Analysis: Sri Lanka is Being Held Hostage By Its President
Amita Arudpragasam
As protesters mark more than 50 days of demonstrations, their key demand remains unmet: Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not resigned.
Tag: revolution
Downstream: Something Sinister Is Happening in the Labour Party. Aaron Bastani Meets Len McCluskey
Known for his steadfast support of Jeremy Corbyn whilst heading up the biggest private sector union in the country, Len McCluskey has a uniquely intimate knowledge of both Labour Party politics and the organised labour movement.
ACFM: Microdose: Organising for Revolution With Rodrigo Nunes
Keir and Jem thrash out the future of political organisation with author Rodrigo Nunes.
ACFM: Trip 20: Revolution
The gang square up to a suitably momentous topic for their 20th Trip.
ACFM: Microdose: Revolution From Cromwell to Castro
The gang speed through several centuries of political upheaval to work out what makes a revolution.
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: 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.
Novara Docs: I Was an Egyptian Revolutionary
10 years ago a wave of popular uprisings erupted across the Middle East, thousands poured onto the streets of Egypt to confront a dictatorship. In this video one protestor reflects on his experience all those years ago.
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 FM: Nightmarch: The Inner World of the Naxalites
Alpa Shah spent seven nights on a secret march with communist guerrillas in India. She joins James Butler to tell their story.
‘Silence from the international community is killing us’: Union Activists on the Sudanese Uprising
Joe Hayns
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Sudan since late 2018, in what protesters are describing as a revolution. We asked activists from the Sudanese Doctor's Union UK branch what exactly is going on.
Novara FM: OCTOBER: China Miéville on the Russian Revolution
China Miéville joins James Butler to talk about his new narrative history of 1917, OCTOBER.
Revolution, Where Are You?
Ina Fever
Trump, Brexit, a global refugee crisis. It's easy to feel like the world is falling apart and we're all powerless to stop it. But did the C17 Conference on Communism in Rome offer any solutions?
Long Read: ‘A real revolution is a mass of contradictions’: Interview with a Rojava Volunteer
Rojava Solidarity Cluster
Peter Loo headed for Rojava in October 2016. In this interview he reflects on his experiences so far, from politics and the economy, to feminism, meeting other volunteers, and Rojava's relationship to other combatants in the Syrian civil war.
Long Read: Dissecting Democracy: History of an Idea
Alex Fusco
After a typical election in the UK , the government we get will be radically different from the government we vote for. As representative democracy sinks into crisis, it is high-time the UK questions its own political system and embraces real democracy.
Long Read: Towards the Global Strike! 6 Thoughts on Nuit Debout for London and Elsewhere
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.
Novara FM: After the Fall: When Movements Lose but Change the World
On this week's show James Butler and Aaron Bastani talk about failure, triumph and the history of modern revolution.
Radical Lives: Omar Aziz
Budour Hassan
From IT consultant to Syrian revolutionary, Omar Aziz might have looked an unlikely rebel on paper. However, his push for local councils in and around Damascus enabled new levels of coordination between militants and aided the functioning of cities under siege.