What Is Palantir? How a US Spytech Firm Penetrated the British State
Harriet Williamson
From Epstein to ICE to the IDF.
Tag: billionaires
This Billionaire Landlord Bullied Journalists Into Deleting Negative Coverage of Him
Rivkah Brown
He tried it with Novara.
US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?
James Meadway
A desert of ideas.
The Media is Biased Against the Left – And the Right
Aaron Bastani
Punch-and-Judy politics is hard-wired into our media.
Why Postal Workers Are Going on Strike
While company management are paid in the millions, and receive bonuses for failure, postal workers at Royal Mail are being treated like mud. Today they are going on strike. Aaron Bastani explains the reasons behind the strike – and how bosses at the top are out of control.
Private Jet Use Shows Why We Must Abolish Billionaires
Ell Folan
1% of people cause 50% of aviation emissions. It has to stop.
Of Course Sunak Says Inflation Can’t Be Fixed. Fixing It Would Mean Taxing Billionaires Like Him
James Meadway
People are going hungry while profits are at record levels.
You Will Never Be a Billionaire, Here’s Why.
Ash Sarkar unlocks the secrets of billionaire success that the Fortune 500 don’t want YOU to know. Hustle, grind, and mental fortitude? Nah. It’s exploitation.
A Group of Renters Just Won £19,000 From Their Billionaire Landlord – And They’re Just Getting Started
Rivkah Brown
Cheers, John Christodoulou - this round’s on you.
Grimes is Right About Communism and AI – Kind Of
Aaron Bastani
Is the musician a fully automated luxury communist?
A Super League for the Super Rich
Ash Sarkar is joined by Laurence McKenna talk about how a sport created by the poor was stolen by the rich – and just what can be done to take it back.
Will Amazon Fresh Kill the High Street? | the Bastani Factor
Amazon already dominates online retail, but is it set to take over the high street? Last month, Jeff Bezos’ trillion-dollar company opened the UK’s first Amazon Fresh store, stocked with own brand groceries, including milk and meat, and cashiers replaced by an entirely automated process. Aaron Bastani visited the store in Ealing, West London, to […]
An Empire Rises, an Empire Falls
While COVID-19 has killed Arcadia, it has cemented Amazon as the world’s dominant retail firm. David Adler joins the show to discuss what does the rise of Bezos’s empire, and the fall of Green’s, mean for both the planet and for workers? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial
The Tenants Taking on Their Billionaire Landlord
Sophie K Rosa
Billionaires Can’t Sit Out the Coronavirus
BIllionaire David Geffen recently posted a picture about his ‘self-isolation’ on board his $590 million boat. But whatever they might think, the ultra rich can’t detach themselves from the Coronavirus pandemic – nor its political consequences.
Are the Tories Actually Strong on the Economy? 🤔
The Tories like to present themselves as the party of economic credibility. But after nine years in power is that really true?
Are Bankers Scared of Corbyn? We Asked Them.
If Labour get into power…. 📉THE POUND WILL CRASH! 💸THE BANKERS WILL FLEE! But is this true? Michael Walker went to the City of London to see if bankers are really scared of Corbyn.
