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Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, April 2021. Andrew Harnik/Reuters

Analysis: ‘America is Back’, Says Biden. What Does This Mean for the Rest of the World?

by David Wearing

Today Joe Biden completes his first 100 days in the Oval Office. David Wearing takes a look at the president’s foreign policy so far, and argues that in terms of the threats posed by US power, the changes we're seeing are both meaningful and insufficient.

TyskySour: Is the Covid-19 Pandemic Over in the UK?

With new ONS data showing Covid-19 case levels 20 times lower than their January peak, are we finally seeing the end of the UK pandemic? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

Police officers guard a statue of Winston Churchill as people take part in a Black Trans Lives Matter rally in London, Britain, June 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters

Analysis: Do the Police Actually Solve Crime?

by Aaron Bastani

With nine out of 10 crime reports going nowhere, it’s clear the police aren’t particularly good at solving crime - no matter what Netflix might have you believe. To create a safer society, we must tackle inequality, not extend police powers, writes Aaron Bastani.

Downstream: Why It’s Eco-Socialism or Collapse | Downstream

Climate change is better understood as climate systems breakdown, and it’s only through the lens of the latter that we can grasp the scale of the crisis ahead. On this episode of Downstream, Aaron Bastani is joined by Mat Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton to discuss their new book, Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the […]

Moments after the kidnapping of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades in Rome, 1978.

Analysis: Bombers in Paris: The Arrest of Italy’s ‘Red Terrorists’ Raises the Spectre of Political Violence

by James Butler

Seven Italians were arrested in Paris this morning – all former members of ‘red terrorist’ groups active during Italy’s ‘years of lead’. James Butler explores the significance of these arrests, and the questions the left still needs to answer when it comes to political violence.

TyskySour: Boris Johnson Under Investigation

The Electoral Commission have launched an investigation into the funding of Boris Johnson's flat. Could the scandal bring down the Prime Minister? With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

Labour leader Keir Starmer having a pint of Guinness with Hartlepool by-election candidate Paul Williams

Opinion: Labour Wants to Win Back the Working Class. The Problem Is It Has No Idea Who They Are

by Joe Bilsborough

Thatcher keenly understood that creating homeowners would create Conservative voters. Labour desperately needs its own understanding of class formation, or it will never regain the working-class votes it lost.

Downstream: How Radical Is President Joe Biden? | Downstream

For some Joe Biden has already exceeded expectations. For others his economic programme is nowhere near enough to address the climate crisis and American decline. While his Covid relief package has seen billions dispensed immediately, the Jobs Plan proposes to invest $35 billion in green R&D over eight years – less than Americans spend annually […]

Labour leader Keir Starmer walks besides a local Labour campaigner on a street in Sandwell

Analysis: Labour Is Bracing Itself for a Rough Ride Next Week. What’s Actually Going to Happen?

by Ell Folan

On 6 May, every voter in Britain will give their verdict on year one of Keir Starmer’s leadership. It’s unlikely to be good news, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan.

TyskySour: Boris Johnson’s Outrageous Covid-19 Comments

Did Boris Johnson say he'd "let the bodies pile high in their thousands" rather than implement a third Covid-19 lockdown? If he did, will it do any damage to his premiership? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Former Brazilian president and 2022 presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or Lula, looking into the distance with a blurred background

Analysis: Lula’s Back, and Bolsonaro is Feeling the Heat

by Benjamin Fogel

Climate and coronavirus breakdown are eroding support for the Brazilian strongman. Could the newly free ex-president hammer the nail in the coffin? Historian of Latin America Benjamin Fogel thinks so.

The Bastani Factor: The REAL Reason for the European Super League

There is no future for the financialised, debt-driven model of football so adored by the Glazers and Florentino Pérez.

TyskySour: The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Over

While it may seem the Covid-19 pandemic in Britain is ending, this week saw global case levels higher than ever before. We speak to Deepti Gurdasani about the ongoing global coronavirus crisis.

#NovaraFM: A Plague of Blue Locusts: On Police Power

Mark Neocleous joins James Butler to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order.

A person doing a HIV test. ANURAKE SINGTO-ON/Shutterstock.com

Opinion: No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’

by Ben Weil

Sexual health campaigners have welcomed lockdown as an opportunity for more abstinence and less HIV transmission. This kind of thinking didn’t get us anywhere in the 1980s, and it won’t now.

Feature: The Little-Known History of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass is More Relevant Now Than Ever

by Sophie K Rosa

In April 1932, hundreds of workers marched on private land in the peak district. As the Tories push ahead with their draconian new police bill, the Kinder Scout protest is a lesson in how to resist harsh new trespass laws – and a reminder of why we must.

A crowd carries a white coffin covered with red roses. A placard nearby reads 'Black Lives Matter'

Opinion: Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Won’t Make Black Lives Matter

by Annie Olaloku-Teriba

How comforting it would be were the problem simply police and not policing, writes race scholar Annie Olaloku-Teriba.

22-year-old Osime Brown.

Opinion: My Son Osime Brown Will Die If He is Deported – But the Racist State Isn’t Listening

by Joan Martin

Osime Brown has lived in the UK since he was four. He has autism, PTSD and a heart condition, yet the British government wants to deport him to Jamaica, where there is nobody to support him - all for a minor crime witnesses say he did not even commit. His mother, Joan Martin, spoke to Novara Media about why he must be allowed to stay.