Trump Isn’t Destroying the International Order. He’s Just Turning It on the West
Kojo Koram
A taste of our own medicine.
Tag: china
Is Starmer Finally Realising That Relying on the ‘Special Relationship’ Is Perilous?
Ash Sarkar
The UK’s crappy boyfriend has gone too far.
Labour Won’t Condemn Illegal Attack on Venezuela
The world reacts to Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela, with the UK government refusing to call it a breach of international law. Plus: A new poll has Labour dropping below the Tories. With Steven Methven & Kieran Andrieu.
Novara Media’s Best Books of 2025
Aaron Bastani, Rivkah Brown & Steven Methven
Aaron, Rivkah and Steven share their picks of the year.
Israel Accuses Hamas of Breaking Ceasefire, Kills Multiple Palestinians
Cracks have begun to show in the peace deal between Israel and Hamas as the Israeli military continues to kill Palestinians. Plus: Rachel Reeves is under pressure to raise income tax in the upcoming autumn budget, and the government is accused of covering up evidence pertaining to a Chinese spying trial. With NoJusticeMTG and Kieran […]
The Shady Mercenaries Behind Israel’s Fake Aid Org
A controversial U.S. and Israel-backed organisation has begun delivering aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and it is not going well. Michael talks to podcaster Kaiser Kuo about what the West gets wrong about China. Also: Dominic Cummings is back, and Sangita Myska has finally called out James O’Brien. With Michael Walker and Helena NoJustice(MTG). Kaiser […]
Why Trump’s China Trade War Will Harm Us All
Donald Trump has ramped up his trade war with China to nuclear levels. We’re joined by a Cambridge university professor to discuss. With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Jostein Hauge of the University of Cambridge
Trump Trashing the World Order Could Have Its Upsides
James Meadway
Brave new world.
Don’t Be Fooled – There’s Method in Trump’s Economic Madness
James Meadway
Trumponomics.
Living Through the Chinese Miracle
Should we romanticise China? Yuan Yang fills us in on the human costs of its rise.
The US Is Cheating to Stop China Achieving Tech-Supremacy
Aaron Bastani
Beijing was winning. So Washington changed the rules.
Chinese Students Are At The Forefront Of Anti-Lockdown Protests
Jessie Lau
Young people in China are finding their political awakening.
‘Working Class’ Is Not an Identity. Ash Sarkar Meets China Miéville
The author of The City & The City joins Ash Sarkar on Downstream to discuss sadism, sci-fi, blockchain utopias, Lord of the Rings and the politics of Sally Rooney’s fiction.
The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic
James Meadway
Major powers are already vying over the world’s shipping shortcut.
What Would It Take for Putin to Stop the War?
Paul Rogers
It’s a question few seem to be asking.
How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
Cop26 Is Little More Than a Cop-out
Ell Folan
How many times can it be the ‘last chance’ to save the planet?
Climate Change Is Violent, That’s Why We Need Sabotage. Aaron Bastani Meets Andreas Malm
From food scarcity to extreme weather, climate change will affect the lives of billions of people around the world. But at what point are its future horrors unacceptable? And how should that shape climate politics now? Aaron Bastani speaks to author Andreas Malm about the limits of today’s activism and what is to be done […]