Novara Live: When Will This End?!
Nicola Sturgeon has said social distancing will continue until 2021. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the social and political implications. Plus Lara McNeil on the #LabourLeaks NEC meeting.
The Burner: The Burner Episode #223: Comrade Starmer Steps Up
Keir Starmer took on his first PMQs yesterday: Ash Sarkar asks what we learned about his strategy. What’s changed since Corbyn? Plus, experts and NHS workers ask you to #ChantforPPE
Opinion: It’s Time for the UK Left to Regather Momentum
Keir Milburn
The pandemic only makes the need to organise for a socialist future clearer. Keir Milburn argues that for the British left, Momentum remains an important vehicle for realising this vision - but it will require a new direction for the organisation.
Novara Live: After the Lockdown (w/ Bill Hanage)
Dr Bill Hanage, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard University, joins Michael Walker to discuss global responses to Covid-19, and when and how we can exit coronavirus lockdowns.
Coronavirus Is Breaking the Foster Care System
Josh Gabert-Doyon
Coronavirus has exposed the systematic undervaluing of social reproduction work – and nowhere more so than in the foster care system, writes Josh Gabert-Doyon.
Letters: Don’t Applaud Us, Protect Us – #ChantforPPE
health professionals
Exclusive: 80 health professionals - including doctors, nurses, professors and the editors of Britain's leading medical journals - write of being concerned about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, and ask the public to #ChantforPPE
The Burner: The Burner Episode #222: One Time a Great Nation
Aaron Bastani asks: what does the pandemic reveal about Britain’s real position in the world? Plus, James Butler takes a look at the European tussle over how to pay for the recovery.
Analysis: This Week’s Oil Price Slump Signals Economic Dangers Ahead
James Meadway
For the first time in history, the price of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark standard for US oil, became negative on Monday. James Meadway argues this is both a symptom of the catastrophic economic impact of Covid-19 on the world economy and a harbinger of problems to come.
Opinion: To Understand Why the NHS Is Struggling to Respond to Covid-19, We Must Look at Who Runs It
Jo Sutton-Klein
Coronavirus has highlighted the inertia of the NHS. This is not just down to incompetent yet powerful managers, writes doctor Jo Sutton-Klein, it is a problem with the very structures that govern our health service, impeding democracy and keeping frontline staff out of decision-making.
Novara Live: Petro-Geddon (w/ James Meadway)
As the price of oil plummets what do ‘negative prices’ really mean? And what do they tell us about what next for the global economy? Also, how high is Britain’s real coronavirus death toll? Economist James Meadway joins Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.
The Burner: The Burner Episode #221: Of Cows and Coffee
How bad could the economic crisis get? Who will it touch? What hope of recovery – and what shape will it take? And does political leadership really matter?
Analysis: What Keir Starmer’s Ambition of ‘Unity’ Really Means
Oliver Eagleton
Achieving 'unity' in a party that encompasses irreconcilable traditions is an unlikely feat - but that doesn't mean the left shouldn't see a role for itself in setting the party's agenda under Starmer, says Oliver Eagleton.
‘Don’t talk about class’: Under Starmer, Labour Is Reverting Back to Its Old Ways
Ben Tippet
As Keir Starmer takes the helm as Labour leader, judging by his suspected new appointments, we are set to see the party revert back to its pre-Corbyn position on class: namely, that it is not to be talked about, writes Ben Tippet.
Domestic Abuse Refuges Need Proper Funding – Not a Social Media Campaign
Jessie Williams
Domestic abuse campaigners are criticising the government for its tone-deaf response to tackling the rise in domestic violence during lockdown. A social media campaign may make people feel less alone, but what is desperately needed is substantial funding to ensure that all victims are protected, writes Jessie Williams.
The Burner: The Burner Episode #220: They Knew
An explosive story over the weekend exposed just some of the government’s failures in dealing with the pandemic. James Butler asks: what did they know? And what do we know?
Novara Live: John McDonnell on the #LabourLeaks and COVID-19
An exclusive interview with former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on COVID-19, the #LabourLeaks, and the future of the left under Keir Starmer.
The Truth Comes Out. a Month Too Late.
The truths revealed in today’s Sunday Times point the finger squarely at Boris Johnson and the government. But if we had a media that tried to hold the government to account when it mattered, Michael Walker argues, it could have saved lives.
Opinion: C4’s Dispatches Programme on the ‘Truth About Traveller Crime’ Was a Pack of Lies
Jake Bowers
Romani journalist and broadcaster Jake Bowers argues Channel 4's latest broadcast about the Gypsy and Traveller community amounts to inciting racial hatred against one of Britain’s most marginalised ethnic communities.