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Novara Docs: Palestinian Volunteers Bring Smiles to Displaced Children in Gaza

In Rafah in Gaza’s south, Palestinian volunteers have created an entertainment camp for some of the territory’s many displaced children. With music, games and dancing, they bring a reminder of normal childhood to a war zone.

A blockade at an arms factory in Kent

Report: Activists Just Shut Down a Factory That Makes Parts for Israeli Fighter Jets

Charlotte England

Around 400 people are blockading the entrances to a factory in Kent that makes parts for the Israeli military's 'most lethal' fighter jets. Charlotte England reports.

Interview: Israel Is a Regime Bent on Oppression | Interview With Palestinian Ambassador

Michael Walker speaks to Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot about the latest assault on worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque and Israel’s violent system of apartheid.

Analysis: Liz Truss Doesn’t Care About Stopping the War in Ukraine

Oliver Eagleton

By preventing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Liz Truss is dragging out a devastating conflict. But that’s a price she’s willing to pay for preserving Britain’s interests, argues Oliver Eagleton.

Soldiers of Russia's Interior Ministry practice martial arts during a drill marking Reconnoissance Day in the southern Russian city of Stavropol

Analysis: Russia Is Using Ethnic Minorities As Cannon Fodder In Ukraine

Diyora Shadijanova

Ethnic minority soldiers from low income Russian regions are already dying at a higher rate in the war. Now Putin’s latest mobilisation is causing fresh fear – and increasing tensions across the federation.

Two Palestinian girls walk past a mural of Al -Jazeera journalist, Sherine Abu Aqla in Gaza City

Report: Israel is Losing the Misinformation War

Hamza Yusuf

Israel’s hundred years’ war on Palestine has been bolstered by a sophisticated campaign of lies. The old tools may not work for much longer, reports Hamza Ali Shah.

Analysis: Don’t Ignore Biden’s Shadow War

Oliver Eagleton

With Joe Biden looking set to double down on America’s drone programme, Oliver Eagleton argues that the return to traditional warfare in Europe must not eclipse evolving modes of conflict elsewhere.

ACFM: Trip 23: War

Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn bring a weird left perspective on violence and conflict, with music from Digital Mystikz and Stiff Little Fingers.

Opinion: The Government Is Using the War in Ukraine to Abandon Its Climate Targets

Sam Knights

In response to the war in Ukraine, Boris Johnson has ordered more fossil fuel extraction in the North Sea. But weaning ourselves off Russian oil and gas shouldn’t mean drilling for fossil fuels at home, argues Sam Knights.

Ash Wednesday: Why Libertarians Agree With Putin | Ash Sarkar

There’s a clear split between rightwing commentators, and Putin’s war on Ukraine. But between pundits and Putin’s war on woke? Not so much!

Downstream: Liberalism Is in Trouble. Aaron Bastani Meets Francis Fukuyama

Few political thinkers exert such an influence that their work becomes synonymous with a historic era. Francis Fukuyama's declaration of "the end of history" after the fall of the Soviet Union made him one. Aaron Bastani speaks to Fukuyama on the publication of his new book, Liberalism and its Discontents.

Opinion: Is Zelenskyy Cracking Down on the Ukrainian Left?

Volodya Vagner

Novara Media spoke to Vitaliy Dudin, head of the Ukrainian democratic socialist organisation the Social Movement, about Zelenskyy's suspension of Ukrainian opposition parties and what it means for the country's left.

Novara Live: Zelenksy Concedes Ukraine Won’t Join NATO

The FT have reported that a 15-point plan to end the war has been drawn up by negotiators from Russia and Ukraine. Could a breakthrough be imminent on a peace deal?

Vladimir Putin rolls his eyes

Opinion: Russia’s War Will Make the Cost of Living Crisis Even Worse

James Meadway

Our living standards are already falling. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could lead them to plummet. James Meadway explains.

Boris Johnson UK government army military

Opinion: The Tories Want to Increase Military Spending During a Cost of Living Crisis

James Meadway

As rising military spending starts to put pressure on domestic public services, we must reject the idea that ordinary people should shoulder the cost of war and other crises, writes James Meadway.

Opinion: For Putin, Failure in Ukraine Isn’t an Option

Volodya Vagner

Given how Vladimir Putin has so publicly tied himself to the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s failure will be hard to present as anything other than his own, writes Volodya Vagner.

joe biden pentagon speech briefing

Analysis: Sanctioning Russia Won’t Work. Just Look at Iran

Arron Merat

As the US and its allies impose sanctions on Russia, a cursory look at Iran, which has been sanctioned for over a decade, shows they are a largely symbolic and counterproductive measure, writes Arron Merat.

Novara Live: Putin Shells Cities in Bid to Break Ukraine

Faced with a stronger than expected Ukrainian resistance, Putin has returned to a familiar tactic of urban warfare: Indiscriminate shelling & siege. We speak to Anatol Lieven who has reported on Russia's military actions in Syria and Chechnya.

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