Interview: The Police and State Power – Adam Elliott-Cooper Interview
Adam Elliott-Cooper talks to Ash Sarkar about austerity, violent crime, and why the police ought to pursue Carillion rather than Don Corleone.
Explainers: What Is Mandatory Reselection?
Centrists are freaking out about mandatory reselection, it’s exactly what the Labour Party needs.
May Is First Among a Cabinet of Incompetents – Her Days As PM Are Numbered
Paul Mason
May is defying her own Treasury's projections, her protégé is a liability, and the hard Brexiteers are in open revolt. It's only a matter of time before she falls.
The Fix: Ghost Cities and Dating Tips
Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar discuss the implications of Labour’s NEC recent intervention in a major regeneration plan in the Labour-led Haringey council. On today’s #FixLive we’re introducing our new segment: Fix Up, Look Sharp. Send us your life problems, political queries and emotional dilemmas for Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar to answer them live […]
Lowkey Reports From the Grenfell Silent March
Since the tragedy at Grenfell, local residents have come together once a month to silently march to the site of the tower. Lowkey explains how this is a community with a history of organising in the face of adversity.
Novara FM: Faultlines: Liz Fekete on Racism, Europe and the New Right
On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar are joined by Liz Fekete, director of the Institute of Race Relations, to talk about racism, resistance and the rebirth of the right.
It’s Not Australia Day, It’s Invasion Day – and Its Violent Legacy Lives On
Latoya Rule
No matter what anyone says, Australia Day isn’t about celebrating 'diversity' or 'multiculturalism' - it’s about whitewashing state violence against oppressed peoples past and present, writes Latoya Rule.
“Thin Gruel” Healthcare
Today at PMQs May and Corbyn battled over healthcare funding. Here’s our #PMQbreakdown.
IMOBastani: Why Farage Is Now a Remoaner
Why does Nigel Farage now want a second referendum? Could it be something to do with his friends in the City?
The Lockdown: ‘Tools and Windows’: Books for Prisoners
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Luke Billingham from Haven Distribution, an organisation that provides books for prisoners. They discuss the difference books can make to prisoners’ lives, and why the left should stop being armchair abolitionists. Put down your Adorno and send your books into prisons!
Profits For Investors: The Political Economy of PFI
Grace Blakeley
Following the collapse of Carillion, it would be easy to say private finance intiatives (PFIs) simply don't work. But governments from Major to Blair to May have pursued the PFI agenda despite its terrible record - so who does it work for?
‘We need everyone who can to unite with us’: Fighting Outsourcing at the University of London
Joe Hayns
On Thursday outsourced staff at the University of London will be going on strike to demand they be brought back in-house. Joe Hayns spoke to workers and IWGB activists about how their campaign has grown and developed over the past year.
All The Best: The Peckham Terminator
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly welcome Tony Blair’s former director of political operations John McTernan to All The Best to discuss their competing world views in a comradely fashion.
The Fix: Hitlists, Purges and Maggie’s Secrets
On this week's #FixLive Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss some disturbing discoveries about the Iron Lady.
Labour and Brexit: The Mason Plan
Paul Mason
The time for vagueness is over - Labour needs to box clever on Brexit if it stands a chance of ousting the Tories. That means establishing a clear soft Brexit position, a progressive vision for migration and promising a referendum on the final deal, argues Paul Mason.
Demolish and Gentrify: The London Model Moves West
Tom Youngman
It’s a familiar story to Londoners: the bulldozing of social-rented neighbourhoods to make way for luxury, market-rent housing. But with the planned demolition of the Foxhill Estate in Bath, London-model gentrification is breaching new frontiers.
Novara FM: Carillion: Scam, Scandal, Opportunity
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Grace Blakeley and Ann Pettifor to discuss the decline and fall of Carillion, outsourcing, financialisation – and how to transform public investment in Britain.
Ghettoes of Europe: The Private Landlords Making Billions From Refugee Shelters in Berlin
Hsiao-Hung Pai
Refugees live in roofless, partitioned rooms without privacy or basic facilities, in isolation on the edge of the city. Despite high rates of depression and suicide, the authorities keep cramming more people in, benefiting only the private companies and individuals who run these mass shelters for profit.