Novara Live: Herd Impunity
Boris Johnson’s blind defence of Cummings is undermining the lockdown, but will it seriously undermine his government? Michael Walker is joined by Owen Jones and Dalia Gebrial to discuss.
Humankind: A Hopeful History with Rutger Bregman
Last year Davos viral sensation Rutger Bregman toured the tv studios of Britain finding that “on average, British journalists are the least curious of all.” He found just one exception to this rule, his interview with Aaron Bastani for Novara Media. Rutger is back, this time promoting his new book Humankind which argues that altruism […]
The Bastani Factor: Humankind: a Hopeful History – With Rutger Bregman
Last year Davos viral sensation Rutger Bregman toured the tv studios of Britain finding that “on average, British journalists are the least curious of all.” He found just one exception to this rule, his interview with Aaron Bastani for Novara Media. Rutger is back, this time promoting his new book Humankind which argues that altruism […]
The Burner: The Burner #240: Squid Ink + Prison Viruses
Cummings splashes round the squid ink: will it be enough to escape the consequences? Gary McQuiggin takes a deep dive into the impact of the virus in the prison system in conversation with Oonagh Ryder.
Opinion: Dominic Cummings Should Be Sacked
Aaron Bastani
Dominic Cummings broke the lockdown because he thought the rules didn’t apply to him. Aaron Bastani argues he should be sacked - and if the prime minister can’t bring himself to do that, then he should go too.
Novara Live: RULE BREAKER
No new information. No apology. Dominic Cummings has made it clear it’s one rule for him and another for the rest of us.
Ash Wednesday: Dear Lobby: Keep It Simple. Stick to Facts. Don’t Fuck It Up
The stakes have just been raised in the government’s daily press conference. Can Westminster journalists rise to the challenge?
Long Read: Detained Migrants Are Workers. They Belong in the Trade Union Movement
Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis
With detained migrants encouraged to work for slave wages, rather than treating them as victims devoid of agency, trade unions must instead bring them into the movement, write Isaac Ricca-Richardson and Franck Magennis.
Opinion: Teachers Are Rediscovering Their Collective Power
James McAsh
Across the country, in meetings ranging from dozens to thousands, teachers and teaching assistants are standing up for safety and learning that there is power in a union, writes primary school teacher James McAsh.
Novara Live: Cummings… STAYS?!
Dominic Cummings has broken the lockdown, but Johnson won’t let him go. Will the government get away with taking us all for FOOLS?!
Long Read: How Grime’s Origins Show a Path to Cultural Resistance
Charlotte Watson
Forged in the shadow of London's financial district, criminalised by the state and locked out of the mainstream music establishment, Charlotte Watson reflects on the lessons we can learn from grime's early years.
Forensics: Dominic Cummings PROVES We Have a Rotten Establishment
Dominic Cummings broke a lockdown he helped implement. Those defending his actions prove our establishment is rotten to the core.
Opinion: Filth: Coronavirus Has Shown That Cleaners Are Essential, but Labelling Them ‘Low-Skilled’ Legitimises Exploitation
Eleanor Penny
A crisis always reveals. While pandemic society has effortlessly withstood the temporary absence of hedge fund managers, cleaners have been billeted to the frontlines, their work suddenly and mysteriously ‘essential’. In part four of her series, Filth, Eleanor Penny explores how labelling work 'low-skilled' rubber-stamps a vicious cycle of low pay, precarious contracts and hyper-exploitation.
Novara Live: Johnson in Retreat
Boris Johnson has been forced to make two U-turns this week. Is he a prime minister in retreat? Plus, James Meadway on whether Britain’s record debt will ever have to be paid back. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
Opinion: Cyclone Amphan and Coronavirus Have Exposed the Failings of Neoliberalism in India and Bangladesh
Grace Blakeley
With India and Bangladesh forced to face the combined fallout of Cyclone Amphan and coronavirus, the failings of decades of neoliberal reforms have been duly exposed, writes Grace Blakeley.
Report: ‘The rage in Birmingham is unreal’: Keir Starmer’s Position on Kashmir Will Damage the Labour Party
Aaron Bastani
In describing Kashmir as a 'bilateral issue', Starmer has angered Kashmiri communities across the UK - particularly in the West Midlands, where activists say his stance could even cause Labour to lose the region's 2021 mayoral race. Aaron Bastani reports.
Report: ‘He should never have been discharged’: How Mental Health Patients Are Being Failed During Lockdown
Natalie Leal
In the face of an already stretched mental health system, some patients' families are arguing that, in the rush to prepare for coronavirus, their relatives were let out too early and without sufficient safeguards and support in place, writes Natalie Leal.
Opinion: The Tories Are Pushing People Back on to the Streets Because Rough Sleeping Serves a Political Purpose
Nye Jones
Last Friday news broke that the government was quietly winding up local authority funding that had been allocated to house rough sleepers in hotels during the pandemic. Nye Jones argues they’ve done this because the suffering of rough sleepers serves as a warning.