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Blair, Putin and Netanyahu Invited to Trump’s ‘Peace Board’
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- Blair, Putin and Netanyahu Invited to Trump’s ‘Peace Board’
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- 1:41
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Who will run Gaza? Tony Blair, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin, if Donald Trump reportedly has his way.
They are among the world leaders invited to join the US president's "Board of Peace" to oversee the reconstruction and management of Gaza. And for just $1 billion, they can buy themselves an upgrade: a permanent seat on the council.
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- The GB News Host Plotting AGAINST Britain
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- 13:01
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The GB in GB News stands for Great Britain - but one host on the network appears to be putting the interests of the United States first.
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- Netanyahu & Putin Invited To Trump's "Board Of Peace" For Gaza
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- 9:51
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- U.S President Donald Trump has invited 60 world leaders to join his "Board of Peace" -- including Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. But as details of the board emerge – including a $1bn permanent membership fee – Gaza appears to have disappeared from view.
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- Trump’s Tariff Threat Stuns Europe | #NovaraLIVE
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- 1:01:20
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Trump’s tariff punishment for Europe.
Plus: Netanyahu and Putin among the names for Gaza's “peace board,” America’s right-wing influencers partying to Ye’s banned song.
00:00 Intro
01:19 Trump’s Tariff Threat
25:10 Gaza "Board of Peace" Lineup
34:52 GB News VS Great Britain
47:45 America’s Nazi Influencers
With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar & Jonny Ball.
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- Your Party: 'These People Don't Deserve Victory'
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "Why are they behaving like this? Can’t they see that this is not the time for antics such as these? We’ve got a huge problem on our hands with the rise of a pernicious far-right group."
Aaron Bastani and author Tariq Ali discuss the public feuding between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana that has dogged Your Party.
Ali is an activist and co-founder of Verso Books.
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- How Trump Uses Ice to Create A Spectacle of Violence
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "That's the point of all of this: TV images, to show political dominance and polarisation within the country."
Aaron Bastani in conversation with Tariq Ali: activist, author and founder of radical publishing house Verso Books.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on our Youtube channel.
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- Exposing the LIES of the 20th Century | Aaron Bastani Meets Tariq Ali
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- 1:50:37
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Sign up for the new Downstream Newsletter here: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters/the-downstream-newsletter/
Our guest this week was born in 1943, in what was then British India - modern day Pakistan. Unlike most, who have learned history through books and second-hand sources, he has witnessed first-hand much of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Tariq Ali founded Verso Books, the leading left-wing publishing house in Britain, as well as the New Left Review. He met Malcolm X, was friends with John Lennon and Hugo Chavez, and spearheaded the anti-Vietnam War movement.
In conversation with Aaron Bastani, this week on Downstream, we are talking about the ways we remember - and misremember - the 20th century, and how these events have a long tail that shapes our present and future.
How significant was the Cultural Revolution in China in sparking anti-colonial struggles across Asia? How do the dynamics of the Cold War still dominate the main...
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- Donald Trump Accepts Nobel Peace Prize Medal
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- 12:01
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- What REALLY Happened In Venezuela?
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- 1:10:07
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Michael Walker speaks to Temir Porras, who has worked at the highest levels of government during Hugo Chávez’s presidency in Venezuela, including as chief of staff to then-foreign minister Nicolás Maduro.
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- The US Does Not Want Democracy In Iran
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- "I don't think anyone is believing the fiction that this is about democracy and human rights."
The only reason why the US has interfered in Iran is to protect its own interests, argues Dalia Gebrial on Novara Live.
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- Journalist ENRAGES Karoline Leavitt Over ICE
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- 15:25
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The Proxy War In Your Party | #NovaraLIVE
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- 57:27
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are putting up rival slates of candidates for elections to Your Party’s executive committee.
Plus: The latest on ICE’s mass deportation campaign, an exclusive report into NHS spending on a controversial surveillance system that films vulnerable inpatients, and Donald Trump finally gets his Nobel Peace Prize - sort of.
00:00 Intro
00:35 Your Party Leadership Team Election
18:24 ICE
33:40 NHS Surveillance Tech
44:41 Trump's Nobel Peace Prize
With Michael Walker, Steven Methven, Jennifer Forbes & Max Shanly.
