2020 | Novara Media

Long Read: Turbulence in Macron’s France: A Recent History

Nicolas Jara-Joly and Thierry Labica

Between his hated pension reforms, handling of the pandemic, open disdain for the democratic process and frequent recourse to police repression, Emmanuel Macron's teflon sheen has well and truly worn off. Nicolas Jara-Joly and Theirry Labica survey 'La Macronie' so far and look ahead to 2022's presidential election.

Report: London Councils Paid Private Landlords £15.8m in a Year to Get Them to Rent to Homeless Families

Nye Jones

Exclusive: Data obtained by Novara Media shows that London councils are paying landlords costly incentives to house tenants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in private rented properties - many of them in poor condition. Nye Jones reports.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest puts the spotlight back on our perverted and abusive elites. Plus, China’s clampdown in Hong Kong, the fallout from David Starkey’s racist outburst, and Britain goes back to the pub. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani

Opinion: Liberals Are the Ones Hijacking BLM. Racial Justice Is Always Political

Wail Qasim

In identifying with the Black Lives Matter ‘moment’ in its most woolly and apolitical form, white people like Keir Starmer have claimed ownership of an anti-racist movement that began with Black people demanding justice. The movement is inherently political, and we must not let it be delegitimised or hollowed out, writes Wail Qasim.

The Bastani Factor: Aaron Bastani Reacts to David Starkey’s Mask Off Moment

David Starkey’s appearance on Darren Grimes’s Youtube channel revealed the unashamed racism of Britain’s most prominent conservative historian.

Opinion: We Have Let Israel Dispossess, Displace and Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians for Decades

Malia Bouattia

As Israel intensifies its campaign against Palestine by preparing to annex the West Bank, we must remember that its actions have not come out of nowhere, writes Malia Bouattia. Instead, they are the outcome of decades of inaction and complicity by foreign governments and companies.

Novara Live: Coronavirus Whack-A-Mole

The Leicester lockdown shows everything wrong with the government’s whack-a-mole coronavirus strategy. Jeremy Hunt’s hypocrisy, Johnson’s ‘New Deal’, Starmer’s NEC power-grab, and Forward Momentum’s triumph. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

Opinion: Britain’s Covid-19 Death Toll Goes Far Beyond Its Borders

David Wearing

Since the outbreak of Covid-19, criticism of the British government has focused on negligence within the UK’s own borders. But from Yemen to Iraq, Britain’s responsibility for the global death toll goes far further than is being reported, argues David Wearing.

Opinion: The Policing We Have Seen and Experienced at the Black Lives Matter Protests Is Racist

Brenda Efurhievwe and Zehrah Hasan

Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick recently claimed that it is no longer 'helpful or accurate' to describe the police as institutionally racist. As legal observers with lived experience of racism, we disagree, write Zehrah Hasan and Brenda Efurhievwe from Black Protest Legal Support.

The Bastani Factor: The Hundred Years War on Palestine With Rashid Khalidi

The imminent annexation of parts of the West Bank represents the latest episode in a century long war against the Palestinian people. Tonight Aaron Bastani is joined by author and academic, Rashid Khalidi, to discuss 100 years of settlement, occupation and struggle.

Opinion: What Does Keir Starmer Actually Want?

Aaron Bastani

Successful politicians need convictions, especially in moments of crisis. But whether it's on the economy, climate change, public services or racist policing, it’s unclear whether Keir Starmer actually has any, argues Aaron Bastani.

Novara Live: Culture Wars, Cancelled?

On Black Lives Matter and GRA reform Keir Starmer wants to avoid a culture war. But by sidestepping such issues, is Labour just surrendering to the forces of reaction? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani

Novara Live: Starmergeddon?

Starmer’s dumped RLB and has so far got away with it. Can the Labour left avoid Armageddon? Plus, Tories open up about cash for access and fights on the beaches in the post-lockdown heatwave. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Opinion: Long-Bailey’s Sacking Shows How Antisemitism Has Been Dangerously Redefined

Barnaby Raine

On Thursday afternoon Labour leader Keir Starmer sacked the lone leftwinger in his shadow cabinet, accusing her of antisemitism. Barnaby Raine traces a recent history of how antisemitism has been redefined by liberals and the right.

ACFM: #ACFM Trip 11: Friendship

Keir Milburn, Nadia Idle and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the history and theory of friendship, from Aristotle to Elland Road.

Novara Live: RLB SACKED

Keir Starmer has sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey for a retweet and declared war on the Left. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani convene to ask what the hell progressives do now.

Opinion: To Build the Movement in a Post-Corbyn Era, We Need to Build Democracy

Keir Milburn

Momentum’s National Coordinating Group election has attracted huge attention in recent weeks. Keir Milburn argues it's been vital for the recomposition of the UK left - and, most importantly, has highlighted the need for a new attitude towards democracy and elections.

Black Britannia: There Is a Long, Racist History of State Surveillance of Black Communities

Bryan Knight

At the height of the Black Power movement, fears over the activities of Black radical activists led the British state to undertake an extensive and covert surveillance mission, aimed at suppressing any challenges to its authority. In the second instalment of our series Black Britannia, Bryan Knight explores this period of heightened police surveillance and how it relates to our current political moment.