Opinion: Beware the West’s Useful Idiots Over Iran
Steven Methven
Something massive is happening in Iran - but western elites have no idea what it is, writes Steven Methven.
Downstream: Venezuela, China and the End of the Dollar
This is about far more than oil.
Novara Live: Protests Break Out in Iran As Trump Considers Regime Change
The US is threatening regime change in Iran amid anti-government protests. Ayatollah Khamenei has tried to dismiss these as the work of outsiders. Plus: Donald Trump tells the New York Times that international law won’t restrain him, and Keir Starmer threatens to ban Elon Musk’s X over abuse images. With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and […]
Report: Disability Charity Reinstates Worker It Sacked for Palestine Solidarity
Simon Childs
A worker for Sense got sacked being arrested for showing support for Palestine Action. After a Novara Media report and union solidarity, she got her job back.
Feature: What Happens to the Human Body on Hunger Strike?
Harriet Williamson
The Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers are in the ‘red zone’, according to medical professionals. What are the risks of prolonged hunger strike and the most common reasons for death?
Novara Live: ICE Agent Kills US Citizen, Protests Erupt in Minneapolis
Protests have erupted in response to the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a masked ICE agent as Trump’s government scrambles to justify her killing. Plus: The UK and France have agreed to deploy troops to Ukraine if a peace deal is reached with Russia, and Peter Mandelson has accused European leaders of a “histrionic” […]
Opinion: How to Stop Trump From Doing Another Maduro? End the War on Drugs
Kojo Koram & Clemmie James
The US has for decades used the war on drugs to justify interference in foreign states, largely its Latin American neighbours. How to insulate states from Trump’s meddling? Legally regulate drugs, argue Kojo Koram and Clemmie James.
Report: Palestine Action Hunger-Striker Hospitalised With Heart Muscle Shrinkage
Harriet Williamson
Kamran Ahmed, who hasn’t eaten for 60 days, is experiencing shrinkage to the muscle of his heart and is at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Harriet Williamson reports.
Novara Live: US Seizes Russian Oil Tanker in Atlantic
Russian oil tanker seized by the US Plus: Trump says he’ll use force to take Greenland, and what does the future look like for Venezuela? With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar & Gabriel Hetland
Novara Live: Labour Won’t Condemn Illegal Attack on Venezuela
The world reacts to Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, with the UK government refusing to call it a breach of international law. Plus: A new poll has Labour dropping below the Tories. With Steven Methven & Kieran Andrieu.
Feature: Two Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Risk of Imminent Death
Harriet Williamson
Exclusive: The loved ones of two hunger striking prisoners who are experiencing terrifying symptoms including severe chest pain and difficulty speaking tell Harriet Williamson that they live in constant fear of receiving the worst news.
Opinion: Trump’s Venezuela Spectacle Shows US Empire Is in Decline
Coll McCail
Washington’s power is waning - so it’s little wonder the US president is resorting to crude shows of aggression, writes Coll McCail.
Analysis: Venezuela Today, Greenland Tomorrow?
James Meadway
Donald Trump’s adventurism in Latin America has been met with little pushback from European leaders. Washington may well be calculating it can repeat the trick in Greenland, writes James Meadway.
If I Speak: 95: Does British Culture Need Saving? W/ Lanre Bakare
Culture writer Lanre Bakare talks to Ash and Moya about the precarious state of culture in post-Covid Britain, live in Manchester.
Novara Live: Maduro Says He’s “Still President” in New York Court
Following his kidnapping, Nicolás Maduro pleads not-guilty. Plus: Trump warns Europe they’ll be next, and the insider who made big bucks betting on Maduro’s kidnap. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, and Juan David Rojas.
Opinion: Trump Wants Control, Not Change, in Venezuela
Steven Methven
The US attack on Venezuela has turned the ragged remains of the rules-based international order into confetti. But it’s not regime change Donald Trump wants, but control, argues Steven Methven.
Downstream: Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics
The UK veteran journalist blows the whistle from inside the political establishment.