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CONFIRMED: Wes Streeting Is Making His Move | Novara Live
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- CONFIRMED: Wes Streeting Is Making His Move | Novara Live
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- 1:01:50
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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Wes Streeting is set to resign his cabinet post on Thursday and challenge Keir Starmer. But will he really take the plunge? And who will challenge him?
Plus: Who should control the economy, prime ministers? Or the bond market?
With Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
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- Should Humans Be Playing God With AI?
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "If we could use the productive advances [of AI] to, for example, install a three day week or four day week, we could have more time to liberate ourselves from from the prison of social media."
Ash Sarkar in conversation with Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Belgium, about the emancipatory possibilities of AI.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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- Is Netanyahu Telling on Himself? 'I Can Paint You as a Monster'
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- “I can paint you as a monster – and if I say it enough, enough people will believe it.”
In an interview on CBS show 60 minutes, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed his country’s dismal international reputation on liars and propagandists.
In doing so, he may have shone a light on how Israel smears those who expose its crimes.
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- Diane Abbott: We Can't Let Bond Markets Run Our Politics
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "If the British government is going to be completely dominated by the bond market, MPs might as well go home."
Diane Abbott told Cathy Newman on Sky News that whoever replaces Keir Starmer as prime minister must go through a "properly organised selection process", regardless of any "hissy fit" made by the bond markets. When this provoked laughter from Newman and eye rolling from former Conservative cabinet minister Gillian Keegan, Abbott argued that there's no point in having a parliament if the financial sector always has the final word.
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- Starmer: Worst PM Ever?
- Runtime
- 34:14
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- With Aaron Bastani, Michael Walker & Paul Holden.
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- Starmer STILL Clinging On After Mass Resignations
- Runtime
- 1:13:27
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- As Labour MPs abandon the Prime Minister in droves, will they find a candidate willing to mount a challenge?
Could it be Andy Burnham & can he even return to Westminster in time to become eligible?
With Aaron Bastani, Michael Walker & Paul Holden.
PRODUCTS BAR:
Labour MPs abandon the PM in droves.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
01:27 Starmer Clinging On
17:31 Novara Media’s Next Step
25:32 Is Andy Burnham Next In Line?
39:13 Starmer: Worst PM Ever?
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- 'Keir Starmer Is Clinging On Like a Cat Refusing a Bath'
- Runtime
- 0:41
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “Keir Starmer is clinging on by his fingernails.”
On Novara Live, Ash Sarkar says the prime minister is holding on to the top role “with every sinew he has” since Labour’s catastrophic losses in the council elections last week.
More than 80 Labour MPs have now called for Starmer’s resignation. Rumours abound that Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner or Wes Streeting could put themselves forward as replacements – but none has yet done so.
“There is no dignity in the Labour party,” says Sarkar.
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- Barcelona Star Raises Palestine Flag at Title Parade
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- FC Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag during his team’s title parade yesterday.
The team were riding an open-top bus in celebration of their La Liga win, with tens of thousands of supported cheering them on.
The 18-year-old’s show of support for Palestine comes a month after he called out Spanish football fans for anti-Muslin chanting during a friendly match against Egypt.
Barcelona has become a hub of Pro-Palestinian activism in Spain since the beginnings of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza in October 2023.
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- We're Planning Something HUGE…And We Need Your Help
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- 10:42
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Sick of Political Chaos? Back Independent Media.
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Labour MP: It's Time To Be Real. The Prime Minister Is Going.
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “No prime minister can survive this.”
On BBC Newsnight, Labour MP Jonathan Hinder said there is “no doubt” that Keir Starmer must end his premiership.
“We’re being swept away,” added Hinder, in the wake of huge Labour losses at local elections last Friday.
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- Over FIFTY Labour MPs Call For Starmer’s Resignation | Novara Live
- Runtime
- 1:09:20
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- The Labour Party is in crisis following a disastrous set of local election results.
Plus: Reform UK’s latest slate of racist councillors, and we discuss whether the Green Party is ready for power.
With Michael Walker & Ash Sarkar.
00:00 Intro
02:20 Labour In Crisis
26:12 Racist Reform Councillors
43:07 Can The Greens Handle Government?
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- How the Left Can Win Over Voters from the Far Right
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- “There's a small core of fascists you can't change, I know, but... a lot of people are misled by the by the far right.”