Read Harriet Williamson's exclusive:
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- Authoritarian Tactics Won’t End With Palestine Action Prisoners
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The Palestine Action prisoners who decided to end their hunger strikes on Wednesday made the call after the UK government refused a £2bn contract to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
But their mistreatment at the hands of the British state, in defence of a colonial project abroad, may be only the beginning of creeping authoritarianism at home. On Novara Live, Dalia Gebrial and @nojusticemtg discuss the virus of imperialism and what it means for the right to protest.
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- Zionists Working 'Every Day' to Write Genocide Out of History
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Zionists like Mike Pompeo are trying to rewrite the history books so they "don't write about the victims of Gaza".
On Novara Live, @nojusticemtg reasserts the facts.
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- How Brazil Dealt With Trump's Ego And Escaped Tariffs
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- "He said to Trump, I'm a tough guy, I was put in prison for 18 months, I endured it, I never whined. Bolsonaro is this weak loser, he's constantly crying, he's sick. He's always going to the hospital doing all this pity stuff. He's a kind of person that you would not respect. And Trump really started liking Lula and lifted the sanctions, lifted the tariffs, even though what the United States said they wanted, they got none of."
Aaron Bastani in conversation with Glenn Greenwald.
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- The DESPERATE Attempt To Rewrite Israel’s History And Future
- Runtime
- 12:35
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Trump Backs Down Over Iran Strike - For Now? | #NovaraLIVE
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- 1:06:28
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The US weighs its military options in Iran.
Plus: Robert Jenrick sacked from the shadow cabinet, and the eyebrow-raising attempt at rewriting the history of October 7th.
00:00 Intro
00:53 US & Iran On A Knife Edge
19:23 Robert Jenrick Sacked
45:20 Palestine Action Hunger Strike Update
53:30 Starmer Offered Role On Gaza 'Peace' Board
With @NoJusticeMTG & Dalia Gebrial.
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- Why UK Students Are DROWNING In Debt
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- 9:57
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- This Video Tells You Everything You Need to Know About Israeli Money in UK Politics
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "It's a beautiful little minute long illustration of the grip that this country is in from the Israeli lobby."
A clip from the home affairs select committee has gone viral after it highlighted the influence of Israeli money on Britain's political system. On Novara Live, Barry Malone slams foreign lobby efforts to "politicise policing".
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- Banning Racist Maccabi Thugs Was NEVER Antisemitic
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- 1:31
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- West Midlands Police are under fire from the home secretary over a decision to ban fans of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv from a match in Birmingham.
On Novara Live, Barry Malone explains why the police made the right call.
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- This Film About Hind Rajab Shows the BRUTAL REALITY Of Israel’s War
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- 15:43
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is out in UK & Ireland cinemas this Friday (16th January 2026)
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- The West Must Resist Historical Amnesia When It Comes to Iran
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Why do Western powers pretend they can waltz into Iran and turn it into a multi-party democracy like France or Germany overnight?
On Novara Live, Aaron Bastani and Kieran Andrieu discuss why talk of US-led regime change in Iran, and anywhere else, is so dangerous.
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- BREAKING: Trump Expected To Strike Iran Within 24 Hours
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- 10:25
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- How the US Helped Create Iran's Crisis
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- 3:00
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The economic crisis that sparked unrest in Iran is due in large part to brutal US sanctions and a history of Western meddling in the country’s affairs.
Threats of a regime change war or other forms of intervention by Israel and the US will only worsen the situation, experts say, by giving Tehran grounds to frame protesters as agents of foreign powers and justify further repression.
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- The Maccabi Tel Aviv Row Could Bring Down A Police Chief | #NovaraLIVE
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- 1:01:10
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Confidence in the police chief lost after the Israeli fan ban
Plus: With interest rates rising, does the UK student loan system need reform? ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ director discusses the true story that cannot be forgotten.
00:00 Intro
01:35 Police Chief Row
24:44 UK Student Debt
34:32 New Film About Hind Rajab
50:06 Breaking: Will The US Attack Iran?
With Michael Walker, Barry Malone, and Kaouther Ben Hania
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- Elbit Banking Billions After Profiting From Genocide
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "You can murder children and still be received in central London for cocktails and canapés. If you take peaceful, direct action to prevent more children being murdered, the British state will arrest you."
While profits soar for Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons company, peaceful protestors waste away in jail. On Novara Live, Kieran Andrieu and Aaron Bastani take a deep dive into how and why this is allowed to happen.
