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Economics, unions and work

Covering both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives, we explore how privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism are generating new forms of exploitation – always prioritising the voices of workers organising resistance, both in and beyond trade unions.

Covering both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives, we explore how privatisation, globalisation and tech capitalism are generating new forms of exploitation – always prioritising the voices of workers organising resistance, both in and beyond trade unions.

  • Two characters from the video game Night in the Woods riding a bicycle set against the sunset

    Video games are for everyone

    Don’t believe the stereotypes, says Sher Jamal Stone. Video games are for everyone

  • A screenshot from the video game The Outer Worlds, showing an abandoned futuristic spacefaring settlement set against a large alien moon

    Can video games change the world?

    Siobhán McGuirk introduces our series on the politics of video games by asking ‘can video games change the world?

  • A group of cyclists with Deliveroo bags on their backs and holding protest flags travel in convoy during the day in Berlin

    Gig work during the coronavirus crisis

    How long are we willing to turn a blind eye to the vulnerabilities of essential workers on the bottom of the employment hierarchy, asks the Fairwork Foundation

  • A row of protestors at a demonstration in solidarity with Rojava, waving Kurdish flags and holding banners expressing support

    Now is the time to rise up for Rojava

    Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been betrayed by the US, giving the Turkish state a green light to carry out atrocities in Northern Syria, writes Amber Huff and Patrick Huff

  • waterways

    The battle for England’s waterways

    Nick Hayes on the fight for riparian rights, with anglers and kayakers as its focal point

  • A group of multi-ethnic activists hold up placards for environmental justice and Extinction Rebellion

    It’s time to add global justice to XR’s demands

    Extinction Rebellion must recognise the impacts of colonialism and capitalism and demand a just transition for all, argues Aranyo Aarjan

  • The front entrance to Broadcasting House, the former headquarters of the BBC

    BBC: the case for reform

    Perceptions of bias at the BBC are on the rise. Natalie Fenton of the Media Reform Coalition puts forward the case for reform

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