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Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez declare victory in Colombia.

Feature

Colombia’s First Leftist President Won Despite Everything the Establishment Threw at Him

by Charlotte England

Gustavo Petro overcame suspected fraud, smears, voter suppression, death threats and at least one assassination attempt to win Colombia’s election. Charlotte England reports from Bogotá.

Opinion

The Rail Strikes Are Entirely Justified

by Aaron Bastani

The biggest wave of strikes on Britain’s rail network since 1989 is just what the doctor ordered, argues Aaron Bastani.

the front of a council housing estate

the front of a council housing estate

Analysis

Right to Buy 2.0 Is an Unmitigated Disaster

by Ell Folan

Analysis

How State-Sanctioned Multiculturalism Killed Radical Anti-Racism in Britain

by Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee

Children queue for a free meal during a feeding program by outreach group World Mission Community Care, at a slum area in the Baseco compound, metro Manila

Children queue for a free meal during a feeding program by outreach group World Mission Community Care, at a slum area in the Baseco compound, metro Manila

Opinion

Western Food Imperialism is Starving the Rest of the World

by Ella Thorold

Opinion

Direct Action is Just What the Doctor Ordered

by Moya Lothian-McLean

Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez declare victory in Colombia.

Feature

Colombia’s First Leftist President Won Despite Everything the Establishment Threw at Him

by Charlotte England

Gustavo Petro overcame suspected fraud, smears, voter suppression, death threats and at least one assassination attempt to win Colombia’s election. Charlotte England reports from Bogotá.

Opinion

The Rail Strikes Are Entirely Justified

by Aaron Bastani

The biggest wave of strikes on Britain’s rail network since 1989 is just what the doctor ordered, argues Aaron Bastani.

NovaraFM

NovaraFM: How to Be a Good Ancestor W/ Roman Krznaric

The left's political focus is typically on the here and now. Should we be considering our place in the vast scope of time?

A police officer wielding a baton on Whitehall

A police officer wielding a baton on Whitehall

NovaraFM

Truncheons at Dawn W/ Morag Livingstone and Matt Foot

When a filmmaker and a solicitor investigated the policing of protest, they found secret manuals, imperial legacies and dirty tricks.

Opinion

The Response to the Trojan Horse Affair Tells Us All We Need to Know About Islamophobia in Britain

by Zarah Sultana

Since its release, the Trojan Horse Affair podcast has been met with near silence by the British media. This isn’t a surprise, writes Zarah Sultana: Islamophobia shaped the media’s response to the hoax letter in 2014 and Islamophobia explains its disregard for the podcast’s revelations in 2022.

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Podcast

A six-part podcast series about the connection between ordinary Irish Americans and a revolutionary socialist guerrilla group.

TyskySour

Johnson’s Double Byelection Defeat, Tory Party Chair Resigns, Roe V Wade Overturned

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Articles

View from behind of female psychotherapist on session

View from behind of female psychotherapist on session

Opinion

I’m a Therapist, Not a Cop

by Erene Hadjiioannou

Feature

Let’s Grow Cannabis En Masse, Say Campaigners

by Sophie K Rosa

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a group of people gather in a warehouse for a photo

Report

Terfs Are Marginal in France. A New Media Platform Plans to Keep It That Way

by Olly Haynes

Long Read

The Green Revolution Could Make Cornwall a Mining Capital Again. Who Stands to Benefit?

by Lucie Akerman

Analysis

Germany is Projecting Its Holocaust Guilt Onto Palestinians

by Nael Ibrahim

Report

In Stroud, Starmer’s Labour is Undermining Local Leaders – Again

by Aaron Bastani

Opinion

I Met Shireen Abu Aqleh’s Family – And Here’s What They Want From the UK

by Nadia Whittome

Opinion

Labour is Out of Ideas on the Energy Crisis

by Matteo Tiratelli

Focus

Breaking
Britain.

With growing rifts between its regions, how much longer can the UK survive? From the economic to the constitutional, this focus explores the divisions and contradictions within the union today.

Audio

NovaraFM

NovaraFM: How to Be a Good Ancestor W/ Roman Krznaric

The left's political focus is typically on the here and now. Should we be considering our place in the vast scope of time?

Foreign Agent

Hollywood and the IRA’s American Connection

Nate Lavey explores how Irish American support for the IRA has been portrayed on screen, from Columbo to Patriot Games.

A police officer wielding a baton on Whitehall

A police officer wielding a baton on Whitehall

NovaraFM

Truncheons at Dawn W/ Morag Livingstone and Matt Foot

When a filmmaker and a solicitor investigated the policing of protest, they found secret manuals, imperial legacies and dirty tricks.

Foreign Agent

Our Day Will Come

After the horror of the hunger strikes, Noraid is invigorated – but the movement is beginning to fracture. Will the future be decided by rifle or ballot box?

NovaraFM

Abolishing Prisons Is Only the Start W/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore

How can we build a world that has no need of policing? Rivkah Brown finds out with scholar-activist Ruth Wilson Gilmore.

Foreign Agent

Lawyers, Guns and Money

When a federal investigation forces a Brooklyn arms smuggler into the limelight, his lawyers come up with a defence so crazy it just might work.

Foreign Agent

The IRA’s Technical Support

In this bonus episode, we meet two American inventors whose homemade weapons aimed to launch the Irish republican campaign into the skies and below the waves.

Foreign Agent

Agents of the State

After Bloody Sunday, Irish Northern Aid sees its power, influence and donations increase drastically – but a raised profile attracts new enemies.

Video

‘Working Class’ Is NOT an Identity

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