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Winnie Lam, Remi Edwards – Social media as a site of social conflict

August 30, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Meaningful political debate is limited within corporate-controlled social media, which is designed for rapid content consumption. Winnie Lam is a Doctoral Researcher at the Management School, University of Sheffield. Remi Edwards is a Doctoral Researcher […]

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Finance

Christopher Leach – Worker resistance and the gig economy: lessons from the Sheffield courier strike

April 5, 2023 Ben Wray 0

For eight months, platform workers in Sheffield organised the longest strike in the history of the gig economy. History and Politics student Christopher Leach spoke to striking platform workers as part of a Sheffield Undergraduate […]

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Michael Jacobs – Labour’s Green New Deal is Among the Most Radical in the World- but Can it be Done by 2030?

October 21, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Whilst the ambition of Labour’s Green New Deal should be applauded, questions remain regarding its technological and political feasibility. Michael Jacobs is Professorial Fellow and Head of Engagement and Impact, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute […]

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EU politics

Ellie Gore – New Frontiers of Pink Capitalism: Or Why Sandwiches Won’t Lead to Queer Liberation

July 17, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Greater representation for LGBT+ individuals in mainstream ads and marketing may seem like an important step forward. But there’s a tension between a liberal politics of representation and more radical, structural change, particularly when it comes to connecting LGBT+ […]

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Michael Jacobs – The Green New Deal: Easier Said Than Done?

July 3, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

How might a Green New Deal be imagined in the UK context? And what are the challenges that would face advocates of the GND given the current political and institutional climate? Part 1 of Michael […]

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Economics

Remi Edwards – Knowing commodities through corporate narratives: the poor prospects for ethical consumption

February 17, 2019 Mathew D. Rose 0

Commodities are often represented to consumers based on corporate promises of social responsibility. But with little evidence of positive impact on the ground for workers, is ethical consumption really a move in the right direction? […]

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Deregulation

Tom Hunt – Building up the bundle of sticks. New ideas for union organising

June 6, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

If there are to be progressive changes in European society, unions will play a major role. Following decades of neo-liberal policy they are seriously weakend. To make matters worse, many tend to be reactionary, expecially […]

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Economics

Jacqueline Best – Why we need to stop letting economic crises go to waste

May 9, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Economic crises present opportunities to build a more equitable, effective society, but too often these opportunities are lost. Jacqueline Best, SPERI Honorary Research Fellow & Professor of Political Studies, University of Ottawa Cross-posted from Sheffield […]

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Deregulation

Heather Connolly – Macron’s railway reforms: the ultimate test for French trade unionism

April 19, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

Again another major strike being ignored in the corporate media. Like the UK University Strike, this too will have major repercussions in France. Heather Connolly is Associate Professor of Employment Relations, School of Business, University […]

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Economics

Ed Pemberton – A Question of Value: Raising Productivity by Lowering Inequality

April 16, 2018 Mathew D. Rose 0

The focus on low productivity overlooks the crucial influence of inequality. Ed Pemberton, Doctoral Researcher, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute Cross-posted from Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) Wikimedia Commons   The latest release of […]

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Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray by Nat Dyer

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Book Review by Branko Milanović This is an extraordinarily difficult book to review. Not because the main thesis is unclear or because it is written in a too complex way but because it combines, in […]

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A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine by Chris Hedges

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Book Review by Chris Green It provides a modicum of relief to one’s mental health to turn from Nicholas Kristof’s lame bothsidesism and Bernie Sanders’s blather about Israel’s “right to defend itself” to reading Chris […]

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