Novara Live: Lifting the Lockdown (with Owen Jones)
Owen Jones joins Michael Walker to talk about the Tories mixed up lockdown messaging, VE Day and Keir Starmer getting smeared. Plus, Allyson Pollock on why we need an independent SAGE.
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Lockdown Is Revealing the Need for Land Reform in the UK
Yali Banton-Heath
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed issues concerning our access to land and housing, and the limits on our right to occupy common space. When lockdown is lifted, we must demand a land reform which affords space for us all, argues Yali Banton-Heath.
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.
ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: Acid Lockdown
The #ACFM crew discuss life in lockdown including cheese care packs, the moral economy, and the crisis of liberalism.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Arresting the Virus
Oonagh Ryder and Carl Cattermole speak to Kevin Blowe about the new police powers that the Coronavirus Act 2020 has brought in. They are also joined by Becka Hudson to discuss the government's focus on criminalisation over public health.
The Burner: The Burner Episode #207: Logistics and Production During the Crisis, Italian Lockdown
Craig Gent delves deeper into logistics and production during the crisis – as the market scramble reveals the failures in preparedness and resilience in the NHS. Will ‘just in time’ logistics leave us empty-handed in the face of a pandemic? Plus, Rosa Gilbert brings us more from Italy – including how to keep it together during […]
Eighteen Books to Read on Lockdown
the Novara Media Team
From Antigone to afrofuturism, Eleanor Penny, Ash Sarkar, James Butler and Aaron Bastani's recommended reads to help you make the most of lockdown.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Gangs and Violence: What’s Going On?
Hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Patrick Williams, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University, about the media and government focus on ‘gangs’, how this relates to the reality of violence and the impact this has on black and minority ethnic communities in Britain.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: the End of Policing
Sam Swann and guest host Connor Woodman discuss the book, The End Of Policing with its author Alex S. Vitale. They discuss the ways that the police exacerbate social problems and what the alternatives might be.
The Lockdown: The Lockdown: Justice in Films
Hosts Oonagh Ryder @Oonskie and Sam Swann @SamGSwann chat about how justice is portrayed in films with filmmaker and writer Joel Blackledge @TheGreatDamfino. They discuss the role of the prison in films and TV, which characters are deserving of our sympathy and how punishment is the backdrop to so much of our entertainment.
The Lockdown: 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.
The Lockdown: 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.
Opinion: The Guardian Is Basically Giving The Observer Away. Here’s Why
Aaron Bastani
Acting as the parish noticeboard for liberal obsessions like stopping Brexit will only get a newspaper so far, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: Never Forget How Many Times the Liberal Establishment Saved Biden’s Arse
Luke Savage
As American liberals fall over themselves to praise the president for quitting the race, remember the decades they insulated him from his own mediocrity, writes Luke Savage.
Opinion: How the Scottish Tory Leader Built His Career on Persecuting Travellers
Adam Ramsay
Douglas Ross has complained about having to 'bend over backwards' for and 'battle' the Traveller community - and that's just the start of his racism, writes Adam Ramsay.
Long Read: How Do We Reclaim the Northern Soul?
Craig Gent
Northern England was deliberately torn apart within living memory. Putting it back together will demand a total overhaul of the British constitution, writes our North of England Editor Craig Gent.
Report: Israeli Soldiers Are Snatching Palestinians’ Phones and Punishing Them for Having Photos of Gaza
Daisy Schofield
Israel is using a new law to punish Palestinians simply for possessing images of the war in Gaza. Daisy Schofield reports.
Opinion: Keir Starmer Doesn’t Care That You’re Angry With Him
Michael Chessum
Tory unpopularity, coupled with Labour’s monopoly on opposition, means Keir Starmer can do whatever he likes - and probably still win an election. But at what moral cost?