November | 2022 | Novara Media

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Ash meets Dr. Maya Goodfellow to talk about New Labour's inhumane immigration policies, the problem with the term 'Economic Migrant' and how people, no matter what we're told, will end up falling in love across supposed cultural divides.

Novara Live: Elon Musk Wreaks Havoc on Twitter, Kwasi Kwarteng Tries to Rewrite History

Is Elon Musk trying to kill Twitter? Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar discuss.

Passengers enter a U-Bahn underground train during a nationwide strike of Germany's train drivers' union GDL, at Alexanderplatz underground station in Berlin, Germany

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Jack McGovan

From 2023, public transport in Germany could cost €1.60 a day. But campaigners say to really cushion the poorest from economic turmoil, the government needs to bring back the cheapest pricing possible.

Nurses on strike in Northern Ireland in 2019. RCN

Report: Nurses Have Voted to Strike Across the UK for the First Time

Polly Smythe

Nurses face declining pay and are so understaffed that they can't offer safe care. Polly Smythe reports.

Image shows David Lloyd, police and crime commissioner of Hertfordshire Constabulary, appearing on Nick Ferrari's LBC radio show.

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.

A man with shoulder-length brown curly hair, wearing a great sweater, black bomat trousers and brown boots, stands against a grassy background

Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway

Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle

On 23 September, climate activist Elliott Cuciurean was sentenced to 268 days in prison. He hadn't committed any crime, but instead had breached HS2's injunction. Denise Laura Baker and Josie Argyle report on the privatisation of protest policing.

Novara Live: Trump’s Candidates Flop in US Midterms, Gavin Williamson Sacked for Millionth Time

Pro-Trump candidates fall short and abortion rights win big in the US mid-term elections. We discuss the results with Sarah Jaffe.

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

In a hopelessly flawed piece of 'research', the broadcaster found that calling a politician a 'hypocrite' is abuse, whereas racist slurs are not.

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Time and again, host countries have used COPs to greenwash their environmental records while restricting civil society participation. This doesn’t mean they're not still worth organising around, argue Tatiana Garavito and Nathan Thanki.

Novara FM: History’s Biggest Benefits Cheat

Sociologist Gurminder K. Bhambra tells the truth about the wealth of the welfare state.

Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?

Simon Childs

Green capitalism is giving us plant-based bacon so tasty it apparently makes up for the housing crisis.

A protest over Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro's defeat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

Opinion: No, Younger People Aren’t Always More Progressive

Aaron Bastani

While ‘generation left’ might exist in some countries, things are more complicated elsewhere around the globe, argues Aaron Bastani.

Image shows crowd on a march, with two signs visible. The first reads 'Trans people are not a distraction', the second 'trans rights are human rights'

Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t

Emily Tolano

Scotland is defying Tory transphobia to push ambitious legislation that will make trans lives easier.

Opinion: Maybe Twitter Should Die?

Moya Lothian-McLean

For those interested in creating a more progressive, equal society, Twitter’s 'demise' would actually be a blessing in disguise.

Novara Live: Rishi Sunak’s COP27 Speech, Keir Starmer’s Inflammatory NHS Worker Dog-whistle

Sunak's flip-flop on attending COP-27 has already embarrassed Britain, but what's really at stake during at the climate talks?

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Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

As long as organised crime controls the world’s carbon sinks, forums like COP27 have the wrong people in the room, writes Clemmie James.

Three men sit in suits besides one another facing an audience

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

Rivkah Brown

While the landlord lobby cries bloody murder in public, behind closed doors it’s a different story. Rivkah Brown reports.

Analysis: If The Democrats Lose Congress, We’re Going To See The Worst of Joe Biden

Luke Savage

A Republican-controlled lower house will extinguish any lingering hopes for a transformative liberal administration.

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Novara Live: Elon Musk Wreaks Havoc on Twitter, Kwasi Kwarteng Tries to Rewrite History

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Jack McGovan

Report: Nurses Have Voted to Strike Across the UK for the First Time

Polly Smythe

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Novara Live: Trump’s Candidates Flop in US Midterms, Gavin Williamson Sacked for Millionth Time

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Novara FM: History’s Biggest Benefits Cheat

Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?

Simon Childs

Opinion: No, Younger People Aren’t Always More Progressive

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t

Emily Tolano

Novara Live: Rishi Sunak’s COP27 Speech, Keir Starmer’s Inflammatory NHS Worker Dog-whistle

Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: If The Democrats Lose Congress, We’re Going To See The Worst of Joe Biden

Luke Savage

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Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Novara Live: Elon Musk Wreaks Havoc on Twitter, Kwasi Kwarteng Tries to Rewrite History

Report: Campaigners Say Germany’s €49 Public Transport Ticket Doesn’t Go Far Enough

Jack McGovan

Report: Nurses Have Voted to Strike Across the UK for the First Time

Polly Smythe

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway

Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle

Novara Live: Trump’s Candidates Flop in US Midterms, Gavin Williamson Sacked for Millionth Time

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: What’s the Point of Mobilising Around COP?

Tatiana Garavito & Nathan Thanki

Novara FM: History’s Biggest Benefits Cheat

Opinion: Why Is This Vegan Bacon Advert So Annoying?

Simon Childs

Opinion: No, Younger People Aren’t Always More Progressive

Aaron Bastani

Analysis: Westminster May Have Given Up On Trans Rights But Scotland Hasn’t

Emily Tolano

Opinion: Maybe Twitter Should Die?

Moya Lothian-McLean

Novara Live: Rishi Sunak’s COP27 Speech, Keir Starmer’s Inflammatory NHS Worker Dog-whistle

Long Read: The Missing Guests at COP27? Drug Barons

Clemmie James

Report: A Property Expert Told a Landlord Conference to Get a Grip

Rivkah Brown

Analysis: If The Democrats Lose Congress, We’re Going To See The Worst of Joe Biden

Luke Savage

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