Downstream: Trump’s Plan Is to Make His Friends Even Richer
What are the far-right's long term goals?
Novara Live: Israeli Defence Minister Calls for “Mass Evacuation” of Tehran
Israel Katz has called for the evacuation of ten million people from Tehran “to destabilise the regime”. Plus: Palestine Action have targeted an RAF base; and Parliament has voted in favour of the assisted dying bill. With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
Report: Labour Is Renationalising the Railways. Cleaners Are Being Left Behind
Polly Smythe
Starmer's transition to public ownership is creating a two-tier system that discriminates against outsourced workers, claims RMT boss Eddie Dempsey. Polly Smythe reports.
Novara Live: Israel Discovers That Bombing Hospitals Is a War Crime
Israel say Khamenei ‘cannot continue to exist’ after hospital bombings Plus: The UK’s potential involvement in Israel’s war on Iran, Tucker Carlson exposes Ted Cruz yet again, AI use is said to be damaging our brains, and; Nigel Farage’s surprise new meltdown With Dalia Gebrial and Kieran Andrieu.
Novara FM: How BlackRock and Global Finance Stole Your Future
It's Finance Against Democracy
Feature: A Group of Musicians Took on an Arms Company – And Won
Simon Childs
London music venue Kings Place quietly cut a Lockheed Martin-sponsored event after performers began cancelling shows. Maybe there’s hope for this world after all, writes Simon Childs.
Novara Live: Ayatollah Khamenei Threatens ‘Irreparable Damage’ If US Joins War on Iran
Khamenei warns any US strikes on Iran will have “irreparable consequences” Plus: OpenAI has signed a 200 million dollar contract to help the United States government, and; Mehdi Hasan once again schools Piers Morgan. With: Michael Walker, Steven Methven and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi
Report: Reform Councillors Are Not Invited to the Durham Miners’ Gala
Polly Smythe
Organisers have declined to invite Reform councillors to one of the most important events of the trade union calendar, amid fears that Nigel Farage is making inroads with union members. Polly Smythe reports.
Analysis: Israel Has Admitted to Funding Gangs in Gaza. Why Is Anyone Surprised?
Talal Abu Rukba
Yasser Abu Shabab’s militia is just the latest group to benefit from Israel’s longstanding support for groups that fragment and destabilise Palestinian civil society, writes Talal Abu Rakba.
Report: ‘I Feel Like an Uber Slave’: The Illnesses Affecting Private Hire Drivers
Polly Smythe
As Uber drivers struggle to make a living, their bodies pay the price. Polly Smythe reports.
Novara Live: Trump Calls for ‘Real End’ to Israel’s War on Iran
Trump’s failed promise for the Middle East Plus: 51 more Palestianians massacred while waiting for aid, a look into Baroness Casey’s report into group-based sexual exploitation and; the split forming within the MAGA campaign With Aaron Bastani, Kieran Andrieu and Trita Parsi
Report: Sex Workers’ Friends and Family Could Be Criminalised, Campaigners Warn
Maya Oppenheim
Labour MPs are plotting a crackdown that could unjustly criminalise sex workers’ friends and family and put prostitutes’ safety at risk. Maya Oppenheim reports.
If I Speak: 69: Is Marriage a Hard Border? W/ Jeremy Atherton Lin
Is marriage like an island, or more of an open house? Ash talks about state-sanctioned relationships with memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin.
Novara Live: Israel Bombs Iran’s State TV
Israel claims air superiority over Iran. Plus: The media’s manufactured consent for Iranian regime change; and an inquiry into grooming gangs is launched. With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and an interview with Séamus Malekafzali.
Report: BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals
Harriet Williamson
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades of occupation and violence against Palestinians. Harriet Williamson reports.
Downstream: American Democracy Is Collapsing, and This Man Predicted It.
How did Obama's decisions create the economic conditions for MAGA.
Novara Live: Israel Attacks Iran
Israel’s attack on Tehran has killed scores of people and threatens to ignite a regional war. With Michael Walker, Daniel Levy and Aaron Bastani.
Novara FM: How to Redistribute the Globe
It's the Land, Stupid.