Israel has intensified its attacks on Gaza, with tanks and troops entering the enclave. Plus: New polling reveals a crisis of confidence among Labour members; James O’Brien almost has a political epiphany. With Steven Methven and NoJusticeMTG.Door Novara Media

After capitalism comes communism, according to Marxist doctrine. But in the meantime, what should we call our increasingly unequal system? Political theorist Jodi Dean posits ‘neofeudalism’ as the best way to describe our growing society of serfs and servants in her new book, Capital’s Grave. She talks to Eleanor Penny about a vision of class strug…

Israel has killed two hundred children over three days in Gaza. We speak to Aseel Baidoun from Medical Aid for Palestinians about the situation on the ground, and what a new front in the West Bank would mean for civilians. With Dalia Gebrial, NoJusticeMTG and Aseel Baidoun.Door Novara Media

After capitalism comes communism, according to Marxist doctrine. But in the meantime, what should we call our increasingly unequal system? Political theorist Jodi Dean posits ‘neofeudalism’ as the best way to describe our growing society of serfs and servants in her new book, Capital’s Grave. She talks to Eleanor Penny about a vision of class strug…

Labour has announced the biggest bonfire of benefits since the austerity government. Plus: Russia has violated the partial ceasefire it agreed to just yesterday; we speak to Simon Childs on how the police spent 3 million pounds on a crackdown of one peaceful protest. With Steven Methven, Mike Bankole and Simon Childs.…

Benjamin Netanyahu has definitively ended the Israel-Hamas ceasefire with a deadly wave of airstrikes on Gaza. We speak to Daniel Levy about the political response from within Israel. Plus: Liz Kendall confirms which benefits are on the chopping block; and why the US military is trying to build space defences in Wales. With Aaron Bastani, Dan Evans…

[Updated audio! Please refresh, redownload and/or clear your cookies for fixed version] Moya has a bone to pick with Ash about Minority Rule and the conversations sparked by her book tour, while posing the big question: why is it so hard to form your own opinions? Plus: what to do when a newly sober friend starts drifting away. We’re now yapping on…

Discontent is growing among Labour MPs over what could be the biggest cuts to disability payments since the coalition government. Plus: 29 councillors defect to reform; and US airstrikes on Yemen kill 29 people. With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG & Anna Landre.Door Novara Media

The ‘special relationship’ is central to how Britain conducts its foreign policy and perceives itself as a country. The argument goes: proximity to Washington allows London to maintain a semblance of its former prestige and power. The media and political class can’t get enough of it. But what if Britain’s relationship to the United States was, in f…

The ‘special relationship’ is central to how Britain conducts its foreign policy and perceives itself as a country. The argument goes: proximity to Washington allows London to maintain a semblance of its former prestige and power. The media and political class can’t get enough of it. But what if Britain’s relationship to the United States was, in f…

Vladimir Putin has signalled that he may try to stall truce negotiations with Ukraine. Plus: Rachel Reeves appears to blame Donald Trump for the UK’s economic woes; and James O’Brien weighs in LBC’s decision to fire Sangita Myska. With Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu.Door Novara Media

Keir Starmer has announced he will scrap NHS England, in a move that the health secretary claims will bring the NHS back into “democratic control” Plus: The sectarian violence that has killed over a thousand people in Syria over the past six weeks. With Dalia Gebrial, NoJusticeMTG and Tony O’Sullivan.…

In the wake of Assad’s regime collapse and the call for the Kurdish Worker’s Party to disband, Elif Sarican talks to Richard Hames about how to make sense of this new world, and whether or not the Kurdish revolution in Rojava can survive. Comments, corrections, suggestions? fm@novaramedia.comDoor Novara Media

In the wake of Assad’s regime collapse and the call for the Kurdish Worker’s Party to disband, Elif Sarican talks to Richard Hames about how to make sense of this new world, and whether or not the Kurdish revolution in Rojava can survive. Comments, corrections, suggestions? fm@novaramedia.comDoor Novara Media

On the 8th December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria fell, replaced by a group of former jihadists called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham.In the north east of the country, in a territory called Rojava, a feminist socialist revolution has been ongoing for since 2012.Then a few weeks ago, Abdullah Öcalan, a Kurdish leader who has been imprisoned by Turkey for 2…

Moya has a bone to pick with Ash about Minority Rule and the conversations sparked by her book tour, while posing the big question: why is it so hard to form your own opinions? Plus: what to do when a newly sober friend starts drifting away.Follow us on TikTok! @ifispeakpodSend us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.comMusic by Matt Huxley.…

