Novara FM: Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire
What can Bruce Willis' shoeless cowboy cop tell us about American corporate power? James Butler explores a Christmas favourite.
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Novara FM: It’s the End of the Tory Party As We Know It (And I Feel Nothing)
James Butler paints a picture of Britain at a historic crossroads, waving fuckity bye to the Tories and bracing for Starmerism.
Novara FM: It’s A Wonderful Life
James Butler and Eleanor Penny explore the political upheavals at the heart of a beloved Christmas movie.
Novara FM: Who Has the Right to Sex?
Amia Srinivasan and James Butler explore the philosophical grey zones between power, intimacy and violence.
Novara FM: NO ONE WAY WORKS: Political Organisation for the 21st Century
Rodrigo Nunes joins James Butler to throw light on left melancholia and the future of political organisation.
Novara FM: Get Free
Annelien De Dijn asks us: what if everything you thought you knew about freedom was wrong?
Analysis: Bombers in Paris: The Arrest of Italy’s ‘Red Terrorists’ Raises the Spectre of Political Violence
James Butler
Seven Italians were arrested in Paris this morning – all former members of ‘red terrorist’ groups active during Italy’s ‘years of lead’. James Butler explores the questions we still need to answer when it comes to political violence.
Novara FM: Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
James Butler is joined by Katherine Angel to explore the politics of bad sex, consent culture - and how we might think better about the difficulty of sex and power.
Novara FM: Ten Years of #NovaraFM
This year makes it a decade that Novara has been on the air in some form. Join James Butler for a head-spinning trip into the FM archives.
Novara Live: Novara Media REACT to Election Debate #1
Johnson and Corbyn go head-to-head in the first Leaders Debate. On this episode of TyskySour, Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Butler give reactions and analysis.
Novara FM: Nina Power: Decapitalism
On #NovaraFM, Nina Power joins James Butler to talk about ‘decapitalism’ – from severed heads to sovereignty to contemporary anticapitalism and more.
Novara FM: Radical Happiness: Lynne Segal
James Butler is joined by Lynne Segal, Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck, and longstanding left feminist, to discuss radical happiness, utopia and political joy.
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 Future That Never Was: 1997 and After
On #NovaraFM, Richard Power Sayeed joins James Butler to talk 1997: the Macpherson Inquiry, Blair, Diana & more.
Novara FM: Peter Frase: Life After Capitalism
On #NovaraFM, James Butler speaks to Peter Frase of Jacobin, author of Four Futures, about life after capitalism and the politics of the future.
I voted remain, but ignoring the outcome would be terrible for democracy
'One of the major fault lines of this referendum was a hatred of elites'
James Butler on legal bids to overturn Brexit, and why this is toxic for democracy.
Terms of Engagement: The Story of Europe: Terms of Engagement
James Butler traces the EU's present day faults back to its postwar inception in this bumper Terms of Engagement explaining the historical phenomenon of Europe.
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'.