Czech M8? Smears, Media & the Left
On #NovaraFM, Richard Seymour joins James Butler and Aaron Bastani to talk about right-wing smear campaigns, the changing shape of the press and the vexed relationship between media and politics.
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The Lockdown: the Myth of Rehabilitation
Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann discuss the myth of rehabilitation in prison and how the language of rehabilitation disguises the true nature of the criminal justice system.
Taking It Back: Public Ownership in the 21st Century
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Grace Blakeley, Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker to discuss public ownership from nationalisation to socialisation – and what a truly democratised economy might look like.
The Straight White Man Who‘s Upset He Can’t Go to Labour’s Equalities Conference Does Not Exist
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin are joined by Ash Sarkar to chat the snowflake right, culture wars, why Arsenal is a euphemism for our broken economy and which Kanye album is best.
A Century of Suffrage?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Zoe Williams, Ash Sarkar and Eleanor Penny to discuss the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which offered limited suffrage to women, and discuss the changing face of feminism in the past century.
The Lockdown: Containing Gender
The Lockdown hosts interview Chryssy Hunter, an activist with Bent Bars and researcher currently completing her PhD on neoliberal legislation and the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people.
A German Spring?
On #NovaraFM, Mark Bergfeld joins James Butler to discuss German politics, from #NoGroKo movement against a new grand coalition, the Left Party, the rise of the far right and German social movements.
“No One Cares That You’ve Left the Labour Party”
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin are joined by Dr Aaron Bastani PhD author of forthcoming seminal work Fully Automated Luxury Communism to chat about melts and their egos. Thanks and enjoy!
Faultlines: Liz Fekete on Racism, Europe and the New Right
On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar are joined by Liz Fekete, director of the Institute of Race Relations, to talk about racism, resistance and the rebirth of the right.
‘Tools and Windows’: Books for Prisoners
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Luke Billingham from Haven Distribution, an organisation that provides books for prisoners. They discuss the difference books can make to prisoners’ lives, and why the left should stop being armchair abolitionists. Put down your Adorno and send your books into prisons!
The Peckham Terminator
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly welcome Tony Blair’s former director of political operations John McTernan to All The Best to discuss their competing world views in a comradely fashion.
Carillion: Scam, Scandal, Opportunity
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Grace Blakeley and Ann Pettifor to discuss the decline and fall of Carillion, outsourcing, financialisation – and how to transform public investment in Britain.
Choo-Choo! All Aboard the Deselection Express!
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin celebrate the completion of Jeremy Corbyn’s Red Army Takeover of the Labour Party.
Lexit 2019?
On the first #NovaraFM of 2018, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discus Brexit, ‘Lexit’ and the progress and potentials of leaving the European Union. Are we all Lexiters now?
Prisons: Abolition or Reform?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann interview Dr David Scott, who explains what prison abolition is and what the alternatives are. They discuss the failings of the current penal system, the naive utopianism of reform and the practicalities of penal abolition.
ATB: Now We’re Paying Even More to Commute to Work for the Privilege of Being Exploited
Becky Boumelha joins Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly to talk the serious issue of party democracy after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing on the important matters of the day such as “melt of the week” – Richard Branson’s little beard.
2017: Year in Review
James Butler is joined by three Novara Media editors – Aaron Bastani, Ash Sarkar, and Michael Walker – to look back over 2017’s political highs and lows, successes and failures, breakthroughs and reversals.
Nina Power: Decapitalism
On #NovaraFM, Nina Power joins James Butler to talk about ‘decapitalism’ – from severed heads to sovereignty to contemporary anticapitalism and more.