Month: December 2020 | Novara Media

No More Tiers Left to Try

On a bumper day in British politics, and a crucial one in the fight against coronavirus, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the mounting pressure on hospitals, new restrictions announced by Matt Hancock, school openings being delayed, the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine being approved and Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal passed by parliament

Opinion

Lorry queues at Dover

In Negotiating Trade After Brexit, the Tories Missed a Key Opportunity to Accelerate Climate Goals

Miriam Brett and Katie Gallogly-Swan

Opinion

a scientist works on covid vaccine

The Rapid Development of Covid Vaccines Shows How Healthcare Will Completely Change. But Who Will Benefit?

Aaron Bastani

Opinion

Queer People Have Had to Rely on Each Other This Year, and Christmas Is No Exception

Harry Gay

Done Deal

Boris Johnson and Ursula Von Der Leyen have agreed to a UK-EU Trade Deal. Reaching a deal on Christmas eve is a short-term win for Johnson, after a disastrous few days in which he’s overseen a huge spike in Covid deaths and last minute changes to holiday plans. But what will the deal mean for […]

Opinion

woman in mask christmas shopping

Could ‘Cancelled Christmas’ Help Us Imagine a World Beyond the Nuclear Family?

Sophie K Rosa

The Bastani Factor

Covid Has Exposed Conservatives As Complete Idiots

For years conservative arguments, particularly on social media, have gained increasing traction. But in the context of Covid-19 they are making less sense than ever as they try to make a pandemic which is killing people about free speech and mega-dosing Vitamin C. Aaron watches an interview between two conservative ‘Covidiots’, Paul Joseph Watson and […]

Pariah Nation

A new mutant coronavirus strain means Christmas is cancelled, Britain is locked off from the world, and we might all need strict lockdowns until a vaccine can be rolled out. This is a game-changer. And all while we’re being run a bunch of incompetents. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss and insane three days in […]

Analysis

a protester in Brazil wags their finger while wearing a bandana and face visor

Only the Left Can Save Brazil From Bolsonaro in 2021

Benjamin Fogel

War on Woke

Liz Truss has declared war on “woke”. But as UNICEF intervene in Britain for the first time in 70 years, can the Tories really blame record levels of poverty on too much anti-racism? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

After the Robots: Aaron Benanav on Work, Automation and Utopia

What if the automation theorists are wrong? How might we build utopia without them? Aaron Benanav joins James Butler to gaze into the future.

Report

A motorcycle courier

The UK Relies on Migrant Workers, but Refuses to Admit They’re Essential

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion

Strike of workers in heavy industry

Spain Is Considering a Four-Day Week – What’s Stopping Britain Doing the Same?

James Meadway

Christmas Cancelled?

Despite concerns from scientists, the UK government’s rules for Christmas Covid will not change. Will Boris Johnson’s call for us to have a “merry little Christmas” stop the spread? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

The Year in Review

At the turn of the decade nearly 12 months ago, some said that we were on the verge of entering a new Roaring ’20s. How prescient they turned out to be. One pandemic and a global economic freefall later, all the assumptions we started out with in January have turned to dust. In their place […]

Report

Doctor wearing PPE

More Filipino Healthcare Workers Have Died of Covid-19 in the UK Than the Philippines. Why?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion

A man walks down a bombed-out street in Sa'ada, Yemen.

To Be Taken Seriously, Open Labour Needs to Do Much, Much Better on Yemen

David Wearing

London Into Tier 3 Lockdown

As cases surge, London is entering a Tier 3 lockdown. But with schools staying open, is time running out to prevent carnage this Christmas?

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