Analysis: If You Thought 2022 Was Bad for Your Bank Balance, Just Wait for the Sequel
by James Meadway
You’ll be poorer, the planet hotter. On the upside, the working class will be readier than ever to take on the crisis that is 2023.
Feature: These Were the Moments That Made 2022
by Simon Childs, Rivkah Brown, Clare Hymer, Aaron Bastani, Moya Lothian-McLean & Keir Milburn
A look back at some highlights and lowlights from the past year.
Analysis: 2023 Will Be Make Or Break For The Scottish Independence Movement
by Jonathon Shafi
It’s official: there will be no Scottish independence without the UK’s say-so. The judgement has forced Scottish politics out of its stupor – but perhaps also into a crisis, writes columnist Jonathon Shafi.
Analysis: By Fighting for Themselves, Trade Unionists Are Standing up for Everyone
by Polly Smythe
Novara Media labour movement correspondent Polly Smythe reflects on a year that saw a revival of trade union militancy.
Downstream: The Things That Really Mattered in 2022
Ash is joined by Aaron Bastani, Moya Lothian-McLean, Michael Walker and James Butler to discuss the year 2022.
Opinion: Flat SUV Tyres and Soupy Van Goghs: 2022 Was a Vintage Year for Climate Protest
by Clare Hymer
The government's insatiable protest crackdown has forced climate activists to get creative this year, writes Clare Hymer.
Feature: Here Are the Best Articles We Published in 2022, Picked By The Novara Team
by the Articles team
From squatters-turned-slumlords to scoops about scabs, the Novara Media Articles team has been busy this year.
Opinion: Socialists, in 2023 Read More Fiction
by Aaron Bastani
It’s impossible to respond to the challenges of the 21st century without literature, writes Aaron Bastani.
Feature: How I Deradicalised My Terf Mum
by Rivkah Brown
As the nation prepares for the high holiday of arguments, Rivkah Brown speaks to two people who won over rightwing friends and family.
Novara Live: Turmoil in No. 10, Two Monarchs and Loads of Strikes: the Year of the Fightback
2022 saw three prime ministers, two monarchs and a shed load of industrial action. In this special episode of Tysky Sour, Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss the year that was.
ACFM: Microdose: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Jeremy explores the connections between festive cheer and spectral fear, with help from Lee Perry and Jacques Derrida.
Feature: Welcome to Renting While Black
by Carla Abreu
More than one in 10 Black and Asian people have found it hard to find a safe home because of discrimination. Carla Abreu speaks to some of them.
Novara Live: Ambulance Strike, Scottish GRA Reforms, Andrew Tate on Piers Morgan
With more strikes announced, December is now the biggest month for walkouts since 1989. Plus, the Scottish parliament debates historic gender recognition reforms and Piers Morgan platforms Andrew Tate.
Opinion: The Most Pointless Twitter Discourses Of 2022
by Moya Lothian-McLean
For all the complaints of Twitter’s early death, a hell of a lot of us have remained sadly logged on.
Novara FM: A Christmas Carol with James Butler
James Butler returns to FM to dissect the politics of Charles Dickens' festive parable.
Novara Live: High Court Rules Rwanda Plan Legal, Elon Musk Fired by His Followers
Britain’s High Court has ruled that it is legal for the government to send migrants to Rwanda. Will it now actually happen? Plus, Twitter users want Elon Musk gone and Jeremy Clarkson makes a vile attack on Meghan Markle. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Long Read: Mental Healthcare Often Isn’t Care at All
by Micha Frazer-Carroll
Carceral approaches to mental healthcare are on the rise in Britain. This should worry us all, argues Micha Frazer-Carroll.
Downstream: Our Own Cynicism Is the Left’s Biggest Enemy | Billy Bragg on Downstream
Throughout his 30-year career, Billy Bragg has never shied away from politics. From playing benefit gigs for miners in the 1980s to clashing with the BNP in his hometown of Barking, he has always used his influence to help those who need it. Ash recently sat down with Billy to discuss his 2006 book, The […]