Feature: Novara Media’s Losers of the Year 2024
Simon Childs
From graceless losers to pathetic fence-sitters, here are the public servants who made Britain what it was in 2024.
If I Speak: 45: Surviving End-of-Year Burnout
Ash and Moya reflect on a year of discomfort and grief, from personal challenges to political setbacks.
Long Read: Identity Politics Is Dead, and the Far Right Knows It
Richard Seymour
People are tired of identity politics - and the rainbow coalition lining up behind Donald Trump proves it, writes Richard Seymour.
Report: Meet the Socialist Rifle Association
What does a leftist gun culture look like?
Feature: How New Labour Accelerated the Protest Crackdown
Francesca Newton
While Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are remembered as the spearheads of the protest crackdown, writes Francesca Newton, it was Tony Blair who kicked it into a whole new gear.
Review: Novara Media’s Best Books of 2024
Aaron Bastani & Ash Sarkar
There’s little worse than wasting your time on a bad book, and little more rewarding than getting it right. Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar share their top reads of the year.
Novara FM: The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually
From the war on terror to the looming social care crisis, Richard Curtis' festive romcom is a counterfactual vision of '00s Britain. Nathalie Olah investigates.
If I Speak: 44. How to Deal With People Who Can’t Deal With You
Moya and Ash get a few things off their chest in a Christmas episode recorded together in London.
Feature: Meet the Disabled Activist Taking the UK Government to Court
Harriet Williamson
Ellen Clifford is fighting Keir Starmer's government in the high court to prevent disability benefit cuts. She speaks to Harriet Williamson about the value of disabled life under capitalism, assisted dying and why disabled people threaten the status quo.
Downstream: 2024 Round Up: Gaza, Starmer and the Death of Woke
Is Starmer screwed? Are expansionist wars back? Has 'woke' died? Find out in our end of year Downstream special.
Novara Live: Owen Jones Investigates the BBC’s Pro-Israel Bias
Reporting by Owen Jones reveals that many within the BBC do not view the organisation’s coverage of Israel as impartial. Plus: An interview with hunger striker Laila Soueif. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani.
Long Read: Has David Lammy Betrayed His Kurdish Friends?
Simon Childs & John Lubbock
Last month, police raided a community centre that David Lammy used to sit on the board of, as part of a controversial counter-terror investigation. Since then, the foreign secretary said nothing about it. What is going on?
Feature: Service Work Is Joyless at Christmas – And Online Deliveries Are Making It Worse
Polly Smythe
Retail and hospitality workers are told to be even more cheerful during the festive season - which is also their least favourite time of year.
Novara Live: Landmark Ruling in French Mass Rape Trial
Dominique Pelicot has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of drugging his wife, and arranging for dozens of men to rape her while unconscious. With Dalia Gebrial and NoJusticeMTG.
Novara FM: Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire
What can Bruce Willis' shoeless cowboy cop tell us about American corporate power? James Butler explores a Christmas favourite.
Novara Live: Starmer’s Labour Denies Pension Payouts for Waspi Women
Keir Starmer’s government has refused compensation payouts to what could amount to millions of pensioners. Plus: We look back at the biggest climate stories of the year. With Michael Walker, Steven Methven, Adrienne Buller and Tadhg Hickey.
Red Flags: How Do I Escape the Corporate Nightmare I’ve Created for Myself?
Sophie K Rosa
A reader with a corporate job regrets the concessions they’ve made to capitalism. Plotting the revolution isn’t the only way to resist your conditions, writes Sophie K Rosa.
Novara Live: Israel Drops “Earthquake Bomb” on Syria
An Israeli strike in Syria has caused tremors the size of a 3.1 magnitude earthquake. Plus: A Russian general is assassinated in Moscow; and Nigel Farage meets Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago. With Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar.