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Opinion: We Should Be Very, Very Worried About National Conservatism

Moya Lothian-McLean

The National Conservatism Conference hit the UK with a splash – and a load of far-right talking points. It’s a movement we shouldn't underestimate, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.

Report: ‘I Felt My Rib Give’: People Attacked By Police While Protesting Anti-Drag Demo Speak Out

Clare Hymer

People opposing a rightwing demo say they were crushed, kicked and beaten by police officers, with one even being “picked up by the throat and thrown”.

Opinion: No Job, No Rent: I Was a Full-Time Militant in the Nineties

Seth Wheeler

The 1990s saw an explosion in self-organised, militant anti-capitalist activity. This was made possible by squatting and the dole - without which the left has been fundamentally changed.

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Feature: Where Are the Shadwell Fire Survivors Supposed to Go?

Rivkah Brown

Two months after their state-sanctioned slum burned down, killing one of their housemates, six of the Tower Hamlets fire survivors remain homeless. Rivkah Brown reports.

Dirk Campbell interrupting Jacob Rees-Mogg. Photo: Extinction Rebellion

Report: ‘Shaming, Othering and Scapegoating’: Protestor on Why He Ambushed Jacob Rees-Mogg

Simon Childs

Dirk Campbell was bundled off stage after he interrupted the former Brexit minister to warn about fascism.

Interview: 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.

Men wearing jeans and black jackets walk through a series of metal gates with two guard towers on either side

Opinion: Israeli Apartheid Won’t End Itself

Omar Barghouti

BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti on why, as settler-colonial ‘democracy’ crumbles, the movement is more necessary than ever.

Home secretary Suella Braverman, a speaker at the National Conservatism 2023 conference. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Report: These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference

Simon Childs

Novara Media was denied accreditation to a conference where cranks are talking about the future of conservatism due to “limited space”.

Feature: French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms

Olly Haynes

At a massive May Day march in Paris, leftists say the movement needs to step up its actions to win. Olly Haynes reports.

Opinion: Wanting Scottish Independence Shouldn’t Have to Mean Loving the EU

Jonathon Shafi

For many in the Scottish national movement, independence has become synonymous with support for rejoining the EU. That’s not a good thing, argues Jonathon Shafi.

UCU members march during a strike in London in November 2022. WIktor Szymanowicz via Reuters Connect

Report: Universities Are Docking Lecturers’ Entire Pay for Not Marking a Few Exams

Polly Smythe

Academic staff face losing their entire month's pay over a marking and assessment boycott which will see them refuse a few hours' work.

Feature: The Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Plant in the UK Burns Wood Processed in Poor, Black Communities in the US

Simon Childs

Protesters disrupted the AGM of Britain’s largest CO2 emitter, accusing it of ‘environmental racism’.

Feature: As Food Prices Hit a 45-Year High, People Are Foraging Wild Foods to Save Money

Chloe Laws

With food prices skyrocketing, people have been trying to shoplift their way out of the cost of living crisis for a while. Now, others are turning to foraging.

Analysis: It’s Time for a Republican Movement – And Young People Will Lead It

Kimberly McIntosh

Millennials and Gen Z have been accused of killing many an institution, from hook-up culture to the after-work happy hour. Could the monarchy be next?

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey smashes through a blue wall at a rally in Buckinghamshire

Opinion: The Lib Dems Are Britain’s Worst Political Party

Aaron Bastani

The Lib Dems’ toxic mix of inertia, anti-politics and misinformation serves to undermine trust in politics, writes Aaron Bastani - far more so than either Labour or the Tories.

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Report: One of the People Suing Labour Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Used Antisemitic Slurs

Rivkah Brown

Julie Cattell, a non-Jewish Labour candidate in Brighton & Hove, told Jewish people they weren’t real Jews. Rivkah Brown reports.

