Meet the Mental Health Podcaster Sounding the Alarm on AI
Harriet Williamson
Novara Media spoke to Mollie Adler about how entire industries are being built around collecting, sorting and monetising our inner worlds.
Warehouse Workers Are Too Tired to See a Way Out
Juliet Jacques
Director Laura Carreira speaks to Juliet Jacques about the quiet despair of gig economy workers and what a fictional feature can do that a documentary cannot.
‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim
Sebastian Shehadi
Professor Avi Shlaim speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about his latest book, western complicity in the genocide in Gaza and how Israel’s own archives turned him into an anti-Zionist.
‘The Entire Human Rights System Is in Danger’: In Conversation With Francesca Albanese
Sebastian Shehadi
The United Nations rapporteur has broken with institutional convention with her straight-talking manner and willingness to call out Israeli genocide, no matter the personal cost. Sebastian Shehadi sits down with Francesca Albanese.
Seven Years After Cops Killed Her Brother, Assa Traoré is at the Frontline of France’s Fight Against Police Violence
Olly Haynes
The murder of teenager Nahel Merzouk in June has reignited the battle against racist police violence in France. We spoke to activist Assa Traoré about the importance of protest and why her family will not back down.
How Leftwingers Could Help Take Down Erdoğan
Steven Methven
Novara Media spoke to Ertuğrul Kürkcü, honorary president of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), about how a leftwing alliance is giving Kılıçdaroğlu a fighting chance of defeating Erdoğan in Turkey’s elections.
Is Hate Politically Useful?
Harry Stopes
We’re often told that hate is no basis for a leftwing politics. But is this really the case? Harry Stopes spoke to German writer Şeyda Kurt about the value of hate as a political emotion.
Crypto Was Meant To Be Radical, But It’s Been Taken Over By Wall Street
Moya Lothian-McLean
Decentralised currencies were intended to circumvent traditional financial markets – instead they’re mirroring them. Why?
A Barrister Explains Why Employment Tribunals Are a New Trans Rights Battlefield
Moya Lothian-McLean
Individuals with ‘gender critical’ views have started bringing public cases alleging discrimination at work - against themselves. What’s going on?
We Asked Post-Soviet Leftists What the Western Left Is Getting Wrong on Ukraine
Diyora Shadijanova
Leftist narratives of the war in Ukraine have occasionally fallen prey to over-simplification and self-centrism. Four regional activists share their frustrations with Diyora Shadijanova.
Sex Work Sucks. So Does Sex. So Does Work.
Laura
When Laura started sex work, she expected a whole new experience. In fact, it was a lot like her old work: drudgerous and dull. As told to Rivkah Brown.
Could This Be the Green Party’s Second MP?
Aaron Bastani
The Greens have quietly tripled their councillors since 2018. With new co-leader Carla Denyer eyeing a second seat in Westminster, Aaron Bastani went to Bristol to discover how she plans to overturn a thumping Labour majority.
Leanne Wood: ‘Just Wanting Independence Isn’t Enough. We Need a Strategy’
Aaron Bastani
Plaid Cymru’s former leader Leanne Wood speaks to Aaron Bastani about what it would take to win Welsh independence – and why Labour won’t deliver.
Leanne Wood: ‘Dyw Ond Eisiau Annibyniaeth Ddim Yn Ddigon. Rydyn Ni Angen Strategaeth’
Aaron Bastani
Siaradai’r cyn-arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Leanne Wood, gydag Aaron Bastani am beth fydd yn ei gymryd i ennill annibyniaeth – a pam na fydd Llafur ei chyflawni.
40 Years in Prison, 40 Years of Struggle: An Interview with John Bowden
Connor Woodman
Prison organiser John Bowden was recently released after 40 years of incarceration. Connor Woodman sat down with him to discuss the prison system and its power relations - and his involvement in an uprising in one of the most repressive segregation units in the UK.