Aaron Bastani

Control, Power and Resistance in the 21st Century. Interview With Cory Doctorow

What is the relationship between technology, society and politics? Is the former merely a tool for social control, or can it also open up new vistas of possibility and freedom? How can one become the other, and what does resistance look like in a world where culture, and digital culture, are increasingly constitutive of one […]

Novara Live

Johnson’s Address to the Nation

Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani react to Johnson’s address to the nation.

Opinion

Marxism or Methodism? For Labour’s Centrist Vanguard, It Was Neither

Lockdown Reloaded

10 million people in the UK now live under local restrictions, and a nationwide lockdown looks to be incoming. Will the government come to regret bullying us into our offices, and giving us all discounts in pubs? Plus: why no-one understands government testing figures (including Matt Hancock); Priti Patel’s War on Cocaine; Joe Biden’s Beef […]

Novara Live

Incompetence in Overdrive

The government promised that by the time schools re-opened the UK would have a world beating test-and-trace system. However, just as our economy is re-opening, Britain’s testing system has collapsed. Does Britain’s testing chaos make a second wave inevitable?

The Bastani Factor

Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn

After 2017 Labour stood on the brink of power. Yet by last December the party gained its lowest number of seats since 1935. How did that happen? Find out as Aaron Bastani is joined by authors of ‘Left Out’, Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire

The Bastani Factor

Opinion

Boris Johnson’s Plan to Ditch the Withdrawal Agreement Shows His Mandate is Built on Lies

Aaron Bastani

Novara Live

Bust-Up or Bluster?

Boris Johnson won last year’s general election promising to implement his oven ready deal. However, less than 12 months later he’s planning to break The Withdrawal Agreement. Are the government really willing to unilaterally break a legally binding international treaty? Or is this just typical bluster from the Prime Minister? Plus, Extinction Rebellion take on […]

Novara Live

Homophobe for Hire

Nothing says Global Britain more than hiring an ex-Australian PM to be a trade envoy. But what about if he’s a noted misogynist, homophobe and climate sceptic? Plus, Corbyn-Coyle WhatsApp leaks and Gary Lineker enrages xenophobes. We also remember and discuss the life and work of world-renowned anthropologist David Graeber. With Michael Walker, Dalia Gebrial […]

Novara Live

Socialism or Extinction

Extinction Rebellion are back on the streets protesting government inaction on the climate. But it’s leadership have angered left wingers by renouncing a banner members made in support of socialism. Is their anti-political stance a dead end? Plus, as schools open the government blackmail workers back into offices, Fox News comes to the UK, and […]

Opinion

Is Capitalism to Blame for Covid-19?

Aaron Bastani

The Bastani Factor

The World According to the Economist with Alexander Zevin

Since 1843, The Economist has been the single most devoted and influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and what does the output of the Economist tell us about it?

Opinion