Donald Trump has declared an international trade war. Plus: Ukraine has agreed to a ceasefire; Emily Thornberry is furious with Israel’s deputy foreign minister. With Steven Methven and Grace Blakeley.Door Novara Media

Three people have been killed in a massive Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region. Plus: Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested on an ICC warrant; and police admit to the wrongful arrest of an anti-monarchy protester. With Aaron Bastani and Mike Bankole.Door Novara Media

The US is no longer supporting Ukraine, and in response, the UK and Europe are rearming. Germany is taking off its hallowed ‘debt brake’ to allow it, while Keir Starmer is talking tough about the capabilities of the British armed forces. In a world still dominated by the American military, what does it matter? And what could we do instead? Khem Rog…

The US is no longer supporting Ukraine, and in response, the UK and Europe are rearming. Germany is taking off its hallowed ‘debt brake’ to allow it, while Keir Starmer is talking tough about the capabilities of the British armed forces. In a world still dominated by the American military, what does it matter? And what could we do instead? Khem Rog…

When we talk about politics – whether it’s the climate, the economy or constitutional reform – the thing that’s at stake is an idea of ‘the future’. These days, the idea of imminent societal or ecological breakdown necessarily means adopting the framing of the present as being a ‘state of emergency’. This is an obvious way for political actors to a…

When we talk about politics – whether it’s the climate, the economy or constitutional reform – the thing that’s at stake is an idea of ‘the future’. These days, the idea of imminent societal or ecological breakdown necessarily means adopting the framing of the present as being a ‘state of emergency’. This is an obvious way for political actors to a…

Moya and Ash discuss the uses and abuses of self-care culture and its roots in Black feminism. Plus: how to get over homesickness. Send us your dilemmas: ifispeak@novaramedia.com Music by Matt Huxley.Door Novara Media

When we talk about politics – whether it’s the climate, the economy or constitutional reform – the thing that’s at stake is an idea of ‘the future’. These days, the idea of imminent societal or ecological breakdown necessarily means adopting the framing of the present as being a ‘state of emergency’. This is an obvious way for political actors to a…

Israel has cut off all electricity to Gaza, including to desalination plants that provide clean drinking water to the strip. Plus: Labour fund warfare over welfare; and a civil war rages within Reform UK. With Steven Methven, NoJusticeMTG and Max Geller of Palestine Action.Door Novara Media

55: Joy is an act of resistance... right? by Novara MediaDoor Novara Media

What’s the point of the arts when the world is on fire? To follow the pipeline from creativity to activism and back again, Nadia Idle is joined by Amber Massie-Blomfield, former chief of theatre company Complicité and the author of Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create Better World. They discuss Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell’s Power Stati…

What’s the point of the arts when the world is on fire? To follow the pipeline from creativity to activism and back again, Nadia Idle is joined by Amber Massie-Blomfield, former chief of theatre company Complicité and the author of Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create Better World. They discuss Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell’s Power Stati…

The US has cut military aid and intelligence to Ukraine. It’s now evident that the country is more vulnerable to Russian attacks. Plus: Justin Trudeau has hit back at Donald Trump over trade tariffs and a new report shows that police officers in the UK are 100 times more likely to be convicted of cybercrime than the average person. With Richard Nor…

At an EU summit, Polish PM Donald Tusk has said that Europe can win any military, financial or economic confrontation with Russia. Plus: Another house of lords member is caught up in a lobbying scandal; and Ash Sarkar weighs in on the two-tier policing row on Politics Live. With Dalia Gebrial and NoJusticeMTG.…

Lockdown was one of the defining experiences of our lives, but it was far from unique in history. Contagion and confinement are inextricably intertwined, from the plantation to the infirmary, the leper colony to the stay-at-home order. In The History of the World in 6 Plagues, Edna Bonhomme investigates how fear, power, race science and colonial vi…

Lockdown was one of the defining experiences of our lives, but it was far from unique in history. Contagion and confinement are inextricably intertwined, from the plantation to the infirmary, the leper colony to the stay-at-home order. In The History of the World in 6 Plagues, Edna Bonhomme investigates how fear, power, race science and colonial vi…

Lockdown was one of the defining experiences of our lives, but it was far from unique in history.From the plantation to the infirmary and from the leper colony to the stay at home order, contagion and confinement are inextricably intertwined.In The History of the World in 6 Plagues, Edna Bonhomme investigates how fear, power, race science and colon…