Planet B: Yanis Varoufakis on Bringing Down the Bankers
We can only halt climate breakdown if we unseat the oligarchs, says the Greek politician.
Opinion: Austerity May Be Over, but the Tories Still Aren’t Spending Enough
James Meadway
With this year's budget, the Tories may have ended austerity, but the spending increases they are proposing aren't nearly enough to undo the damage they have wrought through a decade of brutal cuts.
Novara Live: Zuckerberg Renames Facebook in Bid to Create ‘Metaverse’
Facebook is now Meta, and Mark Zuckerberg says our future is in the Metaverse. Is virtual reality the future of the internet, or Zuckerberg’s latest gimmick? With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Infrastructure
Dalia Gebrial finds out what's missing from the promise of cleaner, greener infrastructure.
ACFM: Microdose: Space Forces With Fred Scharmen
Keir Milburn and author Fred Scharmen explore the desire to create new worlds in space.
Opinion: Rachel Reeves is Wrong – This is Exactly the Right Time to Take Energy Into Public Ownership
Ell Folan
With fuel bills rising and a freezing winter ahead, our energy network is clearly broken. The answer is clear, argues Ell Folan – the state should step in and sort it out.
Novara Live: What’s in Rishi Sunak’s 2021 Budget?
Rishi Sunak's budget may have come with some big spending pledges, but it's nowhere near enough to undo a decade of austerity.
Planet B: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Apocalypse and Resistance
The activist and journalist explains why land rights and Indigenous knowledge are crucial to efforts to stop climate breakdown.
Analysis: Is China the World’s Worst Climate Culprit?
Aaron Bastani
China is easily the world’s leading polluter. But when you take into account the country's size, population, investment in renewables and outsourced emissions things become a lot more complicated, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: The Government’s Net Zero Strategy Is Beyond Disappointing
James Meadway
Unless the Treasury’s attitude towards borrowing changes, the government's decarbonisation strategy is futile, writes James Meadway.
Novara Live: John McDonnell’s Message to Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak will this week deliver a budget and spending review that will shape how Britain rebuilds following Covid-19. We speak to former shadow chancellor John McDonnell about what he thinks should be in it.
Planet B: Noam Chomsky on Indigenous Demands and Roosevelt’s Legacy
The eminent activist and writer warns against a Green New Deal that would save capitalism instead of dismantling it.
Novara Live: Will Boosters Save Us From a Winter Lockdown?
Trials have shown booster shots to be incredibly effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19. Will it be enough to get us through winter without new restrictions?
Opinion: The Supply Chain Crisis Is Exposing Tory Divisions
James Meadway
Recent public spats over how to manage the ongoing supply chain crisis speak to far deeper ideological conflicts within the Tory government, argues James Meadway.
Opinion: The Green Transition is Already Underway – And It’s Not Looking Pretty
Nicholas Beuret
If climate campaigners continue to focus on the UK’s emissions gap, we'll miss the bigger picture. The green transition is already happening – and it’s shaping up to be a nightmare, argues Nicholas Beuret.
Analysis: Germany’s SPD Is About to Take Power. Can It Stick to Leftwing Principles?
James Jackson
Germany’s social democratic party just won on a leftwing manifesto. As the party enters coalition talks with the right, will the left be hung out to dry?
The Belmarsh Tribunal: the War on Terror Is Put on Trial
Just after the bombshell revelations about the CIA plot to kidnap and assassinate WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange while he sought political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the Progressive International comes to London with the first physical Belmarsh Tribunal. The intervention comes ahead of Assange’s extradition proceedings, which are set to continue in London’s […]
Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Land
Harpreet Kaur Paul asks how we can make land for living, not for profit, in the second episode of the series.