March | 2021 | Novara Media

Opinion: The Biden Administration Just Broke International Law. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

Aaron Bastani

By authorising airstrikes on Syria without congressional approval, Biden is mimicking Trump’s foreign policy. Leading Democrats criticised the president then, notes Aaron Bastani – so why not now?

Report: After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System

Sophie K Rosa

With millions of us needing mental health support as a result of the coronavirus crisis, we’re going to need wholesale system change if we’re to recover from it. Sophie K Rosa meets the professionals campaigning for post-pandemic mental health reform.

Explainers: Is Your Boss Spying On You?

More than half of us think we’re being watched at work. We are, and we always have been.

Analysis: Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil

David Wearing

Despite popular appetite for democracy, the Arab uprisings were violently thwarted. In the fourth part of his series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing explores the role oil played in determining their defeat.

Analysis: After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?

James Meadway

Rishi Sunak wants to appear radical while cementing the status quo - and unless the left presents an alternative, he will, writes James Meadway.

Novara Live: What’s in Rishi Sunak’s Budget?

Does Rishi Sunak's budget speech show the Tories have finally dumped Osbornomics to instead channel John McDonnell?

Rishi Sunak standing on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street with his red box

Opinion: Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic

Ann Pettifor

The left must be wary of flatly equating tax increases with post-pandemic recovery. In today’s budget, Rishi Sunak should go after the few whose wealth has increased over the past year, argues economist Ann Pettifor.

Long Read: Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security State

Oliver Eagleton

Labour under Keir Starmer has taken a troubling flag-waving turn. But while his patriot act may in part be driven by political expediency, Starmer’s loyalty to the British security state has historically been strikingly consistent, writes Oliver Eagleton.

Downstream: Should We All Be Vegan? Interview with Peter Singer

Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment when we realise industrial farming carries devastating, unacceptable risks? Aaron Bastani speaks to author of ‘Animal Liberation’ and professor of Bioethics at Princeton University Peter Singer.