What Did the Situationists Achieve?
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn
Escaping the society of the spectacle.
Tag: revolution
Sri Lanka is Being Held Hostage By Its President
Amita Arudpragasam
As the country crumbles, Gotabaya Rajapaksa remains in office.
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.
Microdose: Organising for Revolution With Rodrigo Nunes
Keir and Jem thrash out the future of political organisation with author Rodrigo Nunes.
Trip 20: Revolution
The gang square up to a suitably momentous topic for their 20th Trip.
Microdose: Revolution From Cromwell to Castro
The gang speed through several centuries of political upheaval to work out what makes a revolution.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
‘A real revolution is a mass of contradictions’: Interview with a Rojava Volunteer
Rojava Solidarity Cluster
Dissecting Democracy: History of an Idea
Alex Fusco
Towards the Global Strike! 6 Thoughts on Nuit Debout for London and Elsewhere
Ina Fever
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.