’, dice al Gig Economy Project que la Ley Riders tiene sus problemas pero ha creado una “base para la lucha” más fácil. Read this article in English HERE El proyecto […]

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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