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Analysis

Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil

by David Wearing

Despite popular appetite for democracy, the Arab uprisings were violently thwarted. In the fourth part of his series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing explores the role oil played in determining their defeat.

Rishi Sunak standing on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street with his red box

Opinion

Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic

by Ann Pettifor

The left must be wary of flatly equating tax increases with post-pandemic recovery. In today’s budget, Rishi Sunak should go after the few whose wealth has increased over the past year, argues economist Ann Pettifor.

Opinion

The Biden Administration Just Broke International Law. Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?

by Aaron Bastani

Report

After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System

by Sophie K Rosa

Rishi Sunak laughing

Rishi Sunak laughing

Analysis

After All the Hype Over Budget 2021…That’s It?

by James Meadway

Long Read

Keir Starmer is a Long-Time Servant of the British Security State

Analysis

The Tories’ Anti-Protest Clampdown Will Hit Black and Brown People Hardest

Analysis

Unfinished Revolutions: How the Arab Uprisings Were Drowned in Oil

by David Wearing

Despite popular appetite for democracy, the Arab uprisings were violently thwarted. In the fourth part of his series on what these events can teach us about Western imperialism in the twenty-first century, David Wearing explores the role oil played in determining their defeat.

Rishi Sunak standing on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street with his red box

Opinion

Now Isn’t the Time for a General Tax Hike – We Need to Target Those Who’ve Profited From the Pandemic

by Ann Pettifor

The left must be wary of flatly equating tax increases with post-pandemic recovery. In today’s budget, Rishi Sunak should go after the few whose wealth has increased over the past year, argues economist Ann Pettifor.

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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.

#ACFM

#ACFM Trip 14: Desire

The #ACFM gang explore the political power of desire, from the storming of the Capitol to the Corbyn cult.

Long Read

Whatever Happened to the UK Youth Climate Strikes?

by Clare Hymer

Two years ago, young people across the UK walked out of school in the first of a wave of 'climate strikes'. But despite its rapid and extraordinary growth, the youth strike movement's future was in jeopardy even prior to the pandemic. Clare Hymer reports.

TyskySour

Slap for Carers

How did Boris Johnson go from clapping for carers to giving them a slap in the face?

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#NovaraFM

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.

#NovaraFM

Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

James Butler is joined by Katherine Angel to explore the politics of bad sex, consent culture - and how we might think better about the difficulty of sex and power.

#ACFM

#ACFM Trip 14: Desire

The #ACFM gang explore the political power of desire, from the storming of the Capitol to the Corbyn cult.

#ACFM

#ACFM Microdose: Tabitha Bast on Dating and Desire

Do dating apps leave us unprepared for offline love? Nadia Idle talks to psychosexual therapist Tabitha Bast about the politics of desire.

#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.

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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.

TyskySour

Slap for Carers

Articles

Report

A Doctor on Living Through a Month of Deadly Protests in Myanmar

by A doctor in Myanmar

children sit in a nursery holding a sign that reads 'Save Our Nursery'

children sit in a nursery holding a sign that reads 'Save Our Nursery'

Report

Royal Mail Wants to Close Its Workers’ Nursery During the Pandemic

by Shahed Ezaydi

Opinion

Until He Starts Talking About Rent Caps, Keir Starmer Isn’t Serious About Championing Business

by Aaron Bastani

Alexei Navalny, backed by Russian people and Russian flags

Alexei Navalny, backed by Russian people and Russian flags

Analysis

Alexei Navalny Is a Complicated Figure – But a Gift to the Russian Left

by Volodya Vagner

Opinion

A Spanish Company is Building an Apartheid Railway in Israel – Now It Wants in on HS2

by Zakaria Odeh

an IDF tank rolls across a desert landscape

an IDF tank rolls across a desert landscape

Analysis

Is the Hague Finally About to Challenge Israeli Impunity?

by Rania Muhareb

Opinion

The Tories’ Levelling Up Agenda is Just Thatcherism for Towns

by Joe Duffy

Gavin Williamson addresses country in covid address

Gavin Williamson addresses country in covid address

Opinion

To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters

by Barnaby Raine

Video

Is Your Boss Spying On You?

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