A Bristol-based doctor has become Britain’s first working GP to be sent to prison for non-violent climate protest. My quick write-up here: novaramedia.com/2025/01/07/fir…

The government's anti protest tsar who was also an arms trade and fossil fuel lobbyist and Israel supporter, finally gets the boot

The Greens could be the party to take on Reform. But the party’s leaders are just too nice, argues Joe Todd. novaramedia.com/2025/03/11/the…

.Clare Hymer and I have spent the past 5 months interviewing Britain's political prisoners about life inside – and thinking about the kind of people that give up their freedom for a cause. Ep 1 of Committed is out today, listen here or on the NM feed novaramedia.com/committed/

It’s out! For the last five months, Rivkah Brown and I have been speaking to imprisoned Just Stop Oil activists about what it takes to give up your freedom for your politics. Episode 1 is available now. novaramedia.com/category/audio…

Britain is locking up climate activists. You’ve probably heard of some of them – they’re the road-blockers, soup-throwers and spray-painters who made headlines around the world as Just Stop Oil. Some of them are now facing years in prison, caught under the wheels of a crackdown

What would make someone join one of Britain's most hated groups, and go to prison for the cause? In our new series, The Committed, we talk to Just Stop Oil protestors locked up in prison – and explore the impact of their decisions on their loved ones. bit.ly/4iMQqw1

Just Stop Oil’s jailed activists were willing to pay the price for their actions. But what does their imprisonment mean for their partners? Clare Hymer reports. novaramedia.com/2025/05/02/wha…

In the High Court where Palestinian NGO Al Haq is challenging the legality of the government's "carve out" to send parts of lethal F35 jets to Israel. The court is packed, I'm in the overspill room which is also packed

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I’m a socialist. I think politics is about more than just having a hammer and sickle in my Twitter profile. It gets worse: I volunteered for 9 years, for free, because I truly believed that politics wouldn’t change without changing the media first. Now we have 25 staff.

SCOOP: Two senior Foreign Office officials told 310 staff objecting about Gaza to "consult their line managers", speak to a staff counsellor, or resign. A former senior UK diplomat has described their response as "shameful". Full story & letters here: novaramedia.com/2025/06/05/for…

Appalling from Foreign Office bosses “simply reprehensible … a dereliction of duty and a startling ignorance of the provisions of the civil service code, which require all civil servants to act in accordance with the law, including international law.” novaramedia.com/2025/06/05/for…

Tomorrow, MPs will debate and vote on a measure to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Without equivocation or caveat, Novara Media stands opposed to this historic infringement on freedom of expression. Our statement:

Normally we don't do org-wide statements about current affairs. But all of us at Novara Media are deeply concerned by what the government's plan to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror group means for freedom of expression. We oppose it unreservedly. Read our statement below.

Some of Corbyn’s advisors have a magnificent talent for gathering up the massive excitement, energy and goodwill of his supporters, and immediately pissing it away

NEW: Novara Media has written to Attorney General's Office Richard Hermer KC requesting urgent clarification of how the proscription of Palestine Action, which comes into force at midnight tonight, will affect UK journalists' work.

An 83-year-old priest and a human rights lawyer were among around 25 people arrested for holding signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” in Parliament Square today. The action, by protest group Defend Our Juries, was the first organised challenge to the