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Feature: How New Labour Accelerated the Protest Crackdown

Francesca Newton

While Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are remembered as the spearheads of the protest crackdown, writes Francesca Newton, it was Tony Blair who kicked it into a whole new gear.

Novara FM: Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire

What can Bruce Willis' shoeless cowboy cop tell us about American corporate power? James Butler explores a Christmas favourite.

A group of men attempt to withdraw money from ATMs with the words 'Bank of Palestine' written in Arabic above the ATMs

Report: Palestinians Are Having Their Bank Accounts Frozen. Their Banks Won’t Explain Why

Sebastian Shehadi

Exclusive: Neobanks Wise and Payoneer are freezing Palestinian accounts en masse and without warning, citing vague regulatory obligations. Sebastian Shehadi reports.

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Report: Revealed: A British Charity Gave Over £1m to ‘Israel’s Largest Militia’

Rivkah Brown

Between 2011 and 2018 The Jewish National Fund UK gave £1.1m to HaShomer HaChadash, a ‘neo-nationalist’ organisation that uses military tactics to expand illegal settlements and defend Israeli land from Palestinians. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Opinion: The World Is Finally Waking Up to Israel’s Disinformation War – But Is It Too Late?

Yara Hawari

Even the BBC is starting to pick up on Israeli propaganda. Its belated epiphany won't bring back 15,000 dead Palestinians, writes Yara Hawari.

An Israeli soldier wearing a helmet and camo uniform in the foreground, in the background a Palestinian family looking out of a window.

Opinion: Israel Gave Terrorism As the Reason for Its Latest Assault on Gaza. It’s Never Needed a Reason

Hamza Ali Shah

Anyone familiar with Israeli apartheid saw Operation Breaking Dawn for what it was, writes Hamza Ali Shah: Israel’s regular reminder to the Palestinians that they will never be free.

Opinion: Even Angela Rayner’s Own Party Are Slamming Her ‘Shoot First’ Terrorism Comments

Ash Sarkar

The Labour deputy leader's "shoot first, ask questions later" stance on terrorism, condemned by MPs across the political spectrum, could set a dangerous precedent for the party's treatment of crime, writes Ash Sarkar.

Novara Live: Shamima Begum Can’t Come Home

The Supreme Court have ruled Shamima Begum has no right to return to Britain to appeal the removal of her citizenship. Is the UK abdicating responsibility?

Novara FM: The Bodies on the Gears: How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Andreas Malm argues in How to Blow Up a Pipeline that the climate movement must act against the infrastructure of death. He joins James Butler to discuss.

a protest at which someone holds the banner 'no to Islamophobia, no to war'

Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent

Ilyas Nadgee

From William Shawcross to David Goodhart, the recently-appointed EHRC commissioner who believes Tory Islamophobia is a paranoid smear, the government is stuffing our democratic institutions with dangerous ideologues. The left must forcefully resist this worrying trend, writes Ilyas Nadgee.

Novara Live: Terror in Reading

A terror attack in Reading spawns a bizarre conspiracy about Ash. Plus, the far-right exodus from twitter, zoomers make an impact on Trump’s re-election and plans to sign in to your local pub.

Mosques Are Being Advised to Increase Security and Expect Hate Crime During Ramadan

Kieron Monks

A profound shift is taking place with new cameras, fences, and guards going up at mosques around the country to protect worshippers in the wake of shootings in Christchurch and at a time of year when hate crime tends to spike. Kieron Monks reports from a security session in London.

British Tabloids Amplified Terrorist Propaganda Following Christchurch Attack, Analysis Finds

Charlotte England

Exclusive: Analysis by campaign group estimates the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror and the Sun may have helped disseminate white supremacist propaganda to more than 1 million people in the aftermath of shootings at two New Zealand mosques.

Stansted 15: Activists Who Stopped Deportation Charter Flight Convicted of Terror-Related Charges

Beth Perkin, Charlotte England

In an exclusive interview with Novara Media, activists who took direct action to prevent 60 people being deported to Nigeria and Ghana speak out about why they stopped the plane and what it was like to spend nine weeks on trial charged with an offence created in the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing.

Tommy Robinson and His Mates Don’t Really Care About Abused Kids or Terrorism

Benjamin Walters

Tommy Robinson doesn’t care about preventing child abuse, fighting terrorism or protecting free speech. He only cares about pushing his racist agenda and using the suffering of others to advance his own career, argues Benjamin Walters.

Novara FM: A Century of Suffrage?

On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Zoe Williams, Ash Sarkar and Eleanor Penny to discuss the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which offered limited suffrage to women, and discuss the changing face of feminism in the past century.

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