Month: October 2023 | Novara Media

Israel Airstrike Hits Jabalia Refugee Camp, Dominic Cummings at Covid Inquiry

An Israeli airstrike has hit the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, killing dozens. Plus: Keir Starmer has give a speech outlining why he is still refusing to back a ceasefire in Gaza; and Dominic Cummings has appeared to give testimony at the Covid inquiry. With Dalia Gebrial and Ash Sarkar.

Report

Crime-scene style tape used by anti-arms trade activists in London. Photo: David Cliff via Reuters Connect

Revealed: Tory Superdonor Makes Millions From Government Handouts to Arms Trade

Andrew Kersley

A story of ‘corporate welfare’.

Analysis

police officers wearing high vis and police hats stand outside of a branch of JD sports

There Is Zero Evidence of a Shoplifting ‘Epidemic’

Ell Folan

In fact, rates are down.

Report

British Jews and allies protesting outside the Foreign Office, October 2023. Photo: Clare Hymer

Jewish Activists Protest at Foreign Office Calling for a Ceasefire

Clare Hymer

'Keeping people oppressed does not make us any safer.'

Israeli Ground Forces Advance on Gaza City, Andy McDonald Suspended by Keir Starmer

Israel has entered what it describes as the second stage of its assault on Gaza. Plus: Labour have suspended Andy McDonald after speech calling for peace in Palestine. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.

How Protest Movements Fall Apart. Ash Sarkar Meets Vincent Bevins

The 2010s saw a new era of mass protest, from Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria, to Occupy Wall Street, EuroMaidan and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Many of these movements shared a “horizontalist” or leaderless approach and most of them ended in failure. Vincent Bevins experienced some of these movements up close. In […]

“Israel Killed 20 Members of My Family” – Palestinian Man Speaks Out

We speak to Ahmed Alnaouq – director of We Are Not Numbers who has lost twenty family members in this latest round of Israel’s war. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Netanyahu Gears up for Ground Invasion, How Israel Suppresses the Media

Israel has carried out a ground raid as “preparation for the next stages of combat”. But how likely is an imminent full-scale ground invasion? Plus: how the media in Gaza are under threat; and trade unionists demonstrate at an Israeli weapons facility in Kent. With Moya Lothian-McLean and Michael Walker

Report

Protesters picketing outside Instro precision

Arms Factory Blockaded As Calls for Practical Solidarity With Palestine Grow

Polly Smythe

'The time to act is now.'

Israel Demands UN Chief Resign and Vows to “Teach Them a Lesson”

Israel are demanding the UN Secretary General resign over comments he has made over the Gaza War. Plus: we speak to Ben Jamal – director of the Palestine solidarity campaign. With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

Report

John Howell. Official portrait

Tory MP Says It’s ‘Not Easy’ to See Difference Between Hamas Members and Civilians

Simon Childs

‘I do not believe that a distinction between Hamas and the Palestinian people is easy to make.’

Opinion

The Israeli War Machine Runs on Jewish Fear

Rivkah Brown

The fear-mongers are cashing in.

Emergency Brake

Should climate activists be protesting against migration policies? Richard Hames goes on the road with Just Stop Oil.

Analysis

Liz Truss’s Downfall Was a Huge Victory for Progressives

Matthew Butcher

Trussketeers have had their day.

Hamas Release Two Israeli Hostages, Starmer’s South Wales Mosque Visit

Hamas has released two Israeli women who were being held as hostages. Plus: Keir Starmer’s visit to a South Wales Mosque has come under scrutiny; and we feature the perspective of an Israeli man whose cousin is believed to be a hostage currently in Gaza. With Aaron Bastani and @NoJusticeMTG .

Opinion

Displaced Palestinian children at a UN-run tent camp in southern Gaza

Why Are Conservatives Supporting Israel’s Strategy When It Would Create Millions More Refugees?

Aaron Bastani

They don't understand that foreign policy has consequences.

The Right-Wing Backlash to Massive Pro-Palestine Protests

After tens of thousands came out to show solidarity with Palestinians in London, right-wingers have begun a moral panic. Plus: Updates on the latest situation in Gaza and the West Bank; and the Israeli president comes out with some dodgy-looking evidence. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.

Everything You Know About the Future Is Wrong | Aaron Bastani Meets John Gray

John Gray’s writing on political philosophy is not easily pigeonholed. Over the last 50 or so years, he has favoured ideas that span the political spectrum and pissed almost everybody off – his central thesis being that growth and progress are not inevitable. In his latest book The New Leviathans, his attention turns to the […]

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