Novara Live: Starmer’s Worst Week
As commentators question if he's up for the job, we discuss Keir Starmer's worst week.
Opinion: In Defence of Sex and Parties
Sophie K Rosa
A journalist’s comments about missing parties and sex during lockdown have invited widespread scorn, including from those on the left. Which is weird, writes Sophie K Rosa, because parties are and always have been a site of political resistance.
Novara FM: I Am Not My Work
Why are we told we should love our work? Sarah Jaffe joins James Butler to explain why work will never, and can never, love us back.
The Stansted 15 Have Won – What Can We Learn From Their Four-Year Legal Battle?
Ali Tamlit, Helen Brewer, Laura Clayson and Nick Sigsworth
Last Friday, the so-called Stansted 15, a group of activists found guilty of terror-related offences after stopping a deportation charter flight, won their appeal to have their convictions overturned. Four of the members reflect on the last four years of legal proceedings: what happened, what went wrong and what comes next.
Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the West and the Rest Conspired to Thwart the Arab Uprisings
David Wearing
In the heady days of 2011, the talk was of ‘revolution’ sweeping the Arab majority world. In the second piece of a series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing takes a look how the uprisings were thwarted.
Analysis: ‘We Don’t Want Socialism’: How WallStreetBets Rejected the Left
Jack Chadwick
A shared interest in toppling the financial sector doesn't make GameStop-buying Redditors natural allies of the anti-capitalist left - as WallStreetBets users have been quick to point out. Jack Chadwick explains
Opinion: Give White People Something to Do
Ash Sarkar
The politicisation of white people over the past five years has so far been confined to changing how people think, writes Ash Sarkar. Now, it’s time to change what they do.
Novara Live: Clap for the Captain
Boris Johnson has called for a nationwide clap to remember Sir Captain Tom Moore, who on Tuesday passed away from covid-19. Given the Prime Minister has presided over 109,000 deaths and leads a party that cut the NHS to the bone, is he simply exploiting a tragedy for his own partisan end?
Report: Is a London Council Trying to Freeze Black and Brown Residents Out of Their Homes During a Pandemic?
Sophie K Rosa
Residents of south London's Aylesbury estate believe the council is trying to drive them out by cutting off their water and heating - a 'cruel' move they say could compound the already elevated threat BAME people face from Covid-19. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Analysis: Myanmar’s Military Was Already in Charge, So Why Did It Stage a Coup?
Joshua Carroll
Myanmar's military seemed to have everything it wanted. So why has it staged a coup against a government that had no meaningful way to threaten its power? Joshua Carroll explains.
Downstream: Why Has Britain Failed on Covid? Richard Horton
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a pandemic, with Britain enduring more than a 100,000 deaths since, a number of major questions remain unanswered. Why was the response of the UK among the worst in the world? How is it possible that the death toll of countries in Europe and North America […]
Opinion: If Biden and the Democrats Actually Want to Get Anything Done, They Need to Transform Democracy
Miles Kampf-Lassin
The Democratic party has been handed a mandate to usher in fundamental change, starting with quashing the Covid-19 pandemic and delivering direct aid to working people. But to succeed, they’ll need to reshape American democracy.
Opinion: It’s Not Enough to Defend the Five-Day Week – We Must Demand Four
Aidan Harper
Overworked Britons breathed a sigh of relief when the Tories abandoned rumoured plans to remove the 48-hour cap on the working week. This scare should shock us out of our complacency about working hours, writes Aidan Harper, and restart the fight for a 32-hour week.
Novara Live: Closing the Borders
The UK transmission of the South African Covid strain demonstrates how the vaccine rollout could be undermined. Are Labour right to call for closed borders? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.