Opinion

What Next for the New Left Party? We Asked Our Contributors

Craig Gent, Joe Guinan, Jonas Marvin, Shanice McBean & Abi Wilkinson

The long-rumoured left party has finally been soft-launched by Zarah Sultana. While the mainstream media relitigates the he-said-she-said of the launch, we ask five Novara Media writers where they think the party should go.

US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

From New York to Chicago, American politicians are pushing state-owned grocery shops as a way to make food cheaper, writes James Meadway. Meanwhile, our leaders continue scratching their heads.

If You Like Zohran Mamdani, You’re Going to Love His Dad

Kojo Koram

Scholar Mahmood Mamdani argued that racial representation without economic justice means nothing. His son turned that insight into a successful campaign, writes Kojo Koram.

Hundreds of demonstrators, many disabled, gathered to protest against the government’s proposed cuts to the welfare spending bill which will see Personal Independence Payments (PIP) reduced for disabled benefit claimants, March 2025. Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/Reuters Connect

The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Despite concessions, the welfare bill still means cuts and greater state intrusion into disabled people’s lives, writes the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People’s Rick Burgess.

Why Israel Really Went to War With Iran

Aaron Bastani

The Israeli prime minister needed a way to distract the world from genocide and keep himself in power - and in Iran, he found it, writes Aaron Bastani.

Two men in suits stand outside a court building. One wears a dog collar.

We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys

Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel “Woody” Woodhouse

In 2017, we broke into a BAE Systems airfield to stop jets from going to bomb Yemen, write Sam Walton and Daniel Woodhouse. Our lenient treatment exposes the Palestine Action ban for what it is: racist and politically motivated.

A man smiles in foreground with a sign saying 'freeze the rent' in the background

Britain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn

James Meadway

The freshly minted Democratic candidate for New York City mayor is patently exceptional. He’s also perfected a formula that the UK can replicate, but only if it lays history to rest, writes James Meadway.

A protester gives a V finger sign while being handcuffed by workers on a crane

Palestine Action Is Being Banned Because It’s Effective

Rivkah Brown

The direct action group has closed factories, scuppered contracts and dented share prices. There’s no way Yvette Cooper could’ve allowed Palestine Action's runaway success to continue, writes Rivkah Brown.

A demonstrator with a face covering in the colours of the Palestinian flag attends a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, April 2024. Hollie Adams/Reuters

Reform Is Reheating the Burqa Ban. It’s Obvious Why

Nadeine Asbali

Sarah Pochin's one-woman crusade to revive support for banning Muslim face-coverings is a tedious side swipe at the Palestine movement, writes Nadeine Asbali.

20 Months Into the Genocide, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan Discover Their Backbones

Nadeine Asbali

The bleeding-heart Gaza letter signed by a dazzling array of literary heavyweights is pitifully overdue, writes English teacher Nadeine Asbali.

A Palestinian artist draws a mural depicting ‘Nakba’ in Gaza City, 14 May 2011.

Nakba Day 2025: We Existed Then, We Exist Now, We Will Continue to Exist

Selma Dabbagh

For 77 years, Palestinians have had to be expert explainers of their own existence, writes British-Palestinian author Selma Dabbagh.

Greens, Please – Stop Looking Like the Establishment

Adam Ramsay

Green MPs Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay have launched their leadership bid with a Westminster-centric campaign at a time when people hate Westminster. Wrong move, argues Adam Ramsay.

Reform party leader Nigel Farage and newly elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin, with fellow Reform MPs Richard Tice, James McMurdock and Lee Anderson, 6 May 2025. Toby Melville/Reuters

Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson

Nearly half of Reform’s donations in 2024 came from fossil fuel investors and climate deniers. No wonder the party wants to bin net zero, writes Harriet Williamson.

Here’s How Reform Will Betray Its Voters

Steven Methven

Reform voters feel let down by politics. But as the party grows, Nigel Farage will betray them too, argues Steven Methven.

My Elderly In-Laws Fell Prey to a Parasitic Care ‘Platform’

Alexander Ratcliffe

Care ‘platform’ Elder charges families huge sums to introduce them to carers who can help them, and then parasites off the relationship for years. I should know - it happened to us, writes Alexander Ratcliffe.

Thousands of trans people and allies stage a march in London on 19 April 2025 in support of trans rights following the UK Supreme Court's ruling. Wiktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto

Long Read: How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights

Juliet Jacques

From the Guardian to Westminster, why do the British media and political class consistently unite to manufacture consent for laws that make the lives of the working class, migrants and minorities worse?

Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves visit a Jaguar Land Rover factory in Birmingham, April 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Reuters.

Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality

Phil McDuff

Our political establishment has given itself a form of brain damage because it’s unable to let go of the Thatcher-Reagan consensus - and we’re now reaping the inevitable rewards, writes Phil McDuff.

Renaud Camus in Paris during his trial for a racism offence in 2014. Photo: Pierrot Patrice/Avenir Pictures/ABACA via Reuters Connect

Rightwing Journalists Are Openly Backing the Guy Who Came up With the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

Olly Haynes

The rightwing media is going to bat for a French far-right philosopher whose theories have inspired racist mass-murderers.

US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Why Israel Really Went to War With Iran

Aaron Bastani

Britain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn

James Meadway

Palestine Action Is Being Banned Because It’s Effective

Rivkah Brown

Reform Is Reheating the Burqa Ban. It’s Obvious Why

Nadeine Asbali

20 Months Into the Genocide, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan Discover Their Backbones

Nadeine Asbali

Nakba Day 2025: We Existed Then, We Exist Now, We Will Continue to Exist

Selma Dabbagh

Greens, Please – Stop Looking Like the Establishment

Adam Ramsay

Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson

Here’s How Reform Will Betray Its Voters

Steven Methven

Long Read: How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights

Juliet Jacques

Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality

Phil McDuff

Rightwing Journalists Are Openly Backing the Guy Who Came up With the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

Olly Haynes

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Opinion

What Next for the New Left Party? We Asked Our Contributors

Craig Gent, Joe Guinan, Jonas Marvin, Shanice McBean & Abi Wilkinson

US Cities Have Bold Plans to Lower Food Prices. Why Doesn’t Britain?

James Meadway

If You Like Zohran Mamdani, You’re Going to Love His Dad

Kojo Koram

The Welfare Bill Is a Patronising Moral Crusade to Save Disabled People From Ourselves

Rick Burgess

Why Israel Really Went to War With Iran

Aaron Bastani

We Also Broke Into an Airbase to Stop War Crimes. Thankfully, We Were Two Nice White Boys

Sam Walton & Reverend Daniel “Woody” Woodhouse

Britain Can Have Its Own Mamdani. First It Must Move on From Corbyn

James Meadway

Palestine Action Is Being Banned Because It’s Effective

Rivkah Brown

Reform Is Reheating the Burqa Ban. It’s Obvious Why

Nadeine Asbali

20 Months Into the Genocide, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan Discover Their Backbones

Nadeine Asbali

Nakba Day 2025: We Existed Then, We Exist Now, We Will Continue to Exist

Selma Dabbagh

Greens, Please – Stop Looking Like the Establishment

Adam Ramsay

Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Harriet Williamson

Here’s How Reform Will Betray Its Voters

Steven Methven

My Elderly In-Laws Fell Prey to a Parasitic Care ‘Platform’

Alexander Ratcliffe

Long Read: How the UK Establishment Crushed Trans Rights

Juliet Jacques

Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality

Phil McDuff

Rightwing Journalists Are Openly Backing the Guy Who Came up With the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

Olly Haynes

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