Novara Live: MPs Vote on Tax Hike for the Working Class
As MPs vote on Boris Johnson's manifesto breaking tax hike on workers, Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss why the rise is regressive, and why it won't fix Britain's care crisis.
Opinion: The National Insurance Hike is Class Warfare. Why Won’t Labour Say So?
James Meadway
This mask-off moment is an opportunity for Labour to dispel the myth of the Tories as the party of workers. Instead all we're getting are mealy-mouthed, half-hearted critiques, argues James Meadway.
ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Spatial Equality With Pooja Agrawal
Nadia Idle explores the future of public space with architect and planner Pooja Agrawal.
Opinion: Afghan Women Are Doing What They’ve Always Done: Resist
Rawi, Madina Wardak, Sonita Alizada
Throughout Afghanistan's history of foreign occupation and fundamentalist rule, one thing has been constant: women’s resistance. Sophie K Rosa spoke to three Afghan feminists about their fight for liberation.
Opinion: Workplace Struggles and Plans for Government Must Go Hand in Hand
James Meadway
Unite’s new general secretary Sharon Graham has promised to prioritise industrial struggle over internal Labour politics. This is a good thing, argues James Meadway – but the post-Corbyn left shouldn't altogether turn its back on aspirations of running the country.
Analysis: For David Graeber, Theory and Action Were Inseparable
Thomas Swann
David Graeber lived his political values - and through everyday acts of communism, he argued, many of us do too.
Novara Live: Johnson in Fight Over Social Care Funding
Boris Johnson faces a backlash for breaking a manifesto promise as he prepares to raise national insurance. Should the move be opposed and, if so, how else should social care be funded?
Opinion: On Losing Perspective, Or, Why I Don’t Give a Fuck About Geronimo the Alpaca and nor Should You
Rachel Connolly
From blaming everything on capitalism to calling everyone "toxic", it's time we collectively got a grip, argues Rachel Connolly.
Opinion: David Graeber’s Real Contribution to Occupy Wall Street Wasn’t a Phrase – It Was a Process
Marisa Holmes
Far more significant than his co-creation of the phrase "We are the 99%", David Graeber gave Occupy Wall Street the very democratic values that underpinned it.
Novara Live: UK Watchdog Advises Against Covid-19 Jabs for All Teenagers
The JCVI has surprised parents and politicians by advising against Covid-19 vaccines for most 12 to 15 year olds. Will health secretary Sajid Javid now overrule them?
Analysis: David Graeber Reminded Us of the Political Value of Anthropology
Alpa Shah
David Graeber's love of anthropology was intimately tied to his desire to build an anti-capitalist politics; it makes us think beyond the political limits of our own societies to realise that there are other, better ways of doing things.
Opinion: How Christopher Hitchens Helped the Right Justify Its Colonial Wars
Kojo Koram
Perhaps the 21st century’s most famous atheist, Christopher Hitchens has become an almost-saintly figure in today’s culture wars. But his legacy can help us make sense of how the right frames western intervention as a spiritual and god-given mission.
Analysis: Anarchism Shaped David Graeber. Then He Shaped Anarchism
Shane Little
Having first discovered the ideology as a teenager, David Graeber used his experiences as an activist and an anthropologist to develop his own theory of anarchism, one that is rooted in practice and the belief that we can remake the world at any given moment.
Novara Live: Joe Biden Declares End to “Nation-Building” Wars
Joe Biden has pledged to give up on "nation-building" wars following the removal of the last remaining US troops from Afghanistan. Is he right to make that pledge, and should we believe him?
Opinion: Liberating Trans People Means Liberating Everyone
Shon Faye
It is only through solidarity, compassion and radical reimagining that we can build a more just and joyful world, not just for trans people, but for all of us.