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.
Tag: occupy
Report: Students Have Been Duped Into Returning to Halls – So They’re Refusing to Pay Rent
by Rivkah Brown
On Tuesday, the University of Manchester joined the growing list of UK universities whose students are going on rent strike during the pandemic. Rivkah Brown reports on the student movement the pandemic has restarted.
Obituary: An Everyday Anarchist: David Graeber, 1961-2020
by Paul Mason
David Graeber - anthropologist, author, anarchist and friend to many - died this week in Venice aged 59. A lifelong fighter for social justice, his ultimate achievement will be in the “everyday communist society” we create, writes Paul Mason.
Obituary: The Opposite of a Cynic: David Graeber, 1961-2020
by James Butler
Novara Media would likely not exist without anthropologist and activist David Graeber, who died on Wednesday. He helped give us the confidence to start out, and the conviction that left media – and especially left media that is able to think for itself – actually matters, writes James Butler.
Novara FM: Anti-Politics: State, Authority, Ideology
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Eliane Glaser to discuss her new book 'Anti-Politics', and the attitude of the contemporary left to the key questions of political power and the state.
TyskySour Audio: Necessary Trouble With Sarah Jaffe
Michael Walker speaks to Sarah Jaffe about protest in the US since the financial crisis. Sarah gives a long-view assessment of struggle under Obama, before laying out how social movements have responded to Trump.
Novara FM: The Mask and the Flag: Populism and Protest
James Butler is joined by Paolo Gerbaudo to discuss 'populism' and the rise of a populist Left.
Long Read: Towards the Global Strike! 6 Thoughts on Nuit Debout for London and Elsewhere
by Ina Fever
Sunday Long Read: The social movement Nuit Debout (roughly translated at Rise Up at Night) began on 31 March in Paris and quickly spread across France. The movement is now threatening to go global.
6 Reasons We Need to Name the Enemy
by Gabriel Bristow
Gabriel Bristow argues that just as it's becoming increasingly difficult to point to our political enemies, it's never been more crucial.