How Anti-Sex Work Legislation Bolsters the Racist State
Ava Caradonna
Sexual violence is not just a 'foreign' problem of traffickers and grooming gangs - and cracking down on sex worker rights doesn't protect anyone from exploitation.
All The Best: The Mason Hour
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly are joined by Paul Mason to discuss how to respond to the rising tide of fascism across the West, and how Labour can be effective in that fight.
Novara Live: Literally Mad Max Brexit
Michael and Aaron discuss the biggest stories of the week: a new round of antisemitism crises in Labour, rumours of a new centrist party, and whether the UK is heading for a Mad Max Brexit.
Novara Live: #StopTrump #StopTommy You Idiot
Ash Sarkar and Owen Jones debate Communism vs Socialism and talk Tommy Robinson and Trump.
Explainers: The People Vs Trump
At #StopTrump Owen Jones argues that it’s not just Trump we need to oppose – it’s the politics that he represents and enables.
Anyone but England?
Franck Magennis
Franck Magennis explains why, on Wednesday, he supported England's national football team for the first time ever.
Novara FM: Exit From Nightmare: Will Davies on Economic Science Fictions
James Butler is joined by Will Davies to discuss Economic Science Fictions, dystopia, speculative politics, what neoliberals actually believe, and the fantasies behind Brexit.
OMFG Sarkar: Stop Trump: Wasteman-in-Chief
On the 13th of July we marched with thousands of other people to tell the wasteman-in-chief that he is not welcome in this country.
What’s the Radical Potential of Playing Football?
Graham Jones
While the World Cup has prompted debates around nationalism, patriotism and identity, these discussions have almost exclusively framed football as a spectator sport. But what is the radical potential of playing football?
6 Reasons We Need to #EndSection21
Jacob Mukherjee
Private tenants used to be able to stay in their homes for as long as they were paying the rent. But since the introduction of section 21 under the 1988 Housing Act, landlords have had the power to evict tenants with just two months’ notice without giving them a reason. Here are six reasons section 21 needs to be abolished.
Novara Live: GOVERNMENT in FREEFALL
Boris is gone. Davis is gone. Join Michael, Ash and Aaron on #TyskySour as we work out wtf it all means.
Talented, Diverse, a Team – This England Side is the Opposite of the Country’s Ruling Elite
Aaron Bastani
When France won the World Cup in 1998 with a side reflecting a multiethnic nation, the country’s liberal establishment falsely declared a nation at ease with itself. Rather than saying our team reflects England, we should point to the gap between it and our elite institutions, argues Aaron Bastani.
Novara FM: Stop Trump?
Ahead of Trump's visit to the UK – and the protests to accompany it – James Butler is joined by Ash Sarkar and Richard Seymour to discuss the first 18 months of the Trump regime, transatlantic politics post-Brexit, and the uses of political protest.
The NHS Should Be for Everyone – And That Includes Migrants
Dr Joanna Dobbin
On the 70th birthday of the NHS, Dr Joanna Dobbin argues the government’s quiet scrapping of visa restrictions for overseas doctors while denying free healthcare to patients from abroad shows how our health service is only international when it suits the Home Office.
Novara Live: ABOLISH SILICON VALLEY
On this episode of #TyskySour Michael is joined by Ash Sarkar and Wendy Liu to talk stop-and-search in the UK, a socialist tide in the US, and whether it’s time to abolish Silicon Valley.
Novara FM: A New Dark Age?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks.
Now is the Time for Worker Power in the Tech Industry
Wendy Liu
Among the upper echelons of the tech industry there is strong hostility to the idea of organised labour. But the tech sector is too important to cede control of it to capital, and lately there have been more and more reasons why tech workers need to build collective power, writes Wendy Liu.
Novara Live: A Second Referendum: the Debate
On this episode of TyskySour Michael Walker is joined by Zoe Williams and Grace Blakeley to discuss the pros and cons of a second Brexit referendum.