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Gig Economy Project – As UK Uber drivers strike, union leader calls for Uber whistleblower to answer their questions

July 20, 2022 Ben Wray 0

As Uber drivers in the ADCU union strike in wake of Uber Files revelations, the General Secretary calls for whistleblower Mark MacGann to answer their questions at a public hearing: “The drivers deserve a first-hand […]

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Gig Economy Project – Italian taxi wildcat strike ends after Prime Minister offers his resignation

July 15, 2022 Ben Wray 0

A spontaneous strike of taxi drivers across Italy following the Uber Files revelations has stopped after the Italian Prime Minister offered his resignation, one of the key demands of the drivers who are opposed to […]

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Gig Economy Project – Piero Valmassoi: We should worry about what Uber is doing to influence the EU Platform Work Directive

July 12, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, an EU policy expert specialised in the platform economy and sustainable urban mobility, takes a look into Uber and the other ridehail and food delivery platforms’ lobbying strategy over the EU platform work […]

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Gig Economy Project – The #UberFiles: reaction round-up

July 10, 2022 Ben Wray 0

The Gig Economy Project rounds up some of the key reaction to the Uber Files from unions, politicians, NGOs and others. The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW EUROPE […]

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The Gig Economy Project – UK Uber drivers join train colleagues in striking for higher pay

June 21, 2022 Ben Wray 0

James Farrar, ADCU General Secretary, tells the Gig Economy Project that Uber has “burned their drivers” by leaving them “exposed to inflation” The Gig Economy Project, led by Ben Wray, was initiated by BRAVE NEW […]

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Piero Valmassoi: European Parliament S&D group meeting hears support for broadening platform work directive to include all workers managed by algorithms

June 21, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Piero Valmassoi, an EU policy expert specialised in the platform economy, gig work and sustainable urban mobility, reports for the Gig Economy Project on an event organised by the Socialists & Democrats group in the […]

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The Gig Economy Project – ‘Swipe to Finish’: My experience of being a self-employed delivery driver for Amazon

June 14, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Swipe to Finish: How Amazon exploits its drivers to subsidise your deliveries, by ‘White Van Man’, is a memoir about the experience of being a self-employed delivery driver for Amazon in the UK. The book […]

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Gig Economy Project – Work and resistance in Germany’s platform economy: Interview with Oğuz Alyanak

June 12, 2022 Ben Wray 0

What’s distinctive about Germany’s platform economy? How are platform workers in the country organising themselves to fight for better working conditions? The Gig Economy Project spoke to Oğuz Alyanak, Fair Work researcher in Berlin, to […]

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Gig Economy Project – Inside Berlin’s food delivery workers movement

June 9, 2022 Ben Wray 0

Ben Wray, the Gig Economy Project’s co-ordinator, recently travelled to Berlin to find out about the vibrant grassroots movement of gig workers in the city, organised via worker collectives. Here’s what he found. The Gig […]

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Gig Economy Project – Gorillas in Berlin: chronic problems and mounting divisions

June 5, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Gig Economy Project has spoken to current and former employees at Gorillas, the grocery delivery platform, in Berlin. They tell a story of systemic problems at the company which are causing serious issues for […]

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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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