


Report: Senior Labour Figures Hoped to Suspend the 2015 Leadership Election, Says Leaked Report
Aaron Bastani

The Burner: The Burner Episode #233: the Totem and the Cipher

The Government Is Unlawfully Detaining Vulnerable People in Removal Centres During a Pandemic
Anna Highfield

Novara Live: Dead Cats and Death Tolls
The UK’s coronavirus death-toll has overtaken Italy to be the highest in Europe, but the press are more concerned with a scientists sex-life. Plus, Government scientists tie themselves in knots, furloughed workers labelled ‘addicts’, and Guardian technology editor Alex Hern on the NHS contact tracing app.

Opinion: Sunak’s Furlough Rollback Shows the Government’s Priorities Are All Wrong
James Meadway

The Burner: The Burner Episode #232: Get Free?

Interview: Is a Radical England Possible?
For author Alex Niven the “break up of Britain must also be the break up of England” – but what does that mean? And if progressive Englishness is not possible, then what is the alternative? What should be the foundational left politics as Britain fragments in the years and decades ahead? Aaron Bastani interviews the […]

The Burner: The Burner Episode #231: Lessons in Winning, Right-Wing Leninism?

Novara Live: Back to Work
The government’s leaked “back-to-work” plans, the resignation of Labour’s General Secretary, and whether we should be concerned about Michael Gove’s bookshelf, discussed by Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar.

The Burner: The Burner Episode #230: Enemies, Foreign and Domestic

International: Coronavirus in Rojava: Facing a Pandemic Without a State
Thomas McClure
In North and East Syria, 4m people are reliant on a total capacity of just 40 ventilators and 35 ICU beds. With UN aid practically severed, the autonomous administration is forced to rely on its war-tested ideals as its best hope of keeping the population alive through the pandemic crisis.

International: North and East Syria’s Political Experiment Continues Despite Its Challenges
Nina Steinhardt
Confronted with Turkish occupation forces and now coronavirus, the democratic project in North and East Syria is still proving its resilience in civil society, writes Nina Steinhardt.

Novara Live: Biden in the Dock (with Ana Kasparian)
Ana Kasparian joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani to discuss allegations against potential Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Plus, the Johnson government fix testing numbers & Yara Hawari on coronavirus in Palestine.

Report: Tim Roache Resigned Amid Allegations of Sexual Assault, Cover up and a ‘Casting Couch’ Culture at GMB
Charlotte England

The Burner: The Burner Episode #229: the Cause of Labour Is the Hope of the World
James Butler delves into the strike wave prompted by the coronavirus: might the pandemic mean a stronger position for workers? Plus, we hear from a participant in Oxford’s vaccine trial. And James wishes a happy birthday to Resonance FM.