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As Euro 2024 gets underway, election results show a surge of support for the far-right across Europe. Can football help us make sense of it? This week on Pro Revolution Soccer, Juliet Jacques and Tom Williams look at the connections between football and fascism, and explain how the same forces that allowed a tiny elite to take over the game are now reopening the door to the far-right. Music by Matt Huxley. Design by Pietro Garrone. Produced by Chal Ravens.

What’s it like to be left-wing in an aspiring ethnostate? Israel has swung hard to the right in the last few decades, with self-described fascists now in government. But a left remains, calling not just for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza, but for the end to the apartheid regime as a whole. What power do they have? Comedian and activist Noam Shuster-Eliassi and +972 Magazine journalist Haggai Matar talk to Rivkah Brown about the terrifying consequences of resistance to the Israeli state, how Jewish ethnic minorities are treated within Israel, and how to survive in a society that treats ‘leftist’ as a slur. Novara FM now has its own inbox. Email us with comments, criticisms and suggestions: fm@novaramedia.com Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support

Podcast discusses politicians feigning interest in football, changing roles of women and LGBT+ in the sport, Starmer's impact, and England's performance post-Iceland match. Touches on football culture, political interference, and excitement for Euro 2024 tournament.

Delving into Susan Sontag's 'Camp,' they explore the love for artificial, theatrical, and sentimental objects. They discuss aphorisms, camp sensibility, seduction, and subversion. Unpacking camp's relationship with role-playing games, Aubrey Beardsley, and various elements. They explore valuing style over substance, contrasting camp with chicness and discussing its historical context.

An exploration of the slow adoption of renewable energy due to capitalist profit motives. Discussing the challenges of transitioning to sustainable energy solutions, the importance of electrification for climate mitigation, and the role of China in global energy transition. Challenges of private sector profitability in renewable energy vs. public ownership. Geographical challenges in renewable energy deployment and the resurgence of nuclear energy in the energy mix.

Author Ajay Singh Chaudhary discusses the right's shift on climate, focusing on exhaustion of people and planet. Topics include strange alliances due to climate change, potential in global peasant struggles, and turning collective exhaustion into a politics of rest and recuperation.

Anthropologist Alpa Shah discusses India's democracy, Hindutva ideology, and authoritarianism under Modi's government. Topics include caste system impact, dissent suppression, evidence tampering, and challenges to democracy. The podcast delves into media manipulation, complicity, and the erosion of democratic values in India.

Exploring the concept of 'cool' in relationships, gender dynamics, and work. Analyzing coolness as a psychological attitude and cultural capital. Evolution of coolness from Fordism to modern times. Reflecting on Cool Britannia, Berlin techno scene, and societal impact. Delving into the political utility of coolness in electronic dance music and revolutionary movements.

The difference between sex and gender is fundamental to how we talk about trans people. But what if it obscures the richness of life outside of gender norms? There is so much more to gender non-conforming people than this academic, middle-class, distinction – so says Jules Gill-Peterson, a historian at Johns Hopkins University and the author of A Short History of Trans Misogyny. In conversation with Eleanor Penny, Gill-Peterson reaches back into the past to explain what it means to be a queen, why trans women do sex work, and how to reignite the celebration of femininity as a cornerstone of feminist politics. Novara FM now has its own inbox. Email us with comments, criticisms and suggestions: fm@novaramedia.com Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support

In the pouring rain and 20 points behind in the polls, Rishi Sunak has announced that a UK general election will take place on 4 July. Michael Walker and Moya Lothian-McLean report. Plus: Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced their intention to recognise Palestine as a state. Follow our election coverage on Novara Live every weekday at 6pm on YouTube, and subscribe to the podcast by searching “Novara Live” in your app.