The Political Economy of Hospitality Notes from Below (with George Briley)

Amazon is moving heaven and earth to beat back unions – but it’s losing ground fast The Guardian, 23/7/24

Long days, longer battles Vittles 04/03/24

I deliver food to your door, but not this Valentine’s Day. Here’s why we are on strike in the UK (As told to Callum Cant) The Guardian. 14/02/24

Now the dust has settled: Corbynism in retrospect Notes From Below, 28/12/23

Be warned: Deliveroo’s victory over its riders shows just how vulnerable British workers are. The Guardian. 23/11/23

There and back again, a yougurt’s holiday. Notes from Below. 21/9/23 (with George Briley & Matthew)

Mapping the Amazon Strikes. Notes from Below. 22/8/22 (Translation: French)

Sheffield Food Couriers Are Waging the Longest Strike in the History of the Gig Economy. Novara Media. 16/12/21

The Gig Economy Needs to Change – And the Public Knows It. Tribune. 29/10/21

‘Starmerism’ is Failing on its own terms – And Members Need to Lead the Way. Novara Media. 15/01/21.

The Frontline of the Struggle Against Platform Capitalism Lies in Sao Paulo. Novara Media. 03/10/20.

In Britain’s low-pay economy, warehouse workers could start calling the shots. The Guardian. 03/09/20

The Crisis has Only Just Begun. Notes from Below. 09/07/20

Make Private Hospitals Public Now. Novara Media. 12/3/20

‘Clean air doesn’t come for free’: The champion runner hitting the streets for Bernie. Novara Media. 20/1/20

British Election Post Mortem [Interview] Dead Pundits Society 19/12/19

Understanding our defeat. Notes from Below. 18/12/19

Riding for Deliveroo [Interview] Morning Star 18/12/19

“The Most Radical Economic Transformation Britain Has Ever Seen”: On Jeremy Corbyn, Momentum, and the socialism of the Green New Deal. [Interview] Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. 2/10/19

Deliveroo Workers Launch New Strike Wave. Notes from Below. 28/9/29

How Labour Members can Dismantle the Hostile Environment Through Direct Action. Labourlist. 21/8/19.

How to Bring Down a Government: Lessons from 1974. Novara Media. 28/7/19

We Should All Ditch Work and Go on Strike for the Climate. Vice. 28/6/19

The Gig Economy is Killing People. [Video] Novara Media. 25/6/19

This ‘Snowflake’ Generation Isn’t the First to Say Screw the System. Vice. 12/6/19

The End of the Beginning [Co-written]. Notes from Below. 8/6/19

How Unions Could Be the Key to Labour Implementing Socialist Policies. Vice. 12/3/19

The kids are in the streets, and they’re chanting ‘f*** Theresa May. Medium. 15/2/19

Striking Workers Are Bringing Back 1970s ‘Mindfuck’ Tactics. Vice. 12/2/19

The Workers Who Built Boaty McBoatface Are Fighting for Their Jobby McJobs. Vice. 19/12/18.

Sacked at Christmas: Uber Eats Fires Workers for Objecting to Pay Cut. Novara Media. 12/12/18.

Brexit isn’t Fascist – but Tommy is. [Video] Novara Media. 29/11/18.

Leave or Remain, We All Hate Tommy. Novara Media. 26/11/18.

Royal Mail Workers Are Dodging Anti-Strike Laws to Fight Sackings. Vice. 22/11/18.

The Fast Food Strikes Put Britain’s Exploited Service Workers On the Offensive. Vice. 12/10/18.

McNetworks: Two current modes of struggle. Notes from Below. 11/10/18.

McStrike and Unions in the Precarious Economy [Podcast] Novara Media. 5/10/18.

Fast Food Shutdown! [Video] Novara Media. 5/10/18.

Fast food, Shutdown! An October 4th Preview. [Co-written] Notes from Below. 1/10/18. (Translation: Spanish)

‘No Money, No Food!’ London UberEats workers on strike. [Co-written] Notes from Below. 21/9/18. (Translations: French, Italian, Spanish)

An Update from the UberEats Strike, East London [Video] Notes from Below/Labournet. 20/9/18 (German subs)

Is Corbynism Dead in the Water? New Socialist. 19/9/18.

