Interview: Interview With Laura Parker (Momentum)
Aaron Bastani sits down with Momentum’s National Coordinator Laura Parker.
Tackling the Mental Health Crisis Means Defeating Neoliberalism Once and For All
Jay Watts
Labour needs to get radical, resisting the cross-party agreements on mental illness which foreclose the reality that though we may ‘all have mental health’ the chance of us breaking down are deeply indexed to our relative place in society.
The Italian Election Shows the Left’s Most Difficult Task Is Winning the Argument on Migration
Paul Mason
Gone are the days when the European left can hope to gain from forming alliances around the political centre, but quelling the rise of authoritarian populism means winning the argument on migration, argues Paul Mason.
Novara FM: Novara FM: SNOW DAY!
Your hardy editors bring you a Snow Day Special, where James Butler, Ash Sarkar and Michael Walker talk conspiracy theories, books that changed them, desire in politics – and what their younger selves would think of them now.
What Kind of Party Should Labour Be?
Aaron Bastani
As Momentum’s Jon Lansman joins Unite the Union’s Jennie Formby in the race to become Labour’s next general secretary, what’s at stake isn’t policy or support for Jeremy Corbyn, but competing visions of how Labour should do politics.
Paul Mason Explains Fake News
With the British press crossing the line into full fake news, Paul Mason takes us through the online undergrowth of smear merchants and explains how the alt-right sets the agenda for the MSM.
All The Best: ATB: Ben Bradley’s Political Eulogy
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin get together for an intimate fireside chat about Conservative smears, Brexit and the resignation of Comrade McNicol. Enjoy and be well!
An End in Sight for the Neoliberal University
Iida Käyhkö and Charlie Macnamara
At University College London, students and lecturers alike have near unanimously passed votes of no confidence in the running of their university. With a nationwide academic strike in full-swing, this could well be the beginning of the end for the neoliberal university project.
Solidarity With Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strikers
The women of Yarl’s Wood are on hunger strike for adequate healthcare provision, for improved legal access and an end to indefinite detention.
Novara Live: Labour: Who’s the Boss?
On this emergency TyskySour Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker discuss who will be the next general secretary of the Labour Party after the riotous resignation of Iain McNicol.