Novara Live: Iran Blames U.S and Israel for Fall of Assad
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has spoken publicly for the first time since the fall of his ally, Bashar al-Assad. With Michael Walker and Helena NoJustice(MTG)
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Opinion: One Year On, the Pro-Palestine Movement Is Undefeated
Palestinian Youth Movement
The last year has exposed the gulf between the British public and its ruling class. Despite Rishi Sunak and now Keir Starmer’s determination to crush the massive popular movement for a free Palestine, the people have not bent to their will, writes the Palestinian Youth Movement.
Opinion: I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas
Ghada Karmi
Nakba survivor Ghada Karmi reflects on a year spent watching history repeat itself.
Analysis: Jîna ‘Mahsa’ Amini Was Kurdish And That Matters
Meral Çiçek
Jîna ‘Mahsa’ Amini’ was Kurdish, as are the chants of liberation echoing around the world in her name. This context can't be removed from her life, death and legacy.
Analysis: Sanctioning Russia Won’t Work. Just Look at Iran
Arron Merat
As the US and its allies impose sanctions on Russia, a cursory look at Iran, which has been sanctioned for over a decade, shows they are a largely symbolic and counterproductive measure, writes Arron Merat.
Analysis: ‘America is Back’, Says Biden. What Does This Mean for the Rest of the World?
David Wearing
Today Joe Biden completes his first 100 days in the Oval Office. David Wearing takes a look at the president’s foreign policy so far, and argues that in terms of the threats posed by US power, the changes we're seeing are both meaningful and insufficient.
Opinion: The Biden Administration Just Broke International Law. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?
Aaron Bastani
By authorising airstrikes on Syria without congressional approval, Biden is mimicking Trump’s foreign policy. Leading Democrats criticised the president then, notes Aaron Bastani – so why not now?
Opinion: If Trump Wins the US Election, It’s Countdown to War With Iran
David Wearing
If Joe Biden wins in November, the de-escalation of tensions with Iran will likely come swiftly into effect. If not, a war of unthinkable magnitude in the energy heartlands of the planet becomes not just possible, but probable, argues David Wearing.
Novara Live: Surviving Boris Johnson – With Faiza Shaheen and Jonathan Portes
With a mandate from only 0.25% of the UK electorate, Boris Johnson has been elected Tory Party leader and Britain’s next Prime Minister. Johnson has called gay people “bumboys”, black people “picanninies” and compared muslim women to “letterboxes”. He’s now willing to take Britain to a no-deal Brexit. So, can Britain survive Boris? With Faiza […]
Novara Live: Red Vs Blue Britain – With Gillian Keegan MP and James Meadway
The coming years in British politics will revolve around a single question: Do we want to live in Jeremy Corbyn’s or Boris Johnson’s Britain. To debate two visions for the economy and country, Gillian Keegan, Conservative MP for Chichester, and James Meadway, ex-advisor to John McDonnell, go head-to-head.
Novara FM: Revolution and Its Discontents: Politics in Iran
James Butler is joined by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, to discuss Iranian politics and history: from imperialist coups to theocracy, and the fate of the Iranian left.
‘Going back is not an option’: A Refugee Family Trapped at the Edge of Fortress Europe
Megan Iacobini de Fazio
Photo story: Six year old Rimas and her family are among thousands of refugees who fear they have hit a dead end at the Croatian border. They walked from Iran, where they were part of a persecuted minority, crossing into Turkey, then Greece, and finally through the southern Balkans to Bosnia. But when they tried to enter the EU they were beaten and thrown back out.
AIPAC is Not the Reason for US-Israeli Ties
David Wearing
Since Ilhan Omar drew attention to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on social media last Sunday, there’s been much discussion of the significance of the 'Israel lobby’ in US politics. David Wearing argues we’d do better to situate our analysis of US-Israeli relations within a broader account of imperial US power.
The Bastani Factor: Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain | Aaron Meets David Wearing
Aaron is joined by David Wearing author of ‘Anglo-Arabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain’ to discuss the Gulf oil monarchies and the UK’s key supporting role in the disastrous Saudi-led intervention in Yemen.
67 Years Ago Today, a Democratic Revolution Began – and Britain Helped Stop It
Aaron Bastani
On 15 March 1951 the Iranian parliament voted to nationalise the country’s vast oil wealth in what should have been a founding moment for a modern, democratic nation. Aaron Bastani takes a look at why Britain and the US put a stop to Iran's experiment in self-government.
5 Possibilities That Could Shape Politics in 2016 (and Beyond)
Aaron Bastani
Happy New Year from Novara Media! 2015 was a turbulent year for politics, giving us such surprises as the first Tory majority since 1992. Here a handful of possible outcomes for 2016 which, if they transpire, could shape politics for the rest of the decade.
6 Misconceptions About the Iran Nuclear Deal
JT White
The deal on Iran’s nuclear programme has the potential to break with the tensions of the past. Yet the deal was made on wrongheaded assumptions about Iran. To this day we still view the country through a prism of falsehoods.