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Police arrest a protester in London as the Judicial Review challenging the proscription of Palestine Action gets underway in November. Photo: Joao Daniel Pereira/Sipa USA

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.

Kamran Ahmed (L) has been on hunger strike for 61 days, while Heba Muraisi (R) has reached day 68 on hunger strike. Images: Family handouts

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?

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.

Kamran Ahmed (R) has been on hunger strike for 60 days. He is pictured with his sister Shahmina Alam. Image: Family handout

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.

Heba Muraisi (L) and Shahmina Alam with her brother Kamran Ahmed. Images: Family handouts

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.

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.

A protester arrested for holding a sign saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" in Parliament Square in August. Photo: Martin Pope / SOPA Images

Opinion: Novara Media Contributors Share Their Top Stories of 2025

Novara Media Contributors

Grace Blakeley, Micha Frazer-Carroll, Kieran Andrieu, Harriet Williamson and Roger Hallam reflect on the year in politics.

Neo-Nazi group White Vanguard pose for a photograph

Analysis: The Far Right Likes to Hallucinate Threats. So Does AI

Richard Hames

With its ability to conjure imaginary crowds of fake people out of thin air, AI could give the far right what it has always wanted, argues Richard Hames.

Opinion: Novara Media’s Best Books of 2025

Aaron Bastani, Rivkah Brown & Steven Methven

From a must-read account of China’s rise to a guide to imaginative time travel - here at Novara Media, we’ve read it all. Aaron Bastani, Rivkah Brown and Steven Methven share their picks of the year.

Rear admiral Dr Chris Parry, Reform UK's candidate for the Hampshire and Solent mayoral election.

Report: ‘Obsessed’ Reform Candidate Calls for Arrest of British Journalist Over Gaza Reporting

Harriet Williamson

Reform UK’s candidate for Hampshire mayor, rear admiral Dr Chris Parry, repeatedly targeted investigative journalist Matt Kennard on social media, calling him a ‘traitor’ for reporting on the UK military’s role in Israel’s genocide. Harriet Williamson reports.

A group of people hold placards outside of a neo-classical building

Report: Some Tate Workers’ Salaries Are Less Than Their Directors’ Bonuses

Juliet Jacques

Workers at the UK’s premier cultural institution have been using food banks while their directors enjoy salaries of up to £320,000 a year. Their recent week-long strike is unlikely to be the last, writes Juliet Jacques.

A man in a wig and black and gold velvet coat smiles

Interview: Why Do Governments Hate Juries? Because They Have Consciences

Nick Bano & Rivkah Brown

‘Successive studies have shown that juries deliver equitable results.’ Guess who wrote that? The same MP who’s now proposing to scrap a quarter of juries, barrister Nick Bano tells Rivkah Brown.

A protester holds a picture of Teuta ‘T’ Hoxha during a demonstration outside the Department of Health in solidarity with pro-Palestine activists who are on hunger strike in prison, 17 December 2025, London, England. Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Government Is Leaving the Hunger Strikers to Die

Harriet Williamson

Labour’s year of domestic U-turns and authoritarian crackdowns on protest is topped off by silence and inaction over six Palestine Action hunger strikers - whose lives seem to matter less than an Israeli weapons company’s right to operate on British soil, argues Harriet Williamson.

Dr Olivia Brandon being dragged by her hood at a protest for the hunger strikers outside HMP Bronzefield on Wednesday 17 December. Image: X/@revoltinghippie

Report: Doctor ‘Strangled’ by Police Officer Until She Passed Out at Hunger Strike Protest

Joshua Carroll

A doctor tells Novara Media that she was retching and choking as a police officer dragged her by her hoodie at a protest for hunger-striking Palestine Action-linked prisoners. Joshua Carroll reports.

Feature: Meet the YouTubers Terrorising Britain for Clicks

Simon Childs

A new generation of cry-bullies, wind-up merchants and far-right doomsayers is coming to a town near you. Simon Childs profiles some of the biggest ‘auditors’ taking over the internet.

A woman with blonde hair, black glasses and a grey top stands in front of several microphones, as people and balloons are behind her

Report: Anti-Trans Groups Want a Bathroom Ban. Judges Aren’t Giving Them One

Rivkah Brown

Gender-critical campaigners had hoped that this year’s Supreme Court ruling would tee up US-style bathroom bills across the UK, throwing hundreds of thousands of pounds at lawsuits to exclude trans women from women’s spaces. It’s not working out that way. Rivkah Brown reports.

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