Contributor

Craig Gent

Craig Gent is Novara Media’s north of England editor and the author of Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work (2024, Verso Books).

Articles

19 July 2024

‘We’re All Getting Attacked’: How Disorder Broke Out in East Leeds

16 July 2024

Stop Pretending Reform Is Just an Anti-Immigration Party

2 July 2024

The Tories’ Northern Legacy Is Disillusionment and Division

17 June 2024

Nigel Farage Is Coming for Your (Young) Man

10 June 2024

‘I’m Not Angry, I’m Disappointed’: What Voters in Reform’s Top Town Really Think

28 May 2024

Are Green Shoots Starting to Crack the Red Wall?

21 March 2024

How Do We Reclaim the Northern Soul?

5 March 2024

Northern Leaders Don’t Just Want Funding – They Want Real Power

22 February 2024

Who Cares About Rochdale?

5 February 2024

A Labour Landslide in the North? Don’t Bank On It

23 January 2024

Why Novara Media Now Has a North of England Editor

19 December 2023

Negri in England: Remembering One of Communism’s Great Optimists

8 August 2023

Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle

2 March 2023

How a Cumbrian Community is Building Working Class Confidence

30 January 2023

No, ‘Transparency’ Won’t Stop Amazon Being a Crappy Employer

8 March 2022

Underfunding Women’s Refuges is State Violence

6 October 2021

The Deindustrial Divide: Why Northern England is a Political Problem

3 December 2020

Is It Time for the Left to Back Nuclear Energy?

27 November 2020

How Do We Solve a Problem Like Amazon?

23 March 2020

When Logistics Run Out of Time

25 December 2019

Uniting Communities: Organising for Real Change in Greater Manchester at Christmas and Beyond

17 December 2019

Learning the Lessons of Labour’s Northern Nightmare Will Take Longer Than a Weekend

11 December 2019

Tory Candidate Faces Questions Over App That Charged Food Banks Hundreds of Pounds

10 December 2019

In the North’s Leave-Voting Seats, Disillusionment Is Labour’s Biggest Enemy

14 August 2019

‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

29 May 2019

No Shortcuts: Meet UCU’s Radical New General Secretary

3 May 2019

Barnsley’s Electoral Upsets Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Ancient Labour Councils

4 June 2018

#OurUCU: The Real Culmination of the UCU’s ‘Turnaround Year’

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