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Feature: Post-Soviet Countries Don’t Know What to Do With Their Monuments

Juliet Jacques

In December, Sofia decided to partially dismantle its monument to the Red Army, rekindling decades-old debates about where these pieces of Soviet history belong, writes Juliet Jacques.

Downstream: ‘Working Class’ Is Not an Identity. Ash Sarkar Meets China Miéville

The author of The City & The City joins Ash Sarkar on Downstream to discuss sadism, sci-fi, blockchain utopias, Lord of the Rings and the politics of Sally Rooney's fiction.

Novara FM: In the Cookshops of the Future

Peter Hudis joins James Butler to gaze into the future – and explain why the left must stake a claim to it.

The Bastani Factor: ‘Cultural Marxism’ Is a Far Right Conspiracy Theory

Cultural Marxism, increasingly mentioned by right-wing politicians, pundits and terrorists, is a conspiracy theory. But where does it come from, what does it mean and what is its political function for those who deploy it? Aaron Bastani traces the roots of the term from 1930s Germany through the fantasist ravings of Lyndon Larouche to its […]

The Bastani Factor: The World According to the Economist with Alexander Zevin

Since 1843, The Economist has been the single most devoted and influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and what does the output of the Economist tell us about it?

ACFM: #ACFM Trip 7: Be Here Now

Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn ask why now for acid corbynism? They discuss historical conjunctures, farcical repetitions, and left melancholy.

The Left Must Embrace the Radical Potential of Technology – Or Face Political Defeat

Aaron Bastani

While mainstream thinking today seeks to separate questions of technology from politics, the left has a long history - from Marx onwards - of visionary thinking about the radical potential of technology. For the left to ignore this potential at our present moment of multiple crises would lay the foundation for political defeat, argues Aaron Bastani.

Novara FM: After the Crisis: Socialist Economics for Corbynism

James Butler is joined by James Meadway to discuss the economics of Corbynism: from the 2008 crash, to the new policy horizons of the Labour left and a socialist economics for the 21st century.

Novara FM: Utopia Now?

On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar discuss Utopia, its history and politics, and ask: what would it mean to make Utopia now?

Interview: Interview With David Harvey

Last September Aaron Bastani sat down with the world’s leading expert on Karl Marx; David Harvey. They discussed the relevance of Marx today, productivity, China and so much more. Enjoy.

IMOBastani: Karl Marx? He Was Right.

The British media recently castigated John McDonnell for admitting he had read Karl Marx. But there’s just one problem with that – he’s never been more relevant.

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Long Read: Towards a Queer Crisis: On Capitalism & Compulsory Heterosexuality

Sophie Monk & Joni Pitt (Cohen)

For most of the history of capitalism, heterosexuality has been mandated by law. Sophie Monk & Joni Pitt (Cohen) examine the role of compulsory heterosexuality in capitalism, and consider how it can be disrupted.

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.

Interview: Interview: Yanis Varoufakis

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sits down with Aaron Bastani, discussing everything from Nigel Farage to 'libertarian marxism' and the future of capitalism.

Novara FM: ‘Lets Steal It Back’: Marxists.Org, Rentiership and the Commons

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss the recent actions by Lawrence and Wishart against marxists.org.

7 Reasons ‘Radical’ Publishers are Getting OWNED by the Internet

James Butler

Lawrence and Wishart, publishers of the Marx-Engels Collected Works (MECW), the most complete works available in English, recently issued an instruction to the Marxists.org internet archive to take down their digitised and freely-available copies of its text. Subsequently, the internet struck back.

Interview: Interview: David Harvey

Professor David Harvey talks to Aaron Bastani about capitalism, crisis and social movements post-2008.

Novara FM: Contradictions of Capitalism: In Conversation with David Harvey

On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani are joined by David Harvey.

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