Aaron Bastani

Aaron Bastani
Aaron Bastani
Bastani in 2021
Born
Aaron John Peters

February 1984 (age 40)
Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Alma materUniversity College London (BA, MA)[1]
Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD)
Occupations
Known forCo-founder of Novara Media
Notable workFully Automated Luxury Communism (2019)
Spouse
Charlotte Gerada
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(m. 2021)​
[2]
Children1[3]

Aaron John Bastani (born February 1984)[4][5] is a British political commentator, journalist and author. He co-founded the left-wing media organisation Novara Media in 2011, and has hosted and co-hosted many of its podcasts and videos. After a 2014 video for the publication, he popularised the term "Fully Automated Luxury Communism", which describes a post-capitalist society in which automation greatly reduces the amount of labour humans need to do. He wrote the book, Fully Automated Luxury Communism, about the subject in 2019. Bastani has written for The Guardian, London Review of Books, openDemocracy and Vice, and is known for his Twitter activity.

  1. ^ Aaron Bastani [@AaronBastani] (4 January 2019). "My degree and masters were at UCL, neither was as remotely challenging as my doctorate. Don't let this ignorant nonsense undermine the excellent work of diligent students at Royal Holloway. It's a fantastic institution" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via Twitter.
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  5. ^ "Aaron John BASTANI personal appointments – Find and update company information – GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2024.