Ash Sarkar talks to Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, about their strategies for earning the trust and the votes of people who might otherwise turn to the far right.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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- Gaza Documentary Axed by BBC Wins Bafta
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A documentary about Gaza that was dropped by the BBC over “partiality” concerns won a Bafta last night.
Ramita Navai, one of the filmmakers behind Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, said: “These are the findings of our investigation that the BBC paid for but refused to show.”
She added that more than 1,700 Palestinian doctors and healthcare workers have been killed during Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack was aired by Channel 4 last July.
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- Piers Morgan Is 'Uniquely Obsessed With People's Genitalia'
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- “I think you have a uniquely strange obsession with people’s genitalia.”
Rachel Millward, one of the Greens’ deputy leaders, shut down Piers Morgan on BBC Question Time.
Morgan asked Millward whether a woman can have a penis, prompting her to highlight his “weird” and “ridiculous” fixation on transgender women.
She added: “The trans community in this country is treated appallingly.”
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- The Most Influential Leftist You’ve Never Heard Of | Ash Sarkar Meets Peter Mertens
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- 1:16:51
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- British politics is in turmoil. The two party system has collapsed, the far right has won huge gains across the country. Crises of this scale can create huge opportunities for socialists too, but only when the left is organised and ready.
Peter Mertens is the general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium. If recent years in British politics have had a manic-depressive quality, with extreme highs and extreme lows, the Workers’ Party of Belgium under Mertens takes a very different approach. They might be relatively unknown in the UK, but as we speak, they’re fourth in the national polls, and leading in Brussels. They’ve got 15 parliamentary seats – not bad for out and proud Marxist-Leninists.
How have they done it? By growing cautiously and deliberately. They run community health clinics, organise locally, and impose strict internal discipline. Their party prioritises unity and strategy. But how well-placed is it to take on the overlapping crises ...
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- Your Favourite Marxist's Favourite Marxist | Richard Hames meets David Harvey
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- 1:32:40
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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David Harvey is a legendary Marxist geographer. Maybe you’ve been one of his millions of students – he’s taught Marx for over half a century.
He’s the author of 'The Story of Capital' as well as many other books.
Talking from his home town of New York City, he told Richard Hames what he’s learned from decades of studying the most important radical in history, why contradictions appear everywhere in our lives, and what he really thinks of his new mayor.
Do Your Own Research is a new show about the systems that make the modern world possible.
Music by Iglooghost.
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- Labour Is Dead. Here's Why.
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Labour has suffered a disastrous set of local and devolved parliamentary election results across England, Scotland and Wales.
Why did the party that swept to power with a huge parliamentary majority in the summer of 2024 take such a beating at the ballot box? Harriet Williamson explains.
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- Two Party Politics Is OVER: Labour and Tories Crushed | Novara Live Special
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- 2:24:13
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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Join Michael, Ash, Aaron and guests for an extended Novara Live local elections special.
00:00 - Intro
02:15 - The Two Party System is Dead
13:20 - Interview with Clive Lewis MP
27:00 - Green Surge in London with Zoe Garbett + Liam Shrivastava
52:25 - Deep dive on the North West with Jonny Ball
1:08:30 - Wales with Kiera Marshall of Plaid Cymru
1:35:00 - Scotland with Laura Webster of the National
2:01:00 - The North East with Jamie Driscoll
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- Labour's Collapse in Wales Is Both Historic and Self-Inflicted
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- "This is the big story of the day."
On the Novara Live election special, Ash Sarkar tells Aaron Bastani that the historic collapse of Labour in Wales tells a unique story about "corruption, incompetence and complacency" that sits partially outside the national picture — and emphasises that there's a difference between the civic nationalism of Plaid Cymru and the "blood and soil" nationalism of Reform and Restore Britain.
That's it for our election special. Catch up on the whole thing on our YouTube Channel.
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- Labour MP: Polanski Right to Say My Party Isn't Progressive
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- "Zack Polanski's point was spot on."
Labour MP Clive Lewis joins the Novara Live election special to talk about the "dire situation" facing his party after historic losses in elections across the country.
Join the conversation live on our YouTube channel.
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- Keir Starmer Is as Popular as Herpes. Why Won't He Resign?
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- "Keir Starmer jumped head first into the favourability ratings that you normally see reserved for herpes. He's a deeply unpopular guy!"
Our Novara Live election special is underway, kicking off with Ash Sarkar reflecting on the legacy of Keir Starmer in conversation with Michael Walker.
Tune in on our YouTube channel now.
