Novara Live: Boris Johnson Reveals UK Plan for Net Zero
#TyskySour returns this evening with Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Long Read: How We Won: The Activist Deceived By a Spycop Who Took on the Met
Alex D King
An activist, with the help of other women who had been tricked into relationships with spycops, has achieved a landmark ruling that said the Met’s use of undercover police officers is a violation of human rights.
Long Read: Forget ‘Liberté’ – 17th-Century Indigenous Americans Knew a Lot More About Freedom Than Their French Colonisers
David Graeber and David Wengrow
On issues like personal freedom, gender equality, sexual mores and popular sovereignty, indigenous American attitudes were far more progressive than 17th-century European ones - and far more like our own, write David Wengrow and the late David Graeber.
Planet B: Sarah Jaffe on Green Work or No Work
Why the promise of "good, green union jobs" isn't enough for a just transition.
Opinion: Blaming David Amess’ Murder on Social Media Is a Way of Avoiding the Knottier Problems
Ash Sarkar
We don’t yet know what role, if any, social media played in the murder of MP Sir David Amess. But blaming it on that is at best premature, and, at worst, a complete derailment from addressing the trickier root causes.
Novara Live: Amess Death Sparks Debate Safety of MPs
The death of David Amess has renewed debates about the safety of MPs, social media anonymity, online radicalisation & civility in politics. Where are changes needed, and where is the media missing the point?
Ash Wednesday: Why Owning Stuff Is Better Than Working
Is there such a thing as a good landlord? Britain is being held hostage by a class of people whose only talent is owning stuff, and extracting money from people who don’t. Rents have doubled in the decade following the financial crisis, and the average house price is between 8 and 14 times the average […]
Planet B: Jeremy Corbyn on Green Industrial Revolution
The Labour MP lays out his hopes for the global fight against climate breakdown in a bonus interview episode.
Novara Live: Tory MP Stabbed in Essex Attack | #TyskySour
For the second time in six years a British MP has been violently killed while doing their job. We discuss the circumstances of the tragic death of Sir David Amess, and why it seems Britain cannot keep its politicians safe from harm. Also on the show – Dominic Cummings Attacks Keir Starmer as an “Uber […]
Report: The British Government Exploited the Angolan Civil War to Lobby for BP
Stephen Delahunty
Newly declassified documents show that John Major’s government leveraged Angola’s need for peacekeeping support to push the oil company’s interests. Stephen Delahunty reports.
Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Work
Dalia Gebrial finds out what climate breakdown means for the future of work, with Jeremy Corbyn, Sarah Jaffe and more.
Novara Live: The Worst Public Health Failure Ever
An official report has judged the UK's delayed lockdown to be Britain's worst ever public health failure. Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial breakdown the key findings.
Analysis: Who’s More in Touch With Voters, Labour Members or Labour’s Leader?
Ell Folan
Whether it’s energy nationalisation or a higher minimum wage, Keir Starmer consistently rejects policies that his party members support. His supporters say that Labour members are out of touch with the wider electorate – but polls suggest otherwise.
Long Read: Yes, China’s Debt Bubble Might Burst – But the Government Has Far Bigger Problems
James Meadway
With Chinese property giant Evergrande on the brink of collapse, the Communist party is being forced to reckon with the reckless economic model that enabled it.
Novara Live: Tories Bully People Back to the Office
In a bid to get Britons back into the office, cabinet ministers have alleged that civil servants working remotely hindered the fight against the Taliban. What will be next in the Tory war on working from home?
Report: Students and Gig Economy Workers Are Uniting to Fight Capitalism in Thailand
Gabriel Ernst
In Thailand, a radical alliance between leftist students and freshly unionised gig-economy workers is adding a new dimension to the battle against capitalism, dictatorship and the monarchy. Gabriel Ernst reports.
The Bastani Factor: Operation Legacy: How the British Elite Re-Wrote World History
Conservatives are obsessed with the idea that the left wants to erase Britain’s history. Yet that’s precisely what happened when its empire collapsed after 1945, as re-writing the past became a matter of state policy executed on an industrial scale. Here Aaron Bastani explains what was called ‘Operation Legacy’ and how those who care about […]
Long Read: Joy, for Me, Is the Black Queer Scene
Jason Okundaye
From the joyful chaos of parties and club nights to the intimate bonding of smoking areas and bedrooms, Jason Okundaye revels in the freedom and catharsis of the Black queer scene.