What Next? Brexit Deadlock and Beyond
James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Michael Walker to break apart the week’s parliamentary manoeuvrings on Brexit and the politics of the negotiations.
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Zombie Blairites and National Service
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin talk national service, zombie Blairites, Brexit and how working class caricatures have influenced political movements.
After the Crisis: Socialist Economics for Corbynism
James Butler is joined by James Meadway to discuss the economics of Corbynism: from the 2008 crash, to the new policy horizons of the Labour left and a socialist economics for the 21st century.
Re-Resign, When the Crowd Say De-selecta!
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin return to consider the vapidity of Centrism 2.0, and the ideology of Chris Leslie, Gordon Brown’s former photocopier.
The Never-Ending Sentence
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann are joined by Marion, a campaigner from Smash IPP. The group campaigns to free prisoners still serving the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection.
Log On! the Rise of the Digital Party
On #NovaraFM James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss his new book ‘The Digital Party’: from hyperleaders to superbases, the end of the cadre and the effect of the internet on how people think about politics.
Bower Constrictor
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin talk dangerous heroes, dangers and weirdos, the UK edition of Turning Point, AOC, and party democracy.
Beyond Brexit: the Potential of Corbynism
James Butler is joined by Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar to discuss where Corbynism came from and the promise it still might hold beyond the travails of Brexit.
David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs, Direct Democracy & the End of Capitalism
James Butler is joined by David Graeber to talk through direct democracy, neoliberalism, and the relationship of political thinking to political practice.
No Integrity, No Initiative
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin return for season 2 of All The Best, chatting about Brexit and the prospect of a military junta, Venezuela, and the deep state.
Profits and the Prison Industry
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee (IWOC) and proposed prison expansion.
England’s Brexit? Nationalism, Sovereignty, Constitutionalism
James Butler is joined by Anthony Barnett, founder of openDemocracy and author of ‘The Lure of Greatness’, to discuss the national politics driving Brexit.
Brexit: State, Sovereignty, Power
After May’s Brexit deal fell apart in parliament this week, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to pick apart the deep politics behind Brexit.
2019: What’s Next?
For the first #NovaraFM of 2019, James Butler is joined by Aaron Bastani to look ahead at what 2019 holds in store.
2018: Review of the Year
On the final #NovaraFM of 2018, James Butler is joined by Michael Walker and Dawn Foster to look back over the highs and lows of the year as we consign it to its political grave.
Policing by Consent?
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Koshka Duff, a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. In 2013, she was arrested and strip searched after offering a legal advice card to a teenager being stopped and searched in Hackney.
For a Left Populism: Chantal Mouffe
On #NovaraFM James Butler is joined by leading theorist of populism Chantal Mouffe. They discuss populism left and right, sovereignty, the nation-state – and the durability of classical socialism
Russia Without Putin?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Tony Wood to discuss his new book ‘Russia Without Putin’.