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- Zack Polanski: Two Party Politics Is Dead and Buried
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Reacting to the Greens’ Zoë Garbett’s historic mayoralty win in Hackney, east London, leader Zack Polanski called the two-party hold on British politics “dead and buried”.
“It’s very clear that the new politics is the Green party versus Reform,” Polanski said.
Counting is still underway in the local and devolved parliamentary elections, but at the time of posting, the Greens have gained more than 170 council seats in England and won their first mayoralty.
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- UKIP's Here! New Reform Councillor's Revealing Slip
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- 0:14
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Newly-elected Reform councillor Peter Reeve says “UKIP’s here” following his election in Peterborough.
After being reminded that he now represents Reform, the councillor apologised for his Freudian slip.
Reeve was formerly the UKIP group leader on Huntingdon District Council in Cambridgeshire.
Nigel Farage’s newest party project, Reform UK, has so far taken control of councils in Newcastle, Essex and east London’s Havering, with Labour suffering catastrophic losses as the local election results continue to roll in.
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- Green Party Wins Its First Mayor in London
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “Poverty isn’t a fact, it’s a political choice – and Hackney says no.”
Green party candidate Zoë Garbett has won the Hackney mayoralty with an astounding 35,720 votes, leaving Labour rival Caroline Woodley in the dust with only 26,865.
Taking 47.2% of the vote, Garbett comfortably becomes the Greens’ first directly-elected mayor in London.
“People have made it clear that they are desperate for an alternative to this failing Labour government,” Garbett said. “The people of Hackney own Hackney and it’s time to take it back.”
Garbett’s victory is a blow to Labour as the count for Hackney council gets underway. The Greens currently only hold two of the 57 seats in the borough, but are hoping to make significant gains and could even take control of the council.
Hackney has only ever voted in Labour mayors since the directly elected position was created in 2002.
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- Google Deepmind Whistleblower EXPOSES Pentagon AI Contract
- Runtime
- 18:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Everyone Knows Labour Don't Believe in Anything Anymore
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Labour has failed to communicate what it believes in and is suffering a brutal set of local election defeats as a result.
Speaking to the BBC, Ash Sarkar says Labour was wrong to pander to the right, rather than addressing issues that unite people across the political spectrum.
“The most important issue across all the different parts of the electorate is the cost of living,” says Sarkar, adding that tackling it could bring together “a working class Muslim voter in east London” and “a white working class voter in the northeast”.
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- John McDonnell: Labour's Very Existence Is Threatened
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- John McDonnell delivers an existential warning, saying “we could lose the Labour party” under Keir Starmer's leadership after what is shaping up to be a catastrophic set of local election results for Labour.
“Our membership has dropped at least by half,” the former shadow chancellor under Jeremy Corbyn says. “The people who are going out and working on the ground are no longer there.”
Starmer is currently denying that he has any plans to step down, although he has taken responsibility for heavy Labour losses at the polls.
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- Zack Polanski SCHOOLS The Mainstream Media On Israel
- Runtime
- 17:54
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- “Don’t Cry!” Labour Candidates Told Ahead Of Election DEVASTATION | NovaraLIVE
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- 1:12:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Labour faces devastating results as voters go to the polls for the local elections.
Plus: The retrial of six Palestine Action activists has come to an end, Zack Polanski explains to ITV’s Robert Peston whether he thinks Israel has a right to exist, and we interview an anonymous Google Deepmind worker on the unionization effort within the company’s UK department.
With @NoJusticeMTG Dalia Gebrial & Steven Methven.
00:00 Intro
01:05 Labour Faces Devastating Local Election Results
19:26 Filton Six Retrial Concludes
36:53 Zack Polanski VS Robert Peston
53:31 DeepMind Whistleblower On Pentagon AI Deal
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- What to Expect From the Greens in the Next General Election?
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- "How are we responding to climate change in a way that protects people?"
Aaron Bastani asks economist and Green candidate James Meadway how we can tackle climate change in a way that betters people's lives.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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- Anti-Poverty Activist Arrested on Her Lunch Break
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “We are seeing what they are willing to do to suppress the resistance of ordinary people.”
A nonviolent supporter of Take Back Power was arrested during her lunch break after being identified through facial recognition software.
Ella, 21, was carried into a police van on suspicion of theft amid a string of arrests targeting nonviolent civil protesters from the group.
One of the group’s campaigns involves taking food and basic items from supermarkets without paying and giving them to foodbanks.
