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Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Interview: Ben Wray on Democracy and Independence Movements in Spain and Scotland

November 3, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Ben Wray (Falkirk, Scotland /1989) is a freelance writer and journalist at BRAVE NEW EUROPE, coordinating the Gig Economy Project which analyses new forms of precarious work in the digital economy. He is the co-author […]

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EU politics

Toni Strubell, Núria Bassa – Entrevista amb l’analista polític escocès Ben Wray

November 1, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Ben Wray (Falkirk, Escòcia / 1989) és escriptor i periodista independent a BRAVE NEW EUROPE. És coordinador del Gig Economy Project que analitza les noves formes de treball precari en l’economia digital. És coautor de […]

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Finance

The Sobremesa Podcast – Spain’s Riders Law with Ben Wray

October 16, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Ben Wray is a freelance journalist leading Brave New Europe’s Gig Economy Project. He joins me to explain how the Riders law came about in Spain, and why it is needed. Ben also explains some […]

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Finance

Tech Won’t Save Us: Ben Wray – The Fight for Gig Workers’ Rights in Europe

October 7, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Paris Marx is joined by Ben Wray to discuss the state of the gig economy in Europe, including the Spanish riders law, recent court ruling on employment status in the Netherlands, strikes in Germany and […]

Climate Crisis

Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century by Andreas Malm

July 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Book Review by Ben Wray If the events of the past year and a half haven’t got you thinking about the importance of ecological catastrophe to the politics of the 21st century, nothing will. Following […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Discrimination of cloudworkers in the global south is rife on digital platforms, report finds

June 15, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Online gig workers in the global south receive lower pay and less work due to discrimination from clients largely based in the global north, with no legal recourse, a new study of Cloudwork platforms has […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – When platforms co-opt gig workers to their cause: Understanding Spain’s anti-labour movement of riders

June 1, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Podcast with José Domingo Roselló of the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE enabling us to provide analysis, updates, ideas, and reports […]

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Finance

Gig Economy Project – Britain: Grassroots unions question the value for drivers in GMB’s formal recognition agreement with Uber

May 27, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The UK union GMB has signed a formal recognition agreement with ride-hail giant Uber, in what is a global first for the company, but grassroots unions which represent Uber drivers have questioned what exactly the […]

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Gig Economy Project – Uber files complaint against taxi union leader in Barcelona Taxi War

May 19, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Uber’s complaint to the competition authority of intimidation and collective boycott comes after two months of failing to re-launch the ride-hail app in the Catalan capital The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was […]

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Gig Economy Project – Union anger as Riders Law finally decreed in Spain but implementation is delayed for 3 months

May 11, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Riders Law in Spain is a European first, but unions are unhappy that delays to its implementation is giving food delivery platforms “plenty of time to ‘disconnect’ everyone they want The Gig Economy Project, […]

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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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