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.
Tag: history
Support for the Empire Shows it Matters Who Controls the Past
Tom Cutterham
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.
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: 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: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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
Introducing… Novara Wire Radical Lives
Novara Reporters
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‘?
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
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.