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- Hunger Striker at Risk of Death: ‘I’m Finally Being Heard’
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- "Physically, I am deteriorating as the days go by. I no longer feel hunger. I feel pain."
On Novara Live, Aaron Bastani shared the story of Heba Muraisi, the hunger striker enduring lengthy pre-trial detention after allegedly targeting an Israeli weapons factory in Filton. Muraisi is on the verge of death, having not eaten for over 10 weeks, but insists it's "important to fight for justice and freedom".
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- IDF's Biggest Single Donor Has Captures US Media
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- 2:16
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- "What has happened in the US in terms of media trends is unbelievably alarming. Larry Ellison is, depending on the stock market, either the richest or second-richest person on the planet, after Elon Musk. Larry Ellison's only political activity other than making money, which he’s very good at, is serving and financing Israel. He's the largest single donor ever in history to the 'Friends of the IDF.'
Aaron Bastani in conversation with Glenn Greenwald.
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- Palestine Action Hunger Strikers In Critical State
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- 15:26
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Two hunger-striking remand prisoners linked to Palestine Action have now entered a critical state after having refused food for well over two months…
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- Donald Trump Tells Iranian Protesters “Help Is On Its Way” | #novaralive
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- 1:07:40
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Donald Trump has again signalled US intervention in Iran, and an Iranian security official has estimated the death toll from ongoing protests to be 2000.
With Aaron Bastani, Kieran Andrieu & Séamus Malekafzali.
00:00 Intro
01:25 Thousands of Iranian protesters feared dead, as Trump imposes MORE tariffs
50:54 Concerns grow for the health of Palestine Action hunger strikers.
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- Iran’s Cost-of-Living Revolt Cuts Across Class and Has No Single Demand
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The uprising in Iran cuts across class lines, with a diverse range of people making various demands, author Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi says on Novara Live.
While it’s clear protesters are united by a wish for a more democratic government, he argues, observers should be wary of people “ventriloquising for the Iranian population” when it comes to the specifics.
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- Elon Musk Made X Unsafe for Women on Purpose
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- X could be banned in the UK after users discovered the platform's AI chatbot Grok was able to digitally undress people without their consent.
On Novara Live, Ash Sarkar told Michael Walker she didn't think the feature was an accident. In fact, she argues, considering Elon Musk's hatred for anybody he considers a "woke warrior”, it might even be part of a deliberate campaign to make the app unusable for them.
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- Right Wing Moral Panic DEBUNKED By Reality
- Runtime
- 11:42
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- How Amazon Makes Literally Everything More Expensive
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Did you know that Amazon imposes "junk fees" on its website that drive up the price of goods across the board?
In November, technology critic Cory Doctorow talked Aaron Bastani through some of the many ways Amazon is squeezing customers - and sellers too.
Head to our YouTube channel to catch up on their full conversation from Downstream IRL.
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- The REAL Reason They Care About Iran
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- 15:27
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Death Toll Continues To Rise In Iran Protests | #NovaraLIVE
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- 1:04:48
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Protests in Iran reach day 16.
Plus: ‘Hypocrisy’ as everyone from Tommy Robinson to JK Rowling speaks out on Iranian protests, and Donald Trump vs the Federal Reserve's chief.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Iran Protests Continue
25:23 Donald Trump VS The Fed
37:17 The Right Draw Battle Lines Around Iran
52:35 Myths About London
With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar & Arash Azizi.
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- Big Tech Companies Are Like Rats Eating Our Faces
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- 2:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Have you noticed that the internet is getting worse?
It’s not just you: time online is filled with less of what we search for, and a lot more advertising and AI slop. That's why, in November, technology critic and author Cory Doctorow spoke to Aaron Bastani for Downstream IRL about the forces driving what he calls ‘ensh*ttification.’
“Why do these companies abuse us, right now?" he said. "It's… because they can, because we don't stop them!”
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- How US Empire Actually Works | Aaron Bastani Meets Glenn Greenwald
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- 1:20:09
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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It has been a bellicose start to 2026, with the US army kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and threatening to annex Greenland, putting many more nations, including Mexico and Colombia, on high alert.
On Downstream this week is investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald, who's best known for helping Edward Snowden's disclosures about the NSA's global surveillance program come to light, as well as investigations that led to Brazilian president Lula's release from prison.
