Opinion

In Defence of Sex and Parties

by Sophie K Rosa
A journalist’s comments about missing parties and sex during lockdown have invited widespread scorn, including from those on the left. Which is weird, writes Sophie K Rosa, because parties are and always have been a site of political resistance.

Opinion

Give White People Something to Do

by Ash Sarkar
The politicisation of white people over the past five years has so far been confined to changing how people think, writes Ash Sarkar. Now, it’s time to change what they do.
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The Stansted 15 Have Won – What Can We Learn From Their Four-Year Legal Battle?
by Ali Tamlit, Helen Brewer, Laura Clayson and Nick Sigsworth
Analysis
Unfinished Revolutions: How the West and the Rest Conspired to Thwart the Arab Uprisings
by David Wearing
Analysis
‘We Don’t Want Socialism’: How WallStreetBets Rejected the Left
by Jack Chadwick
Report
Is a London Council Trying to Freeze Black and Brown Residents Out of Their Homes During a Pandemic?
Analysis
Myanmar’s Military Was Already in Charge, So Why Did It Stage a Coup?

Opinion

In Defence of Sex and Parties

by Sophie K Rosa
A journalist’s comments about missing parties and sex during lockdown have invited widespread scorn, including from those on the left. Which is weird, writes Sophie K Rosa, because parties are and always have been a site of political resistance.

Opinion

Give White People Something to Do

by Ash Sarkar
The politicisation of white people over the past five years has so far been confined to changing how people think, writes Ash Sarkar. Now, it’s time to change what they do.
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I Am Not My Work
Why are we told we should love our work? Sarah Jaffe joins James Butler to explain why work will never, and can never, love us back.
#ACFM
#ACFM Trip 13: Crowds
With the pandemic keeping us in isolation, the crew return to discuss crowds. Are they forums for collective joy, or platforms for demagoguery?
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International

Why Are India’s Farmers Staging the Biggest Protest in History?
by Simran Jeet Singh

As tensions mount between protesters and authorities in New Delhi, Simran Jeet Singh explores the legacy of exploitation and neglect that has paved the way for India's historic farmers' protests. 

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Starmer’s Worst Week
As commentators question if he's up for the job, we discuss Keir Starmer's worst week

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Audio

#NovaraFM
I Am Not My Work
Why are we told we should love our work? Sarah Jaffe joins James Butler to explain why work will never, and can never, love us back.
#NovaraFM
Capital, Care and Crisis
Emma Dowling joins James Butler to discuss care in the shadow of capital.
#ACFM
#ACFM Trip 13: Crowds
With the pandemic keeping us in isolation, the crew return to discuss crowds. Are they forums for collective joy, or platforms for demagoguery?
#NovaraFM
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.
#ACFM
#ACFM Microdose: Ece Temelkuran on Crowds
Nadia Idle speaks to Turkish journalist and author Ece Temelkuran about the potency of crowds.
#NovaraFM
After the Robots: Aaron Benanav on Work, Automation and Utopia
What if the automation theorists are wrong? How might we build utopia without them? Aaron Benanav joins James Butler to gaze into the future.
#NovaraFM
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.
#NovaraFM
Only Pleasure Can Save the Planet
Philosopher Kate Soper joins Clare Hymer to discuss alternative hedonism, political optimism and post-growth living.

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Starmer’s Worst Week
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Closing the Borders
The GameStop Stock Surge

Articles

Opinion
If Biden and the Democrats Actually Want to Get Anything Done, They Need to Transform Democracy
by Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Opinion
It’s Not Enough to Defend the Five-Day Week – We Must Demand Four
by Aidan Harper
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International
Why Are India’s Farmers Staging the Biggest Protest in History?
by Simran Jeet Singh
Analysis
GameStop: How the Online Crowd Stormed the FinTech Scene
by Paolo Gerbaudo
Opinion
Think the Tories Can’t Possibly Paint Britain’s Pandemic Response As a Triumph? Think Again
by Aaron Bastani
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International
To Defeat the Far Right, Portugal’s Left Must Learn From Its History
by Joana Ramiro
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Report
Amazon Delivery Drivers Are Being Shamed for Relieving Themselves in Public – But Bezos is to Blame
by Sophie K Rosa
Analysis
Unfinished Revolutions: What Were the Roots of the Arab Uprisings?
by David Wearing

Video

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