Precarious Workers and Popular Forces. Red Pepper. 5/9/18

It’s time to stop running away: Wetherspoons workers ballot for strike action. Notes from  Below. 30/8/18

Taking What’s Ours: an ACORN Inquiry. Notes from Below. 17/8/18

And f*** off they did. New Internationalist. 1/7/18

Report from McStrike! [Video] Novara Media. 3/3/18

Wildcat at Orion Notes from Below. 29/3/18.

Notes from Below: No Politics Without Inquiry! [Podcast] Novara Media. 18/3/18.

Indefinite strike begins at York University, Toronto [Podcast] Notes from Below. 5/3/18.

Support the UCU Strike [Video] Novara Media. 22/2/18.

The Wave of Worker Resistance in European Food Platforms 2016-17. Notes from Below. 30/1/18. (Translation: French)

Precarious Labour Strikes Back! [Podcast] Notes from Below. 29/1/18.

The Workers’ Inquiry and Social Composition. [Co-written] Notes from Below. 29/1/18. (Translation: Italian,Spanish)

Class Struggle is Back, Baby! [Video] Novara Media. 18/12/17

Brighton Deliveroo Workers Strike Against Exploitation. Transnational Social Strike Platform. 28/11/17

Radicals in Conversation Ep. 5 – Strike!. [Podcast] Pluto Books. 17/11/17.

3 Ways You Can Build Corbynism From Below. Novara Media. 19/10/17.

Precarious Couriers are Leading the Struggle Against Platform Capitalism. Political Critique. 3/8/17. (Translations: Chinese, Spanish, Polish, Greek)

3 Myths About Riots. Novara Media. 30/7/17.

Potential for a New Mass Opposition [Interview]. Beyond Europe. 12/6/17. (Translation: German)

Fake Freedom and Left Populism: Reviewing the Nation. Plan C. 5/6/17.

I’m A Deliveroo Rider. Collective Action is the Only Way We’ll Get a Fair Deal. The Guardian. 31/3/17.

Becoming Critical: Deliveroo Struggles in the UK Spread and Develop. Transnational Social Strike Platform. 22/3/17.

Mobilisation des travailleur-euses de Deliveroo au Royaume-Uni [Interview]. Solidaires. 16/11/16.

Students in the UK Prepare For a New Wave of Rent Strikes. Roar. 17/10/16.

Five Things You Need to Know About the UberEats Strike. Novara Media. 25/8/16.

Spreading the Rent Strike [Interviewer]. Plan C. 8/18/16.

“Syndicalism of Everyday Life”: A Conversation on the Social Strike. Plan C. 29/7/16.

Two Steps Towards the Socialisation of the UCU strike. Novara Media. 27/5/16.

Every Strike Acts as an Accelerant [Interviewer]. Plan C. 24/5/16.

Five Insights from Number 10s Leaked HE Briefing. Novara Media. 28/4/16.

Three Reasons the Fight for the NHS Needs to Go on the Offensive. Novara Media. 14/4/16.

Two Deportation Cases Show the Racism of ‘Common Sense’ Borders. Novara Media. 3/3/16.

Maintenance Grants: Free Education Can Only Be Achieved In Our Communities and On Campus, Not Through Parliament. The Independent. 19/1/16.

‘Socialism with an iPad’: Is John McDonnell a Corbo-Futurist? Novara Media. 23/11/15.

Government Green Paper: Why the UK Higher Education System and Students Will Not Go Down Without a Fight. The Independent. 6/11/15.

What is #ShutdownSOAS? Novara Media. 29/10/15.

Four Reasons the UCL Rent Strike Victory is Important For All Students. Novara Media. 18/10/15.

Students Must Not Let George Osbourne and the Tories Destroy Britain’s Higher Education System. The Independent. 8/10/15.

Five Student Strikes that Show How Students Can Win. Novara Media. 18/9/15.

A Return to Student Militancy in the UK? Open Democracy. 16/9/15.

Five Threats to Post-2012 Student Debtors. Novara Media. 10/9/15.

Four Theses on Corbo-Futurism. Novara Media. 12/8/15.

From A-Z to Counter Power. Plan C. 19/6/15.

5 Reasons the Graduate Tax isn’t a Patch on Free Education. Novara Media, 25/2/15.