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22-year-old Osime Brown.

Opinion

My Son Osime Brown Will Die If He is Deported – But the Racist State Isn’t Listening

by Joan Martin

Osime Brown has lived in the UK since he was four. He has autism, PTSD and a heart condition, yet the British government wants to deport him to Jamaica, where there is nobody to support him - all for a minor crime witnesses say he did not even commit. His mother, Joan Martin, spoke to Novara Media about why he must be allowed to stay.

Football fans protest the proposed European Super League.

Analysis

What Does the European Super League Furore Tell Us About Modern Capitalism?

by Aaron Bastani

The brief life and early death of the European Super League captured the political possibilities of the coming decade: dissent will emerge from the most unlikely places, governments will involve themselves in ways once unthinkable and a gilded elite will be left increasingly unsure of its footing.

A person doing a HIV test. ANURAKE SINGTO-ON/Shutterstock.com

A person doing a HIV test. ANURAKE SINGTO-ON/Shutterstock.com

Opinion

No, Covid-19 Isn’t a Chance to ‘End HIV’

by Ben Weil

A crowd carries a white coffin covered with red roses. A placard nearby reads 'Black Lives Matter'

A crowd carries a white coffin covered with red roses. A placard nearby reads 'Black Lives Matter'

Opinion

Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Won’t Make Black Lives Matter

by Annie Olaloku-Teriba

Analysis

Scramble for the Arctic: How Greenland Became the Frontier of a New Trade and Tech War

by James Meadway

Boris Johnson visits a school in Pimlico

Boris Johnson visits a school in Pimlico

Report

The Tories’ New Discipline Drive Prepares Some Kids for Work and Others for Prison

Police officers guard a statue of Winston Churchill as people take part in a Black Trans Lives Matter rally in London, Britain, June 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters

Police officers guard a statue of Winston Churchill as people take part in a Black Trans Lives Matter rally in London, Britain, June 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters

Opinion

By Stoking Britain’s Culture War, Boris Johnson is Playing the Long Game

22-year-old Osime Brown.

Opinion

My Son Osime Brown Will Die If He is Deported – But the Racist State Isn’t Listening

by Joan Martin

Osime Brown has lived in the UK since he was four. He has autism, PTSD and a heart condition, yet the British government wants to deport him to Jamaica, where there is nobody to support him - all for a minor crime witnesses say he did not even commit. His mother, Joan Martin, spoke to Novara Media about why he must be allowed to stay.

Football fans protest the proposed European Super League.

Analysis

What Does the European Super League Furore Tell Us About Modern Capitalism?

by Aaron Bastani

The brief life and early death of the European Super League captured the political possibilities of the coming decade: dissent will emerge from the most unlikely places, governments will involve themselves in ways once unthinkable and a gilded elite will be left increasingly unsure of its footing.

#NovaraFM

A Plague of Blue Locusts: On Police Power

Mark Neocleous joins James Butler to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order.

ACFM

#ACFM

#ACFM Trip 15: Folk

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert dig into the politics of folk, from island cults to progressive patriotism.

Opinion

Mayors Are Blairite Nonsense and We Don’t Need Them

by Owen Hatherley

The left should not be campaigning for better mayors - we should be arguing for no mayors at all.

TyskySour

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Over

While it may seem the Covid-19 pandemic in Britain is ending, this week saw global case levels higher than ever before. We speak to Deepti Gurdasani about the ongoing global coronavirus crisis.

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#NovaraFM

A Plague of Blue Locusts: On Police Power

Mark Neocleous joins James Butler to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order.

ACFM

ACFM

#ACFM

#ACFM Trip 15: Folk

Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert dig into the politics of folk, from island cults to progressive patriotism.

#NovaraFM

Luddites, Hackers, Saboteurs

'To be a good Marxist is to be a Luddite.' Gavin Mueller joins James Butler to explore rebellions against technology and the seductions of technological thought.

#NovaraFM

After Storming Heaven

James Butler is joined by Laura Forster to trace the many red threads of the Paris Commune, which began 150 years ago this week.

#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.

TyskySour

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Not Over

Articles

A photograph of the members of former political party Change UK at a restaurant, with whippets' faces superimposed onto theirs.

A photograph of the members of former political party Change UK at a restaurant, with whippets' faces superimposed onto theirs.

Opinion

Like All Digital Parties, the Northern Independence Party Is a Reflection of Our Broken Politics

by Paolo Gerbaudo

Opinion

Mayors Are Blairite Nonsense and We Don’t Need Them

by Owen Hatherley

Labour leader Keir Starmer QC

Labour leader Keir Starmer QC

Analysis

The Northern Independence Party Is a Triple Threat to Labour

by Ell Folan

A drawing of Paul Williams in front of an image from the war in Yemen.

A drawing of Paul Williams in front of an image from the war in Yemen.

Opinion

Labour is Running a Saudi Apologist in Hartlepool – And It Should Be a Scandal

by David Wearing

A protest against the criminalisation of sex work.

A protest against the criminalisation of sex work.

Opinion

The Pandemic Has Given Sex Workers a Grim Taste of Criminalisation

by Vee H

Analysis

Is Britain the World’s Least Racist Country?

by Aaron Bastani

Police officers during a riot at Lanark Way, Belfast, April 2021. Jason Cairnduff/Reuters

Police officers during a riot at Lanark Way, Belfast, April 2021. Jason Cairnduff/Reuters

Analysis

Ulster Unionism is in Crisis – And the Fallout Could Soon Get Worse

by Tommy Greene

A billboard at Piccadilly Circus pays tribute to the late Prince Philip. Garry Knight/Flickr

A billboard at Piccadilly Circus pays tribute to the late Prince Philip. Garry Knight/Flickr

Opinion

Prince Philip Knew One Important Thing: For Monarchies to Survive, They Must Learn to Adapt

by Ash Sarkar

Video

A Super League for the Super Rich

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