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Analysis: When Logistics Run Out of Time

Craig Gent

Shoppers have been told they "should all be ashamed" for emptying shelves as the country adjusts to life in times of pandemic. But personalising the problem lets supermarket supply chains off the hook, argues Craig Gent.

From Me to We: in an Emergency, Collectivise to Survive

John Drury, Stephen Reicher and Clifford Stott

Acting as individuals in collective situations is a recipe for disaster, write social psychologists John Drury, Stephen Reicher and Clifford Stott, but a rhetoric of unity accompanied by a reality of division will only increase social tensions.

Ordered Home Without a Home: Italy’s Rough Sleepers Suffer Under Quarantine Rules

Ben Munster

With Italy on lockdown and introducing harsh new rules, it's the country's over 50,000 rough sleepers who have been hit the hardest, writes Ben Munster.

Coronavirus Shows How the Government Fails Precarious Workers

Beth Perkin and Charlotte England

The government’s new job retention measures have received widespread praise, despite ignoring the needs of millions of vulnerable workers on insecure contracts who are exempt from the benefit. Novara spoke to three workers about how their lives and livelihoods are being impacted.

Only Scrutiny Will Keep This Government on the Right Path

James Meadway

The pace of mortality is now higher in the UK than in Italy, and there should be little doubt the government is playing catch-up. The measures announced yesterday are a step in the right direction, says James Meadway, but only scrutiny will deliver further necessary protections.

Coronavirus: a Letter to Our Readers

the Novara Media Team

A letter to our readers during the coronavirus pandemic.

With 1,500 Mutual Aid Groups Set up in a Matter of Days, Will Things Ever Be the Same Again?

Sophie K Rosa

Where civic duty meets anarchist organising: mutual aid groups are providing a lifeline to people let down by the government. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Opinion: We Must Democratise Our Economy or Face an Era of State Monopoly Capitalism

Grace Blakeley

The Covid-19 pandemic is epoch-defining, writes Grace Blakeley. It could herald the end of the era of finance-led growth, and the beginning of state-monopoly capitalism. Socialists must adapt or face another lesson in disaster capitalism from the right.

Stopping Evictions Is Not Enough. We Need a Rent Freeze Now

Charlotte England

Boris Johnson's new law lets landlords profit from the coronavirus crisis, but Britain's tenants' unions are organising to demand a rent freeze. Charlotte England reports.

Opinion: Without Bailouts Most Airlines Will Be Bankrupt by the End of May

Aaron Bastani

Between the pressures of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the perils of climate change, the very nature of commercial aviation may be transformed in the coming years, writes Aaron Bastani.

7 Pandemic Demands to Make Sure Everyone Is Protected

Flannán Shell

With the government consistently failing to offer a meaningful response, Flannán Shell presents a list of demands to ensure everyone, no matter their situation, is protected in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Opinion: Coronavirus Will Require Us to Completely Reshape the Economy

James Meadway

This crisis will require more than money to resolve; it will require the restructuring of our economy. This will be done either to the benefit of people and the planet, or it will not be, writes James Meadway.

Long Read: Bernie 2020 and the Challenges of Big Organising

Calum Jacobs

The tactics used in Bernie Sanders' 2020 election campaign have yielded some big wins and a string of losses. In this week's long read, Calum Jacobs looks at Sanders' use of so-called big organising and how it has helped - and hurt - his chances at the Democratic win.

Joe Biden walks in front of an American flag that occupies the entire background

Opinion: Establishment Democrats Have It Wrong, Joe Biden Can’t Unify the Left

Oly Durose

The calls have started for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the Democratic presidential race in a bid to unify the left. But frontrunner Joe Biden's seemingly innocuous 'middle-ground' politics have dangerous and oppressive consequences that risk creating further divisions, argues Oly Durose.

Opinion: Austerity Is Not Over and Coronavirus Will Prove It

Grace Blakeley

The Tories may have broken with Osbornism, writes Grace Blakeley, but they have not made any changes that will substantively improve the lives of most people in the country, who are facing the combined threats of climate breakdown, a deep recession and a global pandemic after a decade of wage stagnation, rising private debt and the evisceration of the UK’s public services.

Art School Strikers Are Turning the Tide on Apathy

Joe Hayns

Striking art school workers are building new networks of solidarity, defying historically low trade union engagement and a professional self-image that is widely exploited by university bosses.

Opinion: Coronavirus: Make Private Hospitals Public Now

Callum Cant

In this moment of crisis, we have a choice: either protect private profits, or save lives, writes Callum Cant.

Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules

Aaron Bastani

Did Rishi Sunak just end austerity? No. Is Britain adequately preparing for the panoply of crises set to define the coming decades? Also no. But make no mistake, writes Aaron Bastani, this was the first Tory budget since 2010 to abandon the neoliberal frame of ‘necessity', demonstrating how Labour under Corbyn won certain arguments.

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