Report: Were Unions Right to Cancel Strikes to Respect the Queen? We Asked Members
Polly Smythe
The strike wave has been put on pause in order to respect the Queen. Not all trade unionists are happy about it, reports Polly Smythe.
Novara Live: Mourners Queue to See Queen’s Coffin, Scotland & Wales Cost of Living
With the queen lying in state, the level of public enthusiasm for the monarchy is being measured in a line along the Thames. Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss what’s driving people to queue. Plus: King Charles fires his staff; A columnist for the Times thinks we should be ‘frugal’ like the Queen; and we […]
Opinion: Sweden Was Never the Progressive Haven You Thought It Was
Christian Christensen
The victory of the far-right Sweden Democrats has shocked the world. That’ll teach us for believing the hype about Scandi liberalism, writes Christian Christensen.
Analysis: Automated Policing Helped Kill Chris Kaba
Griff Ferris
The unarmed Black man was fatally shot by police after an automated system linked his vehicle to a previous incident.
Report: Animal Rebellion Activists on Why They’re Emptying Supermarkets of Milk to Save the Climate
Sophie K Rosa
Animal Rebellion is mid-way through a two-week direct action campaign that claims to have emptied supermarket shelves of milk, in a bid to force the government to support a just transition away from animal agriculture. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?
Kehinde Andrews
Three days before Elizabeth Windsor died, Chris Kaba did. The establishment’s apathy is testament to the very racism the monarch embodies, writes Kehinde Andrews.
Report: Let Them Eat Nothing: Food Banks to Close for Queen’s Funeral
Simon Childs
Food banks across the UK are closing to allow volunteers to pay their respects.
Opinion: The Queen’s Death Looks Different From Belfast
Rachel Connolly
Growing up in Northern Ireland helped Rachel Connolly see the sentimentality surrounding the Queen for what it is.
Novara Live: Ukraine Gains Key Ground, the Killing of Chris Kaba
Ukrainian forces have made lightning advances, pushing back Russian forces near Kharkiv. How decisive could this prove to the course of the war? We speak to Professor Paul Rogers Plus: the killing of unarmed man Chris Kaba by the metropolitan police; and the latest royal weirdness. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Report: Anti-Monarchy Protesters Keep Getting Arrested
Simon Childs
Campaigners say protests at the coronation of King Charles III will go ahead, despite the risk of arrest.
Analysis: Could Nuclear Actually Solve the Energy Crisis?
Ell Folan
Liz Truss wants to turbocharge nuclear power. As well as its environmental implications, asks Ell Folan, could it even solve our energy crisis?
Downstream: They Are Lying to Us. Ash Sarkar Meets Paris Marx
We are constantly told that we are witnessing unprecedented innovation in technology, and that our problems will be solved by new apps, electric cars or space exploration. But is this innovation truly liberating? Or does it serve to outsource labour and further consolidate power and money in the hands of the few? Ash Sarkar meets […]
Opinion: Queen Elizabeth Was Synonymous With Modern Britain – It May Unravel Under Her Successor
Aaron Bastani
As the empire collapsed, the stability of Queen Elizabeth’s reign helped Britain reimagine itself as a modern nation state, writes Aaron Bastani. Her death poses existential questions for the United Kingdom.
Novara Live: King Charles’s Speech to Nation, Events Cancelled Over Queen’s Death, Truss’s Takes Oil Money
King Charles III has given his first address to the nation following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Analysis: The Royals Are at the Heart of British Capitalism
Laura Clancy
Are the royals an enthralling soap opera, or an aristocratic vestige of a bygone era? Neither, argues Laura Clancy – the royal Firm is at the heart of British capitalism.
Analysis: Without the Queen, the Monarchy Could Fall Apart
Ash Sarkar
Queen Elizabeth’s reign was defined by her ability to steer the institution through the media revolution. But as Charles becomes King, the crises of identity and purpose that were deferred by his mother's stewardship could rear their heads.
Novara Live: The Queen Is Dead
Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96. Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar discuss.
Analysis: We’ve Won an Energy Bills Freeze. Now Let’s Demand More
James Meadway
Liz Truss has shown she responds to pressure. Time to ramp it up then, writes James Meadway.