Novara FM: How Will He Govern?
James Butler and Aaron Bastani contemplate the future under Boris Johnson.
Tag: European Union
A Second Referendum Without a General Election Would Be the End of Corbynism
Holly Rigby
Last week Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson launched a petition to force Jeremy Corbyn to unequivocally commit to a second Brexit referendum, in which Labour would campaign to remain. Holly Rigby argues a second referendum without a general election would spell the end of Corbynism itself.
Novara FM: Globalists: The Origins of Neoliberalism
James Butler is joined by Quinn Slobodian, author of Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism.
Novara FM: What Next? Brexit Deadlock and Beyond
James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Michael Walker to break apart the week's parliamentary manoeuvrings on Brexit and the politics of the negotiations.
Another Europe is Unlikely: Why Socialist Transformation Won’t Happen Within the EU
Grace Blakeley
Although another Europe isn’t impossible, it won’t come about until the financialised project that is the EU has collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. Until then, a socialist government trying to deliver a radical agenda from within the EU will be doomed to fail, argues Grace Blakeley.
Interview: The Left Must Put Rupture on the Table | Aaron Meets Costas Lapavitsas
Costas Lapavitsas’ new book ‘The Left Case Against the EU’ rails against the EU as a neoliberal citadel, fundamentally unstable and impervious to reform. Aaron met Costas to discuss his new book, his experiences as part of the Greek Syriza government and how the Left should approach the question of Europe.
Novara FM: Brexit Chaos: Last Days of Theresa May?
James Butler is joined by Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar to discuss the schisms in the government, the politics of the Brexit offer, what no deal would look like – and what opportunities, if any, the situation presents for the left.
Long Read: Financial Globalisation Has Been a Disaster. Brexit Gives Us a Chance to Resist It
Grace Blakeley
Sunday Long Read: Any attempt to build a socialist government in the UK requires opposing global financial capital. Brexit gives us an opportunity to do just this, argues Grace Blakeley.
Attacks on Corbyn and Labour Make a Hard Brexit More Likely
Aaron Bastani
Two years after the EU referendum, the reflex of remain campaigners to blame Jeremy Corbyn for the leave vote endures because it’s easier than building a movement around a set of coherent demands. The irony is that this is making a soft Brexit less likely, argues Aaron Bastani.
Novara FM: To Brexit and Beyond
Brexit day looms ever closer, and we still don't know what we're getting. The Tories seem to be cracking under their own contradictions, but what hope is there in Brexit? Joining James Butler to discuss Brexit, Europe and beyond are: Aaron Bastani, Marina Prentoulis, and Samuele Mazzolini.
This episode was recorded in front of a live audience.
5 Reasons the Left Should Support Leaving the Single Market
Fraser Watt
After Corbyn’s recent Brexit speech received unlikely praise from business leaders for backing a modified customs union with the EU post-Brexit, it was later confirmed this would take place outside the single market. Here are five reasons the UK left should support leaving the EU’s internal trading bloc.
All The Best: ATB: Ben Bradley’s Political Eulogy
Max Shanly and Matt Zarb-Cousin get together for an intimate fireside chat about Conservative smears, Brexit and the resignation of Comrade McNicol. Enjoy and be well!
Novara FM: A German Spring?
On #NovaraFM, Mark Bergfeld joins James Butler to discuss German politics, from #NoGroKo movement against a new grand coalition, the Left Party, the rise of the far right and German social movements.
Novara FM: Lexit 2019?
On the first #NovaraFM of 2018, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discus Brexit, 'Lexit' and the progress and potentials of leaving the European Union. Are we all Lexiters now?
Novara FM: Sovereignty, Austerity, Nationalism: Britain and Europe
On #NovaraFM, Dawn Foster and Michael Walker join James Butler to discuss some of the driving forces behind recent political stories: sovereignty, austerity, nationalism.
Novara FM: The Mask and the Flag: Populism and Protest
James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss 'populism' and the rise of a populist Left.
Novara FM: Brexit: It’s happened
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss Britain's historic decision to vote to leave the European Union.