The UK’s Waterways Are Run by Property Developers
Cameron Baillie
The Canal and River Trust denies it’s a landlord, but routinely fines, evicts and even repossesses boaters’ homes. Guess who runs it? Cameron Baillie reports.
Novara Media’s Christmas Gift Guide 2025
Harriet Williamson
Need last-minute gift inspiration for the revolutionary or yet-to-be radicalised in your life? We’ve got you covered. List compiled by Harriet Williamson on behalf of Novara Media staff.
O2 Arena Made Me Take Off a Palestine Football Shirt to Watch Lorde
Chloe Laws
Exclusive: The O2 will review its procedures after two attendees of a Lorde concert were ordered to take of their FC Palestina t-shirts.
Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists Has Been a Runaway Success. Why Is the Government so Nervous About Expanding It?
Ellen McVeigh
After the pandemic ravaged its cultural sector, Ireland gave 2,000 artists £1,226 a month for three years. The government is now expanding the pilot, but it’ll still only benefit 3% of Irish artists. What’s stopping the Oireachtas? Ellen McVeigh reports.
Italian Fascists’ Love Affair With Israel Started Long Before Giorgia Meloni
Matteo Tiratelli
Italy’s far-right leader’s support for her Israeli counterpart is no coincidence, writes Matteo Tiratelli. Ever since the overthrow of Benito Mussolini, Palestine has been central to the struggle to ensure that fascism never returns to the country.
How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them
Rivkah Brown
Out of work, unable to get an NHS appointment and furiously angry at migrants and the government – has Keir Starmer ever spoken to the people he’s trying to win from Nigel Farage? Rivkah Brown did, outside Labour conference in Liverpool.
Meet the Socialist Hoping to Lead Britain’s Biggest Trade Union
Polly Smythe
Andrea Egan wants to turn the 1.3 million-member Unison from a creaking bureaucracy to a vehicle for worker power. Polly Smythe meets her.
‘I Live in Constant Fear’: Delivery Couriers Fight for Survival Amid Labour’s Immigration Blitz
Polly Smythe
Food delivery couriers are facing increased attacks from the rightwing press, far-right thugs and now, the Labour government. Polly Smythe reports.
Why Climate Activists Are Slashing JP Morgan’s Electricity Cables
Richard Hames
On Monday morning, climate activists cut the electricity cables that supply the JP Morgan and Allianz offices in the City of London. Novara Media spoke to them about why they think it’s time the movement turned to sabotage.
Meet the Orbán Fans Hoping to Write Policies for Prime Minister Nigel Farage
Sam Bright
Anti-woke academics, influencers and mining magnates are behind a new think tank making a plan for a Reform UK government. Sam Bright reports.
The Fifa Museum Is a Masterclass in Reputational Whitewashing
Juliet Jacques
Handing world cups to fascist dictatorships, brown-nosing Trump, endless corruption scandals – there’s an awful lot of history on display at Fifa’s Zurich museum and absolutely none of it that explains why fans hate the organisation, writes Juliet Jacques.
How Reform Is Winning Over Britain’s Farmers
Harriet Williamson
The man who triggered Brexit is breaking through with some of the people who Brexit screwed over most. How? Harriet Williamson went to Lincolnshire to find out.
The Government Has Been Expanding the Definition of Terrorism for Years. Here’s How
Rivkah Brown & Simon Childs
The recent proscription of Palestine Action has blindsided many who thought terrorism meant suicide bombers and knife attackers. In fact, counter-terror legislation has been broadening for decades, write Rivkah Brown and Simon Childs.
4,000 People Tried to March From Egypt to Gaza. It Was Egypt, Not Israel, That Stopped Them
Tobiah Palm
In mid-June, thousands of activists from over 80 countries set out from El Arish for Rafah - only to be kettled, beaten and dragged back to Cairo by police. The ill-fated protest has highlighted Egypt’s role in enforcing the blockade of Gaza. Tobiah Palm recounts it.
Is the ‘Uber of Psychiatry’ Actually Helping People?
John Lubbock
Psychiatry UK’s income has more than doubled in the last year, while patients report being summarily dropped from its services, writes John Lubbock. Is for-profit, on-demand mental healthcare what patients need?
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.
Israeli Citizenship Doesn’t Protect Palestinians From Home Demolitions
Julian Sayarer
A Palestinian neighbourhood in Galilee facing demolition dismantles the myth that Israel is a democracy, writes Julian Sayarer.
What’s It Like to Love a Political Prisoner?
Clare Hymer
Just Stop Oil’s jailed activists were willing to pay the price for their actions. But what does their imprisonment mean for their partners? Clare Hymer reports.