James Butler blogs as Pierce Penniless and tweets @piercepenniless.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRadical media, #Novara10k and free communism: an interview with James ButlerIn recent years, Novara Media has gained a significant cult following on the radical left. They are fundraising for £10k, so openDemocracyUK caught up with their co-founder.
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Published in: openSecurityFive thoughts on abolishing the MetWhilst seemingly necessary and incisive, recent calls to 'abolish' London's Metropolitan police do not go nearly far enough.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's housing crisis: on Novara Radio
We need homes, but why growth? The Novara radio show discusses the housing crisis in Britain. For more Novara radio episodes, go to the Novara Media website.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe crisis of European centre-left parties: on Novara Radio
The Novara radio show discusses the crisis of nominally left social democratic parties in Europe since 2008. For more Novara radio episodes, go to the Novara Media website.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Lady is not Returning: Novara radio on Thatcher
The Novara radio show marks the death of Margaret Thatcher with nuanced, wide-ranging, radical analysis of the politician and her legacy.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKColumnism, complicity and crisis
Comment by ‘radical’ young writers is cheap fodder for a media sector with no sustainable funding model that is turning its back on investigation and reflection.