Novara Live: After the Lockdown (w/ Bill Hanage)
Dr Bill Hanage, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard University, joins Michael Walker to discuss global responses to Covid-19, and when and how we can exit coronavirus lockdowns.
Novara Live: Petro-Geddon (w/ James Meadway)
As the price of oil plummets what do ‘negative prices’ really mean? And what do they tell us about what next for the global economy? Also, how high is Britain’s real coronavirus death toll? Economist James Meadway joins Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker.
Novara Live: John McDonnell on the #LabourLeaks and COVID-19
An exclusive interview with former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on COVID-19, the #LabourLeaks, and the future of the left under Keir Starmer.
The Truth Comes Out. a Month Too Late.
The truths revealed in today’s Sunday Times point the finger squarely at Boris Johnson and the government. But if we had a media that tried to hold the government to account when it mattered, Michael Walker argues, it could have saved lives.
Novara Live: Unequal Burden
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani are joined by Dr Sonia Adesara to discuss why BAME communities are hardest hit by coronavirus. Plus the latest on the #LabourLeaks
Novara Live: Bigger Than Bernie (With Megan Day and Micah Uetricht)
Jacobin’s Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht join Michael Walker to talk about their new book ‘Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism’
Novara Live: Forensic Opposition
Why is Keir Starmer focused on an “exit strategy”, and how will he respond to the #LabourLeaks? Plus, COVID-19 and Donald Trump defunding the World Health Organisation.
Novara Live: The Coronavirus Crash (With Adam Tooze)
As economies around the world go into deep freeze, Aaron Bastani is joined by economic historian Adam Tooze to discuss the scale of the downturn and what it means for modern capitalism.
Novara Live: Sabotage From Above
The #LabourLeaks show how top-level staff sabotaged the Labour’s election chances and drove a culture of racism and bullying. We break down the key revelations on tonight’s #TyskySour
Novara Live: Records Deaths, Media Shrugs
As the UK daily death toll surpasses the worst in Italy and Spain, the BBC’s leading story is about the weather. Are Britain’s press downplaying deaths? Plus Labour MP Nadia Whittome on the coronavirus crisis in our care sector.
The Bastani Factor: Britain and the Coronavirus: a Timeline of Failure
Despite previous claims by the government that it was well-prepared for the Coronavirus, Britain is now expected to have one of the highest death tolls in the world. In this video Aaron Bastani examines precisely what happened in recent months, and how public authorities – broadly unchallenged by the media – let a tragedy unfold.
Novara Live: Socialism After Sanders
With Bernie Sanders bowing out of the race for Democrat nominee, what next for the US left? Is this the end of something, or the start?
Novara Live: Yanis Varoufakis on the Coronacrisis
Yanis Varoufakis had a front row seat for the EU’s last existential crisis. Now that Europe is struck with coronavirus, are its leaders making the same mistakes all over again.
Ash Wednesday: Why They Always Lyin’?
There’s another epidemic raging in the UK, concentrated in the highest echelons of government. It’s called lie-abetes.
Novara Live: Counting the Cost of COVID-19
Do official statistics show the true death count and economic cost of COVID-19? Plus Rebecca Long-Bailey’s communications boss Matt Zarb-Cousin joins Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani to discuss how the left lost the Labour leadership race.
The Bastani Factor: Billionaires Can’t Sit Out the Coronavirus
BIllionaire David Geffen recently posted a picture about his ‘self-isolation’ on board his $590 million boat. But whatever they might think, the ultra rich can’t detach themselves from the Coronavirus pandemic – nor its political consequences.
Novara Live: Keir We Go
What does Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet reshuffle tell us about his plans for the party? Plus, the government’s disastrous handling of care homes and COVID-19, with Michael Walker, Lara McNeil and Aaron Bastani.
Novara Live: Novara REACTS to the Labour Leadership Election Results
What do the results of the Labour Leadership contest tell us about the campaigns? In what direction will the victor take the party? Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani react to the news of who will succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition.