The Burner: The Burner Episode #226: Labour Pains + Food Crisis
Aaron Bastani asks: where on earth is Labour going on economic policy? Can it avoid fighting the last war? Plus, James Butler asks: are we facing a food crisis? Why?
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Opinion: While the Tories Remain in Power, Austerity Will Never Be Off the Agenda
Grace Blakeley
With many on the left triumphantly declaring the end of austerity, its architect, George Osborne, is already preparing for the next round, writes Grace Blakeley.
Novara Live: John McDonnell on the #LabourLeaks and COVID-19
An exclusive interview with former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on COVID-19, the #LabourLeaks, and the future of the left under Keir Starmer.
Report: Labour Official Who Undermined Party and Mocked Staff Was in Running for General Secretary Under Starmer
Aaron Bastani
Exclusive: Emilie Oldknow, a former senior official at Labour HQ and a union executive, who plotted to undermine Jeremy Corbyn and called colleagues 'pube head' and 'smelly cow', was in the running for Labour's top job. Aaron Bastani reports.
Report: Labour Staff Members Express Dismay With Union’s Response to Leaked Documents
Aaron Bastani
Rank-and-file Labour staffers have told Novara Media they feel “stunned” at their branch executive’s choice to emphasise the fact of the leak over its extraordinary contents, writes Aaron Bastani.
Novara FM: Left Populism, Coronavirus and Crisis
James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss left populism, Italian politics, and the nature of the crisis over the pandemic in Italy, Europe and beyond.
Opinion: The 2020 Budget Shows the Tories Are Playing by New Rules
Aaron Bastani
Did Rishi Sunak just end austerity? No. Is Britain adequately preparing for the panoply of crises set to define the coming decades? Also no. But make no mistake, writes Aaron Bastani, this was the first Tory budget since 2010 to abandon the neoliberal frame of ‘necessity', demonstrating how Labour under Corbyn won certain arguments.
Novara Live: Bernie Hits the Jackpot
Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and Dalia Gebrial discuss Bernie’s big win in Nevada, ballots dropping in the Labour leadership race, and the start of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
Explainers: Keir Starmer: Not the Safe Choice for Labour?
David Wearing argues that with only a few years left to prevent climate breakdown, Labour’s new leader has to both win the next general election, and then push through a major transformation of our economic model in a single parliament. So can Labour afford to go back to the politics of the centre left, which […]
Opinion: Populist Austerity – This Is the Real Johnsonomics
Phil Jones
With the government nationalising Northern Rail and floating the idea of a mansion tax, what looks to some like a move to the left for the Conservatives, is in fact populist austerity in action, argues Phil Jones.
Opinion: Electability Matters, but Its Deployment Is Political
Aaron Bastani
There's no denying that electability is crucial to a party's viability, but don’t be fooled when it’s used to avoid talking about the issues that matter, argues Aaron Bastani.
Novara FM: No Going Back: Defeat, the Far Right, and the Press
James Butler is joined by Owen Jones to take stock as the Left faces 2020.
Opinion: Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
Michael Chessum
Changing one's mind is part of anyone's political development, but if a leadership contest is to be more than an exercise in political shapeshifting, the candidates need to account for their political histories, argues Michael Chessum.
Ash Wednesday: Open Selections: How Can Something so Boring, Be so Contentious?
This week Rebecca Long-Bailey announced her support for open selections. Ash Sarkar explains why this issue cuts to the heart of the Labour Party.
Novara FM: After Defeat
One month after Labour's catastrophic defeat, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to dig into attempts to understand the loss, and how the left moves on from it.
Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Call to End Factionalism Must Not Mean a Return to the Status Quo
Michael Walker
There is a promise the leadership hopeful could make, argues Michael Walker, which would fulfil his desire to end damaging internecine war without undermining accountability: open selections.
ACFM: #ACFM Microdose: The Comedown
The #ACFM crew take stock in the wake of Labour’s defeat and the dawning of a new year.
Shit Jobs for All: the Many Horrors of the Zero Hours Contract
Laith Saad
Huge commutes, poor pay and unpaid overtime. Agency worker and journalist Laith Saad speaks with his colleagues about the precarity and exploitation that goes hand-in-hand with a zero hours contract.