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and Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribune magazine.

My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is Christopher Connery.

We spoke about the nature of the Chinese economy following the initiation of the market reforms of the late 1970s, the compatibility between authoritarianism and neoliberalism, specifically in the Chinese case.

And we also discussed the legacy of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Today's show is brought to you by PTO supporters on Patreon and also

by Haymarket Books, which has a great many left-wing titles that might be of interest to listeners.

One that you might like to check out is Marks at the Arcade, consoles, controllers and class

struggle by Jamie Woodcock. This path-breaking book offers a radical analysis of how people play, produce and profit from

video games and the major role the industry plays in contemporary capitalism. In an account that

will appeal to hardcore gamers, digital sceptics and the joystick curious, Woodcock unravels

the vast networks of artists, software developers and factory and logistic workers who's seen and unseen labour

flows into the products we consume on a gargantuan scale and shows how they are increasingly

fighting back in the struggle for better conditions in an exploitative industry.

In the words of Sarah Jaffer, author of Necessary Trouble, Americans in Revolt, Jamie Woodcock

has written a book as fun and engrossing as any game.

Not only does he bring a sharp Marxist analysis to the video games industry, in turn he uses

games to further our understanding of marks. You can find out more about marks at the arcade,

consoles, controllers and class struggle at haymarketbooks.org. As always, you can listen to

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