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Analysis: When Logistics Run Out of Time
Shoppers have been told they "should all be ashamed" for emptying shelves as the country adjusts to life in times of pandemic. But personalising the problem lets supermarket supply chains off the hook, argues Craig Gent.
Uniting Communities: Organising for Real Change in Greater Manchester at Christmas and Beyond
This Christmas, a hard-working group of volunteers has been trying to bring some festive spirit to children and parents in their local community. It's all part of a wider effort to build up community confidence and an ethos of neighbourhood self-organisation - and an exciting example for anyone interested in community organising.
Opinion: Learning the Lessons of Labour’s Northern Nightmare Will Take Longer Than a Weekend

Beyond Brexit and Corbyn, Labour's foothold in England's mining belt has been weakening for years, writes Craig Gent. Rebuilding trust and confidence will require a patient process involving hard truths - and no amount of hot takes on social media will change that.

Tory Candidate Faces Questions Over App That Charged Food Banks Hundreds of Pounds
A Conservative party candidate is facing questions over whether she sought to profit from Britain’s hunger crisis with an app that charged food banks hundreds of pounds to promote lists of items they need from donors.
‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition
Today Asda workers gathered in Leeds for a national demonstration against the imposition of 'flexible' new employment conditions, which they argue will have devastating consequences for workers' lives. Craig Gent reports.
No Shortcuts: Meet UCU’s Radical New General Secretary
"The idea that we just tolerate a managed decline because we can’t expect any better has just been entirely rejected." Jo Grady, an outsider, rank-and-file candidate, has achieved an unprecedented landslide in the UCU general secretary race. Craig Gent caught up with her at the union's annual congress.
Barnsley’s Electoral Upsets Should Be a Wake-up Call to Ancient Labour Councils
Labour faced significant losses in Barnsley yesterday, a town that ordinarily epitomises the 'Labour heartland' vote. Unfortunately for today's more convenient narratives, Brexit doesn't explain away the dearth of ideas and enthusiasm afflicting local government.
The All-Seeing Algorithm?

James Butler is joined by Novara Media’s own Craig Gent to discuss the rise of the algorithm, the new workplace under algorithmic management, and the scope and practice of workers’ resistance to new techniques of domination.
Long Read: #OurUCU: The Real Culmination of the UCU’s ‘Turnaround Year’
Attempts to avert any discussion of Sally Hunt's leadership of the University and College Union at its annual congress have exposed a schism between two models of trade unionism.
What’s at Stake in the Momentum Democracy Row?
An emergency meeting, a founding conference, two competing visions of democracy and a generous dose of power play. What's going on inside Momentum and what's at stake?
7 Reasons Portugal’s Socialists are Staring into the Abyss
Despite four years of austerity, the Portuguese Socialist Party came up short in yesterday's general election, losing out to the ruling coalition. Meanwhile, a left challenge is putting the squeeze on a party that has evaded 'pasokification' until now.
‘The weapon of the poor’: an irate Greek MP just gatecrashed a lecture to call for a default on the country’s debts
Today a Syriza MP commandeered a university conference lecture to deliver proposals for the direction of the Greek government following its capitulation to EU demands. Things got heated.
5 Reasons Syriza Won the Greek Election
In an historic landmark, last night Syriza became the first radical left party to be elected in an EU member state, but what led to this result beyond the ballots? Novara Wire editor Craig McVegas writes from Athens.
Red on the Inside: Are the Greens the ‘New Old Labour’?
#GreenSurge is underway, with a lot of the Greens' new support coming from former Labour supporters - but how is the Green Party positioning itself to attract these new supporters?
“WTF is happening?!” – Warwick, the police and the new student movement
Scenes of CS spray and a Taser being pulled on a British university campus have shocked thousands, but if the new student movement is to dig its heels in, it can expect more where that came from, writes Craig McVegas.
4 Things David Harvey Thinks Anti-Capitalists Should Know
The eminent Marxian geographer David Harvey has been in the UK lately talking about his new book among other things. Novara have had the good fortune to spend some time with him which you can be a part of on Novara FM and TV. To whet your appetite, here are 4 things we should know based upon Harvey's recent talks in London.
5 Reasons Gypsies and Travellers Hate Eric Pickles (and Why You Should Too)

From the violent eviction of travellers from Dale Farm in 2011 to more recent scaremongering over an influx of Roma ‘child snatchers’ and ‘beggars’ over the New Year, Travellers and Gypsies continue to be the media’s favourite folk devils and antiziganism shows no signs of ceasing to be the most socially acceptable form of racism. […]

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