Novara Media

Novara Media, commonly referred to as Novara, is an independent media outlet based in the UK that focuses on radical left-wing perspectives. Established in 2011 by James Butler and Aaron Bastani, it operates under the name Thousand Hands Ltd. The organization is located in south-east London, where its office and studio are situated.

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London Uber Drivers Are Drowning in Debt As TfL Delays Renewing Licences

3 weeks ago | novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe

For the last four months, Uber driver Nikki McFarlane’s car has sat in his drive. It’s not because the Uber driver has been on holiday, or off sick. Nor is there an issue with his gleaming 2021 Hyundai Tuscon Estate Hybrid. “I’m stuck sitting at home not working,” said the 45 year-old. “I can’t tell you the amount of money I’ve lost. It’s thousands of pounds. What kind of craziness is that?”McFarlane applied to renew his license back in October, but has been waiting ever since.
Greenwashing Power Station Executive Admits ‘Revolving Door’ With Government

4 weeks ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

The huge sums of money greenwashing power plant Drax spends on buffing its image and cosying up to politicians have been revealed, as an executive let slip that the relationship between the company and civil service is a “revolving door”. A messy employment tribunal between Drax – a supposedly renewable power plant in north Yorkshire which burns trees processed in poor Black communities in the US – and its former head of public affairs and policy, Rowaa Ahmar, has come to an end.
Labour Delays Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Law Ahead of Austerity 2.0

4 weeks ago | novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe

Labour has delayed its promise to repeal a key Tory anti-union law, which trade unionists suspect is a cynical attempt to curb a potential wave of public sector strikes ahead of a fresh round of austerity. The government’s flagship package of workers’ rights reforms – the employment rights bill – included a pledge to repeal the 2016 trade union act within its first 100 days.
No Justice, No Peas: Inside the Toby Carvery Union Drive

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Polly Smythe

When a thunderstorm sent rain pouring through the ceiling of the grade two listed Toby Carvery in Bolton, Greater Manchester and directly into the electrical light fittings, Jude assumed that the restaurant would be evacuated. Instead, the 26-year-old’s co-workers shunted metal basins to collect the cascading water, and switched off the lights in the restaurant, before resuming service. Jude was left to serve customers in the damp dark. Customers were appalled.
‘We’re Witnessing the Last Gasp of Israeli Violence’: In Conversation With Avi Shlaim

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Sebastian Shehadi

Few Israeli historians have held the state’s national myths to account like Avi Shlaim. Emeritus professor of international relations at the University of Oxford, Shlaim is among the most celebrated historians of modern Palestinian and Israeli history. Born into an Arab-Jewish family in 1945 Iraq and later moving to Israel, Shlaim’s academic journey is marked by his critical, nuanced and personal approach, shaped in no small part by his service in the Israeli army during the mid-1960s.
Revealed: How Priti Patel Influenced Anti-Terror Cops Over Palestine Protests

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Solomon Hughes

The use of anti-terror laws against pro-Palestine activists can be traced back to a meeting between former Tory home secretary Priti Patel and Israeli arms firm Elbit, recently released documents reveal. The documents also show that Patel involved an anti-terror official who previously worked for the arms lobby in the discussions. Since 2020, activists from Palestine Action have been breaking into the UK based factories of Elbit, spraying red paint and causing serious damage.
Police Spent £3m Arresting Climate Activists During Far-Right Riots

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

Police spent over £3m and deployed over 1,000 officers from nearly every force in the country in order to arrest 24 climate activists, Novara Media can reveal. In August 2024, as the country was gripped by far-right riots, cops swooped on activists planning to hold a mass protest camp near Drax – a power station in north Yorkshire accused of greenwashing.
UK’s Biggest ‘Renewable’ Power Station Sacked Employee Who Blew Whistle on Environmental Claims

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

A supposedly renewable energy company dealt with a whistleblowing employee by trying to make her sign a non-disclosure agreement and leave, then by freezing her out, then by sacking her, an employment tribunal has heard. The claims have been made by the lawyers of a former employee of Drax, who tried to raise her concerns about the company’s environmental credentials. Drax owns the UK’s largest biomass power plant in north Yorkshire, which has long been accused of greenwashing.
The Pro-Palestine Activists Imprisoned for Months Without Being Found Guilty of Any Crime

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Sebastian Shehadi

Before her arrest, Ellie Kamio had experienced a panic attack just once in her life. “Now I have them almost every day,” she told Novara Media from behind bars. Kamio, a 29-year-old forest school nursery teacher, is one of 18 Palestine Action activists known as the “Filton 18” arrested by counter terrorism police after disrupting an Israeli arms manufacturer in Filton, Bristol, last August. On multiple occasions, Ellie fainted from heat stroke due to the temperature in her prison cell.
Police Officer Who Arrested Anti-Monarchy Protester ‘Was Aware’ No Offence Had Been Committed

1 month ago | novaramedia.com | Simon Childs

Police-worn bodycam footage shows that police arrested an anti-monarchy protester even though they knew he had done nothing wrong, campaigners say. After a two and a half year legal pursuit, Thames Valley Police has finally admitted it was wrong to arrest a man who shouted “Who elected him?” at a royal event in September 2022. 45-year-old Symon Hill was arrested, hand-cuffed and bundled into a police van after he called out at the county proclamation ceremony for King Charles in Oxford.