He sat down in his Rio De Janeiro studio to speak to Aaron Bastani about the differences in Trump 2.0's foreign policy, how the last year has seen unprecedented corporate consolidation of media and whether the US empire is flexing a novel expansionist ambition or if the lashing out of the last week ...
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- The US Is Having An 'Imperial Tantrum'
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "A lot of people inside the United States foreign policy apparatus are very worried that the reason so many countries now prefer China as the superpower with whom they deal, rather than the United States, is because the United States goes around the world, throwing its military might around the world, threatening everybody, constantly involved in wars. And China doesn't."
Aaron Bastani in conversation with Glenn Greenwald in this week's US foreign policy-focused episode of Downstream.
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- Starmer Threatens To Ban X Over Abuse Images
- Runtime
- 15:44
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- American Empire Won't Permit a Free Palestine
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The US “cannot stomach the possibility of a liberated Palestine, because a liberated Palestine removes their key proxy in the region.”
On Downstream in September, political economist Dr. Jason Hickel had a fascinating conversation with Aaron Bastani about capitalism, imperialism, and much more. You can catch up the full episode on Novara's YouTube Channel.
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- Donald Trump: “I Don’t Need International Law”
- Runtime
- 19:01
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Protests Break Out In Iran As Trump Considers Regime Change | #NovaraLIVE
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- 1:07:44
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The US is threatening regime change in Iran amid anti-government protests. Ayatollah Khamenei has tried to dismiss these as the work of outsiders.
Plus: Donald Trump tells the New York Times that international law won’t restrain him, and Keir Starmer threatens to ban Elon Musk’s X over abuse images.
00:00 Intro
00:50 Anti-Government Protests In Iran
32:32 Trump And International Law
51:24 Will Starmer Ban X?
With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi.
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- The Genocide Continues: Israel Bombs Homeless Palestinians
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Israel's slaughter of defenceless Palestinians has continued unabated despite its claim to be observing a "ceasefire". At least 14 people, including five children, were killed in fresh massacres throughout Gaza on Thursday 8 January.
Israel has killed well over 70,000 people in Gaza since 2023, but that estimate is considered by many to be very conservative; it does not account for thousands believed to be buried under the rubble or for deaths from things like disease caused by the genocide.
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- ICE-Style State Violence Is Coming for Us All
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "This needs to be a wake-up call."
On Novara Live, Dalia Gebrial reacts to the fury around the murder of a US citizen by ICE agents – and warns that unless we fight hard for migrant rights, Nigel Farage will succeed in bringing the same kind of state violence to the UK.
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- Peter Mandelson Sides With Trump Over Venezuela & Greenland
- Runtime
- 18:39
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- ICE Agent Kills US Citizen, Protests Erupt In Minneapolis | #NovaraLIVE
- Runtime
- 1:09:38
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Protests have erupted in response to the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a masked ICE agent as Trump’s government scrambles to justify her killing.
Plus: The UK and France have agreed to deploy troops to Ukraine if a peace deal is reached with Russia, and Peter Mandelson has accused European leaders of a “histrionic” response to Trump’s threats of invading Greenland.
00:00 Intro
00:57 ICE Kill American Citizen
32:21 UK & France May Send Troops To Ukraine
45:19 Peter Mandelson On Trump's Greenland Threat
With @NoJusticeMTG & Dalia Gebrial.
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- Title
- Trump Is Using US Courts to Enforce Global Power
- Runtime
- 1:45
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The US has seized two Russian-flagged oil tankers sailing in Venezuelan waters, claiming they were linked to illicit exports.
On Novara Live, Ash Sarkar says international law is clear: ships in international waters cannot be unilaterally boarded unless there's an international crime being committed, like piracy. But, frankly, the US simply does not care.
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- Greenland: Trump Thinks Europe Owes Him an Island
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "I think it's monstrous. I think it's disgusting. But there is a coherence here."
On Novara Live, Ash Sarkar makes the case that in Trump's mind, he is owed Greenland for the US paying for defence in Europe.
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- US Mayor to ICE: 'Get the F*ck Out'
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- “I do have a message for ICE... get the f*ck out of Minneapolis."
Jacob Frey, Minneapolis' mayor, addressed the US' Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) directly at a press conference after ICE agents reportedly shot a woman in the face multiple times while acting as a "legal observer" during an immigration raid in Minnesota.
Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, was killed less than a mile from where George Floyd was murdered by police in 2020.
