Aaron John Bastani is a British political commentator, journalist and author. He co-founded the left-wing media organisation Novara Media in 2011 and regularly hosts and contributes to its Novara Live news show on YouTube. Bastani popularized 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 authored a book by the same name in 2019. He ideologically identifies as a socialist.
