In which we talk to Callum Cant about his new book, "Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy".
"What is life like for workers in the gig economy? Is it a paradise of flexibility and individual freedom? Or is it a world of exploitation and conflict? Callum Cant took a job with one of the most prominent platforms, Deliveroo, to find out.
His vivid account of the reality is grim. Workers are being tyrannised by algorithms and exploited for the profit of the few – but they are not taking it lying down. Cant reveals a transnational network of encrypted chats and informal groups which have given birth to a wave of strikes and protests. Far from being atomised individuals helpless in the face of massive tech companies, workers are tearing up the rulebook and taking back control. New developments in the workplace are combining to produce an explosive subterranean class struggle – where the stakes are high, and the risks are higher.
Riding for Deliveroo is the first portrait of a new generation of working class militants. Its mixture of compelling first-hand testimony and engaging analysis is essential for anyone wishing to understand class struggle in platform capitalism."
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091 - Agile and the Long Crisis of Software
B45 - Brain of the Firm, Finale
B44 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 8
B43 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 7
090 - Simulating Socialist Planning
B42 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 6
089 - Designs for the Pluriverse, Part 3
088 - Designs for the Pluriverse, Part 2
B41 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 5
087 - Designs for the Pluriverse, Part 1
B40 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 4
B39 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 3
086 - Vital Cells, Part 2
085 - Vital Cells, Part 1
B38 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 2
B37 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 20, Part 1
B36 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 19, Part 3
084 - John Boyd, Part 3: Winning and Losing
B35 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 19, Part 2
B34 - Brain of the Firm, Chapter 19, Part 1
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