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Novara FM: Anglo-Arabia: Khashoggi, Gulf Wealth & the War in Yemen

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by David Wearing, author of 'Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Weath Matters to Britain' to discuss the Khashoggi affair and the rise of the Gulf monarchies.

A Ban on Fracking Is Common Sense. Here’s Why

Aaron Bastani

As an avenue for new energy, fracking is decidedly backwards. Corbyn's proposed ban is only a first step in a commonsense renewable revolution, argues Aaron Bastani.

Novara FM: Nervous States: Reason, Feeling, War

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Will Davies to discuss his new book 'Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World'.

The Bastani Factor: Climate Breakdown, Melts in Meltdown

On this week’s episode of The Bastani Factor Aaron looks at some of the biggest stories of the week, including the Observer giving space to the most marginalised voices in Britain and the fact that the climate is very likely screwed.

Novara Live: Tanks on Labour’s Lawn?

Tonight Dan Carden MP makes his #tyskysour debut, on May’s speech, his journey to Westminster, and his brief as shadow minister of international development. With Michael Walker and Eleanor Penny.

Want to Save the Climate Justice Movement? Join a Union

Chris Saltmarsh

The climate justice movement has for too long been confined to the fringes of political discourse because there’s been a clear split between climate and labour organising. This urgently needs to change, argues Chris Saltmarsh.

Novara FM: A New Dark Age?

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks.

4 Reasons Heathrow Expansion Serves the Few, Not the Many

Calum Harvey-Scholes and Matthew Tehanu

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are being voted on by parliament in June. While the Tories are backing the proposal, Labour have prevaricated on taking a position. Here are four reasons Heathrow expansion only serves a wealthy elite - and why it’s high time Labour took a stand against it.

Novara FM: Raj Patel: a History of the World in Seven Cheap Things

James Butler is joined by author, activist and academic Raj Patel to discuss 'A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things', and explore the relation between climate, capitalism, colonialism – and the future of the planet.

Fossil Fuel Companies Need You to Like Them – That’s Why They’re in Your Community

Mat Hope

Big oil companies are targeting local events for sponsorship deals to buy their way into communities in which they have vested interests. We can’t let the fossil fuel industry get away with greenwashing its image, argues Mat Hope.

Divestment Is Now Mainstream. What Next for the Radical Climate Justice Movement?

Chris Saltmarsh

Last week the University of Edinburgh joined universities and municipal governments across the globe in divesting from the fossil fuel industry. As divestment becomes mainstream, where does the radical climate justice movement go from here?

Novara FM: Climate and Capital: After COP23

James Butler is joined by Asad Rehman and Suzanne Dhaliwal to talk about climate change, global justice, and the aftermath of the latest conference in Bonn.

Climate Change Is Class War – and Fighting It Is a Workers’ Struggle

Mika Minio-Paluello

The climate justice movement is weaker than it should be because workers' struggles weren't embedded within it from the get go, argues Mika Minio-Paluello.

Long Read: Fully Automated Green Communism

Aaron Bastani

How can we secure luxury for all without careering even faster towards climate catastrophe? Aaron Bastani discusses.

Explainers: Germany Won’t Save the Environment

Long Read: Refusing Survival: What Happens If We Don’t Save the World From Climate Change?

Nicholas Beuret

After decades of global negotiations and ‘last chances', the creeping feeling that it’s too late to stop catastrophic climate change is rapidly becoming common sense. So what do we do if we can’t save the world?

5 Reasons Climate Change is a Feminist Issue

Clare Hymer and Maddy Hodgson

From the murder of indigenous women fighting resource extraction to carbon footprint reduction initiatives that focus largely on the domestic sphere, climate change is a crisis that is fundamentally gendered. Here are five reasons climate change is a feminist issue.

5 Reasons Not to Be An Environmentalist

Clare Hymer and Dalia Gebrial

Narratives and strategies that frame the environment as abstracted from people and power aren't going to halt climate change. Here are five reasons not to be an environmentalist.

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