April | 2015 | Novara Media

Barts Health: The Real-Life Consequences of PFI in the NHS

Carol Saunders

The realities of the Private Finance Initiative's role in the decimation of the NHS are at their most stark in the case of Barts Health. The east London NHS Trust covers 6 hospitals and will owe £7.1bn in PFI debt, while politicians remain silent.

PFI, the Banks, and the People Uncovering the Biggest Threat to the NHS

Joel Benjamin

This election is being dominated by discussion of the national books and the future of the NHS. Curious then that the big issue connecting the two - the Private Finance Initiative - hardly features in the papers or debates.

Novara FM: Journeys into Europe: Causes and Consequences

On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Maham, Mohammed Ateek and Craig McVegas as they discuss the major causes behind undocumented migration into Europe across the Central Mediterranean.

London’s Housing Crisis: 4 Problems and 6 Solutions

Christian Garland

In the election run-up, the housing crisis has conveniently been taken off most agendas apart from the odd nod to 'affordable homes' or the building of a handful of new houses. Here are the pressing problems in housing and some ideas of how we address them.

Meet the Key Players in the Golden Dawn Trial

Will Horner

The high-profile trial of over 70 Golden Dawn members, including sitting MPs, has been delayed today. A defendant turned up without a lawyer, forcing the court to adjourn, and two witnesses were assaulted by Golden Dawn members on their way to the trial.

Novara FM: Challengers Arise: The End of 3 Party Politics in the UK?

On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Dawn Foster, Adam Ramsay and James Meadway as they discuss the "Challengers' Debate" and the demise of three party politics in the UK.

Greece shows there’s no going back to the ‘before crisis’ era of electoral politics

Will Horner

The Greek experience shows that we're seeing a political crisis in the wake of the global economic crisis. Take note: the mundane predictability of general elections - the lesser-of-two evils, ‘blue or red’ choice - belongs to the ‘before crisis’ era.

‘Deep’ State, Subversion and Legitimacy

Rosa Gilbert

On last week's Novara FM, Aaron and James discussed the relationship between elections and the activities of the 'deep' state. Rosa Gilbert wrote a piece reflecting on that conversation and the tactics of the deep state in Northern Ireland.

Novara FM: Ballots, Coups, Consent

On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the relationship between elections and the deep state in modern Britain.

6 Things Warwick University’s New Temp Agency Tells Us About Academic Precarity

John Murray

Warwick University has announced plans to employ all casual staff through an internal temp agency. Anti-casualisation campaigners have targeted the move as an insidious form of outsourcing which threatens the whole sector.

‘Happy Thatcher’s Dead Day’: Twitter Remembers the Iron Lady

Novara Reporters

Today marks the second anniversary of the death of Margaret Thatcher. Twitter has been reflecting on the moment we learned "the lady's not returning."

The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain

Lewis Bassett

We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?

Novara FM: Worker Struggle in Asia and the Future of Capitalism

On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Ashok Kumar as they discuss worker struggle in the Global South, the "organisational fix" and no next China for investment.

11 Quick Reflections on the Leaders’ Debate

Adam Ramsay

Last night's seven-way leaders' debate brought in a third of TV viewers, and was the only time ahead of the general election that David Cameron and Ed Miliband will be in a studio together. The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon seems to have pulled out in front, with Farage also polling highly.

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