In March, officers arrested 15 activists at a Quaker Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to commit theft, treating them as organised criminals rather than lawful protesters.
“We will not be intimidated by the government – and we will not be intimated by the over 100 billionaires that run the show in this country,” said Ella.
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- Activists Vandalise Offices of Israel-Linked Insurance Firms
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Anti-genocide activists smashed windows, sprayed red paint and blocked an office entrance this week at the premises of several firms linked to an Isaraeli weapons company.
People Against Genocide targeted a building in Birmingham on Wednesday that they said housed the offices of both Chubb Insurance and Sompo, which owns Aspen Insurance.
In London, activists from the group blocked the entrance to Chubb’s UK headquarters.
Both Chubb and Aspen provide employee liability insurance to Elbit Systems or its subsidiaries, which supplies weapons to Israel’s military that are used in its genocide against the people of Gaza.
The group has targeted Chubb on multiple occasions because it insures Elbit subsidiary UAV Engines, a manufacturer of drone parts.
In Bristol, activists vandalised the exterior of an office for Danish-owned DSV, a logistics firm that has shipped arms for Elbit.
“Elbit Systems builds Is...
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- 'Please Don't Cry on Camera': Labour Braced for Brutal Losses
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- 0:15
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- ‘Save your tears for another day.’
Labour supporters attending vote counts after polls close this evening are being told not to cry in front of cameras or talk to reporters if their candidates lose, according to Channel 4 journalist Gary Gibbon.
Polling suggests the party is set to suffer heavy losses across the country in today's elections, with Reform and the Greens poised for gains.
In Scotland, YouGov polling predicts the party will have its worst Holyrood election to date, falling to 17 seats, while the Scottish National Party is on course for 62 seats – just short of a majority.
The pollster predicts a similar defeat for Keir Starmer’s party in Wales, which has been a Labour stronghold for over a century. The party is on course to win just 12 of 96 Senedd seats, while Plaid Cymru is set to become the largest party with 43 seats, short of an overall majority.
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- Two Weeks In China Blew My Mind
- Runtime
- 39:47
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Why China is more Communist than you think.
With Michael Walker & Aaron Bastani.
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- Why Won't Farage Pretend to Be Leftwing Anymore?
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Spoiler: it's the Greens.
"They're already facing a political challenge, which is that it is difficult for them to look leftwing if somebody else is there saying, 'Hey, I'm really leftwing', which is the Greens."
Aaron Bastani in conversation with economist and Green party candidate, James Meadway.
Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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- Labour Face Wipeout, Launch “Project Fear” Against Greens | NovaraLIVE
- Runtime
- 57:57
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Labour and the Tories are expected to take a beating in the local elections. Reform is set to make big gains across England and Wales, but London is expecting a Green surge.
Plus: Why China is more Communist than you think.
00:00 Intro
01:51 Labour Facing Local Election Wipeout
18:10 What China Is Really Like
With Michael Walker & Aaron Bastani.
PRODUCTS BAR:
Labour is facing a wipeout in the local elections.
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- Lawyer Describes 'Torture' of Foreign Activists by Israel
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “We are speaking about a level of violence that by international law is designated as torture.”
Lubna Tuma, a lawyer with the Adalah legal centre, described the brutal conditions two activists are subject to in Israeli detention.
Thiago Ávila and Saif Abukeshek were kidnapped by Israel in international waters last week and have reportedly been beaten, threatened with death and kept in extreme cold.
The pair were attempting to sail to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid amid Israel’s genocide.
Several countries have called for their release and described their detention as illegal.
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- Why Are Trains So Sh*t in Wales?
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Why are trains in Wales so bad? And why are the Welsh so furious about HS2?
James Hitchings-Hales explains.
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- If You Don't Want Apartheid, You're Racist?
- Runtime
- 1:54
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “That is the most antisemitic thing anybody can say.”
“Not really.”
An Israel supporter confronted Green party candidate Philip Notley after he said “Israel shouldn’t exist”. Notley was asked where all the Jews in Israel should go, to which he said “they can stay there” but the country “should be Palestine”.
On Novara Live, Michael Walker argues that “your opinions on the constitutional arrangements of another country do not have an impact on whether or not you’re a bigot”.
Co-host Aaron Bastani added: “She’s basically saying if you don’t want an apartheid state… you’re the racist.”
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- 'I Was Threatened To Be Beaten Up Outside A Mosque'
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “I was threatened to be beaten up outside of a mosque after Friday prayer as I was leafleting. And the main thing that they said, the thing they constantly said, you're the gay party, you support LGBT.”
