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The Fix: The Fix: Foreign Policy & The Left

Michael Walker is joined by Musab Younis, Meera Sabaratnam, Maia Pal and Luke Cooper to discuss Labour, the British Empire and whether Corbyn can effectively promote and implement a more progressive foreign policy.

Support for the Empire Shows it Matters Who Controls the Past

Tom Cutterham

A recent poll showed 44% of Brits think the British empire is something to be proud of. To understand why such ideas remain so common, we need to lift the lid on how we come to understand history.

OMFG Sarkar: What is Islamophobia?

Ash Sarkar examines how a state-sponsored distrust of 'Muslimness' in the west has led to the emergence of new racisms, blurring the boundaries between scientific and cultural definitions.

IMOBastani: No Problem with Genocide? Britain, have a word with yourself

As a recent poll shows the majority of Britons do not explicitly object to their countries colonial history. What was the full scale of the damage caused by empire? And how can we make amends?

Terms of Engagement: Terms of Engagement: Democracy

Democracy is something we can all agree on. But what does it actually mean? James Butler looks at the many ways the word gets used politically and what it means to attempt to run a government or an organisation 'democratically'.

Terms of Engagement: Terms of Engagement: Ideology

In this new series for Novara TV, James Butler looks at the history and multiple usages of the word 'Ideology' and explores how it can be usefully deployed to describe and improve the world we live in.

Novara FM: Post-Colonial Ecologies

On this weeks #NovaraFM Ash Sarkar discusses climate, conquest and capitalism with Anna Lau from Platform, a group involved in ecological justice movements, and James Butler.

Novara FM: The Invention Of Whiteness

On this weeks Novara FM, Ash Sarkar is joined by Kerem Nisancioglu as they discuss the discursive formation of whiteness thoughout history.

OMFG Sarkar: When Were White People Invented?

Ash Sarkar asks the people of London one question: When were white people invented?, looking at the way racial structures have emerged in the past and where that leaves the identity of 'whiteness' today.

Novara FM: Communal Luxury

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani are joined by Kristin Ross as they discuss her new book "Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune".

IMOBastani: Why Is Britain A Post-Industrial Economy?

Aaron Bastani explains how Britain changed from a manufacturing economy to a service-dominated economy.

Radical Lives: George Padmore

Dan Whittall

Having risen through the ranks and then broken acrimoniously with the international Communist movement, George Padmore was at the front of a radical global movement against both colonialism and fascism in all their forms.

Introducing… Novara Wire Radical Lives

Novara Reporters

The history of the radical left is so often told through a focus on 'big names'. Radical Lives, a new Novara Wire series, is an attempt to revive some of the pivotal figures who have been hidden from history.

Novara FM: Utopia and Ideology: Bacon’s ‘New Atlantis’ to Bitcoin

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the relationship between utopia, politics and technology asking 'what is the utopia of capital'?

Novara FM: England and the Politics of Englishness

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani are joined by Niki Seth-Smith as they discuss the politics of English nationalism and 'Englishness'.

For the Mob

James Butler

In this brief article James Butler looks at some of the uses and abuses, both contemporary and historic, of the word 'mob' in English.

Novara FM: Debt>Debt>Debt: In Conversation with David Graeber

On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by David Graeber, author of Debt: the First 5,000 Years, as they discuss the concept of debt and its historic applications.

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