Customers leaving an Apple store in London. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

Report: Apple’s ‘Union-Busting’ Tactics Have Come to the UK

Polly Smythe

Retail workers for the tech giant told Novara Media they have been subjected to 'union-busting' meetings, and forbidden from discussing the union at work.

A man with white hair a long face, blue checked suit and light purle tie sits and a table on which is a large gold-plated book. He is struggling with his fountain pen and grimacing at it.

Analysis: All Hail the Landlord King

Ell Folan

Charles III owns all of Regent Street, and that’s barely a fraction of his property empire, writes Ell Folan.

Opinion: We Should Be Very, Very Worried About National Conservatism

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: ‘I Felt My Rib Give’: People Attacked By Police While Protesting Anti-Drag Demo Speak Out

Clare Hymer

Opinion: No Job, No Rent: I Was a Full-Time Militant in the Nineties

Seth Wheeler

Report: ‘Shaming, Othering and Scapegoating’: Protestor on Why He Ambushed Jacob Rees-Mogg

Simon Childs

Interview: How Leftwingers Could Help Take Down Erdoğan

Steven Methven

Report: These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference

Simon Childs

Opinion: Wanting Scottish Independence Shouldn’t Have to Mean Loving the EU

Jonathon Shafi

Report: Universities Are Docking Lecturers’ Entire Pay for Not Marking a Few Exams

Polly Smythe

Feature: The Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Plant in the UK Burns Wood Processed in Poor, Black Communities in the US

Simon Childs

Feature: As Food Prices Hit a 45-Year High, People Are Foraging Wild Foods to Save Money

Chloe Laws

Analysis: It’s Time for a Republican Movement – And Young People Will Lead It

Kimberly McIntosh

Opinion: The Lib Dems Are Britain’s Worst Political Party

Aaron Bastani

Report: One of the People Suing Labour Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Used Antisemitic Slurs

Rivkah Brown

Report: Apple’s ‘Union-Busting’ Tactics Have Come to the UK

Polly Smythe

Analysis: All Hail the Landlord King

Ell Folan

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Opinion: We Should Be Very, Very Worried About National Conservatism

Moya Lothian-McLean

Report: ‘I Felt My Rib Give’: People Attacked By Police While Protesting Anti-Drag Demo Speak Out

Clare Hymer

Opinion: No Job, No Rent: I Was a Full-Time Militant in the Nineties

Seth Wheeler

Feature: Where Are the Shadwell Fire Survivors Supposed to Go?

Rivkah Brown

Report: ‘Shaming, Othering and Scapegoating’: Protestor on Why He Ambushed Jacob Rees-Mogg

Simon Childs

Interview: How Leftwingers Could Help Take Down Erdoğan

Steven Methven

Opinion: Israeli Apartheid Won’t End Itself

Omar Barghouti

Report: These Conservatives Won’t Let Us Watch Their Weird Far-Right Conference

Simon Childs

Feature: French Protesters Are Thinking Up New Ways to Stop Macron’s Pension Reforms

Olly Haynes

Opinion: Wanting Scottish Independence Shouldn’t Have to Mean Loving the EU

Jonathon Shafi

Report: Universities Are Docking Lecturers’ Entire Pay for Not Marking a Few Exams

Polly Smythe

Feature: The Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Plant in the UK Burns Wood Processed in Poor, Black Communities in the US

Simon Childs

Feature: As Food Prices Hit a 45-Year High, People Are Foraging Wild Foods to Save Money

Chloe Laws

Analysis: It’s Time for a Republican Movement – And Young People Will Lead It

Kimberly McIntosh

Opinion: The Lib Dems Are Britain’s Worst Political Party

Aaron Bastani

Report: One of the People Suing Labour Over Leaked Antisemitism Report Used Antisemitic Slurs

Rivkah Brown

Report: Apple’s ‘Union-Busting’ Tactics Have Come to the UK

Polly Smythe

Analysis: All Hail the Landlord King

Ell Folan

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