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Left Wing Book Reviews with Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989 & Ranjan Balakumaran @financialeyes

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[Chay Bowes @BowesChay]

Western Media isn't too eager to tell you how the dead tech billionaire Mike Lynch made all that money.

He was intimately linked to Western intelligence services, then fell out with them and one of the biggest US corporate clients in history.

It was never going to end well.

[The Gig Economy Project @project_gig]

IS THE GIG ECONOMY REALLY A "GODSEND" FOR WOMEN? 🔊

The gig economy reproduces many of the same problems for women as standard jobs, & in some cases reinforces the sexist double-burden of waged labour & domestic unpaid labour.

Ep 6 of A Rebel's Guide: https://t.co/aYpEZPO528

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

The centre-right in France seeking an alliance with the far-right is historic, but when you think about it, it's not surprising. The centre-right & far-right have been triangulating all over Europe.

“We say the same things so let’s stop making up imagined opposition” - quite.

[The Gig Economy Project @project_gig]

Technology is never neutral. The algorithm in digital labour platforms is simply than the means by which management decisions are processed through an app.

Listen to Episode 3 of A Rebel's Guide to the Gig Economy, on 'What is the Algorithm?', here:
https://t.co/EMvW3a6Aai

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

Von Der Leyen slapping tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, following in Biden's footsteps. That's despite Berlin's opposition, as retaliatory tariffs will hurt German industry.

Atlanticism comes before not just climate goals but even Germany's struggling manufacturing sector!

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

"We should look to anti-imperialist politics, both within the United States and beyond, as the alternative to America’s weaponization of the global economy."

Review of @henryfarrell & @ANewman_forward's very timely book 'Underground Empire', in @Jacobin.

https://t.co/AzNM0OJOWU

[Brave New Europe @BRAVENEWEUROPE1]

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Jeffrey Sachs: The Biden-Schumer Plan to Kill More Ukrainians https://t.co/g0qscbhUBL

The Left Book Review @LeftBookReviews – The State of Capitalism https://t.co/19BhpCDMXT

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[Ranjan Balakumaran @financialeyes]

The State of Capitalism by @C_Lapavitsas is a brilliant book, by 12 Marxist economists, about the growth of the #ShadowBanking sector

The book acknowledges its debts to other non-heterodox schools of economists such as @PMehrling & @DanielaGabor

There is also some discussion of #MMT

You might also want to check out yesterday's article (and comment section) about shadow banking in yesterday's FT website: https://t.co/tdRnCj0sXU

By @Ben_Wray1989 & myself as part of last month's @LeftBookReviews

The whole review can be watched here: https://t.co/UVvKWQ8MPB

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

Jeremy Bowen on aid workers who've been in Gaza: "I've spoken to a range of UN officials with decades of experience in war zones. All have said it is the worst they have ever seen."

"All". Every single one of them. The #GazaGenocide is one of the great crimes of history.

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

Review was also a chance for me to reflect on what I've learnt about the EU from 3 years of reporting on the saga of the Platform Work Directive. In short, I think @CJBickerton's analysis of member-states & how they dominate the EU in an anti-democratic modus operandi rings true.

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

I've reviewed @leilachaibi's new book 'Pirate MEP: How I Infiltrated the European Machine' for @Jacobin.

Chaibi gives real insight into what it's like to be a left activist inside the EU, fighting for platform workers' in an institution built for capital.
https://t.co/U6OWN5BPBS

[The Left Book Review @LeftBookReviews]

NEW LEFT BOOK REVIEW 🚨

'The State of Capitalism: Economy, Society, and Hegemony.'

By @C_Lapavitsas & the @EReNSEP_Network, via @VersoBooks.

Ben Wray & Ranjan Balakumaran discuss a landmark new text of Marxist political economy.

Watch here: https://t.co/GWsfywsbig

[Openly Classist ☮️Ⓐ❋🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇱🇧 @OpenlyClassist]

Finally a book by Marxist economists that doesn't kick MMT to death by the end of Chapter 1.
You should enjoy this @bunnylookin -I did.

[Ben Wray @Ben_Wray1989]

New video book review!

Ranjan and I discuss 'State of Capitalism' by @C_Lapavistas & @EReNSEP_, impressive work on the dynamics of the global system.

Especially sharp on finance & how imperialism is re-produced in the present day.

Have a watch/read!

https://t.co/el5228AQ1Y

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[The Left Book Review @LeftBookReviews]

NEW LEFT BOOK REVIEW 🚨

'The State of Capitalism: Economy, Society, and Hegemony.'

By @C_Lapavitsas & the @EReNSEP_Network, via @VersoBooks.

Ben Wray & Ranjan Balakumaran discuss a landmark new text of Marxist political economy.

Watch here: https://t.co/GWsfywsbig

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Get a copy of the book here: https://t.co/cRknqG6pfh

[Red Pepper Media @RedPeppermag]

This week, the House of Commons voted to ban public bodies boycotting international territories, restricting Palestinian solidarity efforts

In 2022, Ben Jamal (of @PSCupdates) wrote for Red Pepper on the power of BDS and international accountability

https://t.co/LjqtronRQY