Novara FM: Our New Cyberboss Overlords
Amazon, Uber and Deliveroo all depend on the power of algorithms to organise and control their employees. Can workers beat the cyberboss?
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Report: ‘We’re All Getting Attacked’: How Disorder Broke Out in East Leeds
Craig Gent
Novara Media’s north of England editor Craig Gent reports from Harehills, east Leeds, where residents fear miscommunication will inflame community divisions.
Analysis: Stop Pretending Reform Is Just an Anti-Immigration Party
Craig Gent
Reform is connecting with voters on material issues. Unless we come to terms with this threat, it isn’t going away, writes Craig Gent.
Opinion: The Tories’ Northern Legacy Is Disillusionment and Division
Craig Gent
The Tories’ promise of a ‘northern powerhouse’ was simply hot air. A Labour majority won’t turn this page, writes Novara Media’s north of England editor Craig Gent.
Report: ‘I’m Not Angry, I’m Disappointed’: What Voters in Reform’s Top Town Really Think
Craig Gent
If Reform voters are angry, it should make Barnsley, which includes two of the party’s most marginal seats, Britain’s angriest town. North of England editor Craig Gent went there to find out what’s really going on.
Feature: Are Green Shoots Starting to Crack the Red Wall?
Craig Gent
When Mothin Ali won a council election in east Leeds, he didn’t expect to make headlines across the rightwing press. But the real story is how Labour has problems in its ‘heartland’ seats, writes Craig Gent.
Long Read: How Do We Reclaim the Northern Soul?
Craig Gent
Northern England was deliberately torn apart within living memory. Putting it back together will demand a total overhaul of the British constitution, writes our North of England Editor Craig Gent.
Novara FM: Not Westminster’s Whipping Boys
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool, set out their vision for the North.
Analysis: Northern Leaders Don’t Just Want Funding – They Want Real Power
Craig Gent
Northern leaders want to end ‘cap-in-hand’ politics, yet they have little choice but to doff that cap to Whitehall, writes Craig Gent.
Opinion: Who Cares About Rochdale?
Craig Gent
The Rochdale byelection has the Westminster press in rapture. But what the saga really shows is that politicians will rake over deprived towns as if all they could ever be is a means to an end, writes Craig Gent.
Opinion: A Labour Landslide in the North? Don’t Bank On It
Craig Gent
Novara Media’s north of England editor doesn’t care what the polls say: until we know who Labour is convincing, all bets of a 1997-style general election landslide are off.
Opinion: Why Novara Media Now Has a North of England Editor
Craig Gent
Craig Gent, Novara Media’s north of England editor, explains why we’re deepening our regional coverage in 2024.
Obituary: Negri in England: Remembering One of Communism’s Great Optimists
Craig Gent
Craig Gent remembers Antonio Negri, the Italian thinker who reminded us that - as Rodrigo Nunes puts it - ‘the defeats of the past weren’t definitive and there were plenty of reasons to start anew’.
Obituary: Mario Tronti Helped Us See Class Struggle
Craig Gent
With the passing of Mario Tronti, we’ve lost a thinker who showed us that working-class struggle isn’t capital’s remainder, but its impetus, writes Craig Gent.
Novara FM: Atomic Split
Why is the left divided on nuclear? Craig Gent poses an urgent question to experts Andrea Vetter and Matthew T. Huber.
Feature: How a Cumbrian Community is Building Working Class Confidence
Craig Gent
The cost of living crisis is only compounding crises of poverty and mental health nationwide. But one community in Barrow-in-Furness is pulling together.
Analysis: No, ‘Transparency’ Won’t Stop Amazon Being a Crappy Employer
Craig Gent
Unions are very slowly catching up with Amazon’s tech agenda - but digital ‘transparency’ is no silver bullet when it comes to improving workers' lives, argues Craig Gent.
Opinion: Underfunding Women’s Refuges is State Violence
Craig Gent
Partial reforms don’t scratch the surface of a decade-long assault on an entire network of support for women and their children, writes Craig Gent.