Hanooshi Hassan is a Green party candidate for Birmingham City Council. He spoke to Aaron Bastani about the homophobic intimidation he’s faced at the hands of the Independent Candidate Alliance in his North Edgbaston ward whilst campaigning ahead of the local elections tomorrow.
Head to our YouTube channel to watch the full report.
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- Being 350 Metres From a Synagogue Is 'Antisemitic' Now
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “It’s insane.”
Met police chief Mark Rowley has accused pro-Palestine demonstrators of setting out “with an intent to march near synagogues” – and insinuated that the protests are antisemitic.
He was referring to demonstrations that started at the BBC’s headquarters in central London, which happen to be about 350 metres away from a synagogue.
On Novara Live, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the absurdity of this “complete smear” against people protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the BBC’s biased coverage.
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- You Can't Fight Antisemitism Without Fighting Islamophobia and Anti-Black Racism
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “There is no defeating of Islamophobia without defeating antisemitism.”
On Novara Live, journalist Banseka Kayembe says that you don’t have to choose between standing up for the safety of Jewish people and supporting Palestinian rights.
“We need to find a way within wider British anti-racist movements to make sure that we’re not losing sight of the fact that all these oppressions are deeply interlinked,” she says.
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- Lewis Goodall HUMILIATES TWO Centrist MPs
- Runtime
- 16:43
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Labour Weaponises Antisemitism Ahead of Local Elections | NovaraLive
- Runtime
- 1:16:51
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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It’s 2019 all over again, as the media and a desperate Labour party weaponise antisemitism against the left once more.
Plus: Organisers of anti-genocide marches hit back at Met Commissioner Mark Rowley over misinformation; and some people will say anything to make you believe all criticism of Israel is antisemitism.
With Aaron Bastani & Michael Walker.
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Labour Weaponises Antisemitism Ahead of Local Elections
34:38 - Mark Rowley Smears Stop The War Coalition
50:41 - Zionists Want You To Believe All Criticism of Israel is Racism
58:25 - Lewis Goodall HUMILIATES TWO Centrist MPs
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- Ex-Amazon Union Leader Reportedly Arrested at Met Gala
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Chris Smalls, the founder of the Amazon Labour Union, was reportedly arrested outside the Met Gala yesterday.
An activist protesting the Gala’s sponsorship by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was wrestled to the ground and taken away by police officers. Observers have said the arrestee was Smalls.
Activists citing concerns over worker exploitation at Amazon warehouses have accused Bezos of artwashing his record by sponsoring the annual fashion show.
The New York Police Department confirmed to the Independent that a 37-year-old man was taken into custody with charges pending.
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- 'Ball Without Billionaires' Puts Workers in the Spotlight
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- “There’s one thing more powerful than a billionaire – and it’s a union.”
Hours before the 2026 Met Gala, which was sponsored by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, union organisers put on a ‘Ball Without Billionaires’ in New York, featuring Amazon delivery drivers, warehouse workers and campaigners.
“Working people are underpaid, undervalued and under-appreciated,” said co-host Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. “Let those billionaires uptown have their Met party – we’re going to have something way more fabulous down here!”
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- Mick Lynch Takes on Gaza Genocide Denier
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Genocide denier Melanie Phillips thinks Israel’s behaviour in Palestine has been “exemplary” – and Zack Polanski is inciting hatred.
Former RMT general secretary Mick Lynch took on the British journalist on Sky News. Like most people attending national marches, Lynch said that Green party leader Zack Polanski simply wants “the attacks to stop”.
“He’s not inciting any hatred against Jews,” said Lynch. "He believes the Israeli state has committed mass murder in Gaza."
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- How Labour Abandoned Birmingham
- Runtime
- 1:22
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- "Look, for me, a budget sheet is a moral statement of what the council thinks is important, right. The first thing that they cut when they declared bankruptcy was youth services. That doesn't sit well with local people."
Nosheen Khalid, Independent Birmingham council candidate for Alum Rock, speaks to Aaron Bastani ahead of this Thursday's local elections.
Watch the full report on YouTube now.
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- Birmingham's Politics Are Totally INSANE
- Runtime
- 31:10
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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In our final on-the-ground report ahead of the UK's local elections on the 7th May, Aaron Bastani spent 12 hours in Birmingham trying to understand how the history of this city created a truly strange political culture.
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