The Bastani Factor: The End of Policing With Alex Vitale
Aaron Bastani interviews author of 'The End of Policing', Alex Vitale, to ask just how bad law enforcement is in the United States, and what can be done about it.
Opinion: To Fight the Coming Storm, the Left Needs to Learn From the Anti-Austerity Movement
Michael Chessum
The next few years are likely to see the biggest crisis of capitalism, and the biggest assault on our rights and living standards, in any of our lifetimes. What can the British left learn from the anti-austerity movement about what the fightback should look like?
Novara Live: America in Flames (w/ Nelini Stamp)
The US is being rocked by its biggest uprising since the 1960s. We are joined by National Organizing Director at the Working Families Party Nelini Stamp, live from New York, to discuss racist policing and anti-racist strategy. Plus, is Britain easing the lockdown too soon?
Opinion: Inequality Is Worse Than We Were Told, and Our Tax System Has Been Covering It Up
Grace Blakeley
For a long time British voters have felt as though inequality is too high, but rightwingers have had a standard reply to the general public: you’re wrong. In fact, it was the figures that were wrong and peoples’ instincts that were right, writes Grace Blakeley.
The Bastani Factor: The End of Policing With Alex Vitale
The killing of George Floyd has catalysed a wave of protest across the United States, with police violence central to the message of the powerful #BlackLivesMatter movement. Aaron Bastani interviews author of ‘The End of Policing’, Alex Vitale, to ask just how bad law enforcement is in the United States, and what can be done […]
Opinion: George Floyd is Now a Household Name in Britain. Why Isn’t Jimmy Mubenga?
Aaron Bastani
The killing of George Floyd has prompted outrage worldwide - including from some unexpected parts of the British media. Aaron Bastani asks why many Brits will happily acknowledge racism across the Atlantic but ignore it here at home.
Opinion: Conservative ‘Common Sense’ Lets Men Like Dominic Cummings Do What They Want
Ameya Tripathi
We must stay alert to the Conservatives' concept of ‘common sense’ - a libertarian worldview imbued with whiteness and patriarchal values, that promotes individual freedom for some, at the expense of others, writes Ameya Tripathi.
Opinion: The Pandemic is Changing How It Feels to Be Free
Keir Milburn
Coronavirus is putting the right's individualistic idea of freedom under immense strain. It is this pressure, argues Keir Milburn, that offers hope for the typically right-leaning older generation to embrace a more progressive, solidaristic kind of politics.
The Burner: The Burner Episode #243: Ease Off, Second Wave + Talking Teachers
James Butler asks what the government ease-off in regulations is really about – should we expect a second wave? Plus, as teachers are pressed back to work, we hear from one trade unionist about what’s really going on in schools.
Opinion: The UK is Not Innocent – Police Racism Has a Long and Violent History Here Too
Wail Qasim
The murder of George Floyd is the latest in a long history of police racism and brutality in the US. But to gain a more fundamental understanding of why black people are dying at the hands of the police, we need to look closer to home, argues Wail Qasim.
Opinion: Once Again, the Government is Using Disadvantaged Children to Pursue Harmful Policies
Chloe Tomlinson
Schools are set to reopen tomorrow, with the government arguing we must make sure “the poorest and most disadvantaged pupils don’t fall behind”. Chloe Tomlinson suggests ministers are employing a familiar strategy: crying ‘think of the children’ in order to get their own way.
Novara Live: Furloughing the Science
Rishi Sunak adjusts furlough scheme, the government ignores the science to ease the lockdown, and a CNN reporter arrested at the Minneapolis protests.
Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows
Nic Murray
Exclusive: New figures obtained by FOI request suggest police forces outside of London were 4.4 times more likely to issue £60 fines to BAME people than to white people during the first week of lockdown. Nic Murray reports.
Opinion: Dominic Cummings is a Glorified Shitposter
Phil Jones
As demonstrated by Dominic Cummings' absurd press conference, the government is turning official statements into curated acts of drivel designed to clutter the airwaves and distract the public from its failings, writes Phil Jones.
The Burner: The Burner #242: ‘And You Have to Do It All the Time’
Cummings survives: but what’s the wreckage? Lockdown eases, but R is high: so why? Plus, James Butler wonders about political hope in difficult times.
Opinion: The ‘radical nannies’ Organising to Support Each Other Through Covid-19
Veronica Deutsch
Dominic Cummings has accidentally put childcare on the agenda, writes Veronica Deutsch, but within the sector not all workers are equal. High precarity is particularly common in nannying work, and, while coronavirus has highlighted the need for better support, regulation can feel like a threat to the most vulnerable.
A Migrant With No Recourse to Public Funds on Being Made Homeless During a Pandemic
Mohammed, as told to Benjamin Morgan
Boris Johnson revealed on Wednesday that he had no idea that tens of thousands of people living in the UK are denied access to public funds, including basic welfare benefits. We spoke to a man made homeless by the no recourse to public funds policy.
The Burner: The Burner #241: Dangerous Liaisons
Ash Sarkar breaks down Boris Johnson's first appearance at the Commons liaison committee. Plus the danger of false negatives.