Michael Walker

.@novaramedia's YouTube had over seven million views last month, covering topics that will shape the future of humanity, like AI-risk, the new cold war with China, and the genocide in Gaza. But to keep doing what we do we need 1,000 new financial supporters. Can you be one?

“I don’t want them to be killed”. Trump refused to tell reporters which Iranian official he’s negotiating with on Monday. On Novara Live, @MichaelJSWalker points out that it’s none other than the US and allies bombing Iranian leaders – which suggests Trump is afraid of provoking his own ally, Israel. “Maybe that’s it - the Americans are negotiating with someone and Trump doesn’t want to say who it is in case the Israelis bomb them to death”, he said.

Hi @Rob_Malley - we'd be very keen to interview you for @novaramedia. Might that be possible? Thanks

Here’s a link to the @novaramedia interview: youtube.com/watch?v=aNpJxL…

@shashj @owenjonesjourno You then also deleted all the evidence.

@shashj @owenjonesjourno Shashank, you didn’t just uncritically report these claims (which were being used by Israel to drum up support for genocide) you then implied anyone who questioned them had ulterior motives. x.com/michaeljswalke…

Have you ever apologised for this, @shashj? Or explained why you falsely claimed there was “first-hand evidence”? This isn’t a minor mistake. The grotesque lie that Israeli babies were beheaded was used to justify slaughtering countless actual Palestinian babies.

In a discussion with @michaeljswalker on Friday, I said that Trump was being presented options to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran. The aim would be to cripple Iran’s economy and to make it harder for Iran to persist in the war. I explained that hitting Iran’s critical infrastructure might shorten the war, but it would also intensify it. For that reason, that overall damage done to region and the global economy could end up being far worse during a shorter war. If Trump hits a major power plant, Iran will respond by hitting utilities in the Gulf states and Israel—including power plants and desalination facilities—and will count on the fact that it has to hit fewer targets to have a bigger impact. Iran has nearly 500 power plants, Israel has around 50. The largest Iranian plant, the Damavand Combined Cycle plant, accounts for about 4% of Iran’s total capacity. Israel’s largest plant, Orot Rabin, accounts for 20% of electricity production. The fact that a US president is posting a message like this on social media represents a total breakdown in the systems that are meant to ensure the US fights wars intelligently and judiciously. The commander in chief is not of sound mind, no one in his cabinet is willing to admit it, and we are being pushed towards the edge of an abyss.

@ArmsControlWonk Hi @ArmsControlWonk - we'd be keen to interview you about this for @novaramedia. Might that be possible?

At 4,000+ km, I would happily sit in a lawn chair on the tarmac at Diego Garcia with a bottle of wine while Iran fired two conventionally-armed IRBMs at me. My only hesitation would be the quality of the wine.

@yarbatman @ForeignPolicy Hi Esfandyar - great piece! Would you be up for discussing it with @novaramedia tomorrow?

The strikes on Iran's Kharg Island and South Pars gas facilities make clear that Trump is being presented options to widen the war to critical infrastructure. But hitting Iran's economy won't help Trump win the war. My latest for @ForeignPolicy. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/19/ira…

Israel pushed for the war in Iran because it's already planning for a future without the US, according to British-Israeli political analyst Daniel Levy. He said the apartheid state wants to create a new power structure in the Middle East that depends on Israel as the core player.

@gbrew24 Hi Gregory - we'd be keen to get you on for an interview on @novaramedia. Might that be possible? Thanks

Israel bombed Iran's south Pars gas field. Trump reportedly signed off. Iran signaled it would strike major Gulf energy facilities in return. Hours later, a ballistic missile struck Qatar's gas refinery at Ras Laffan. It is in flames. Trump is now opposed to further attacks on Iranian energy facilities, per WSJ.

Do Your Own Research is a new show from Novara Media about the systems that make the modern world possible. We’re building a map of everything that has ever mattered and everything that ever will. In the first four shows: 1. We’ve mapped the history of the giant agricultural systems that provide much of the world with cheap food with Charles Mann @CharlesCMann 2. We’ve diagrammed the history of the ‘cheap nature’ regimes that transformed the ecology of the globe with Jason Moore @oikeios 3. We’ve watched a split in the military industrial complex emerge between the old and sprawling ‘primes’ and the newer tech defense startups like Palantir and Anduril with Susannah Glickman 4. And we’ve delved (iykyk) into the AI economy and its slave-driven underbelly with Marek Poliks. There’s much more to come ⏬ links in thread

‘The Israel Lobby Is Being Exposed’ Great interview by my colleague, @michaeljswalker, yesterday. youtu.be/MfAbrkUa8YM?si…

@glyncorrwgboy Ah that would’ve be ace - we won’t be in Chengdu until the following weekend.

@michaeljswalker Come and see No Trixx play at the Chunyou music festival, Chengdu on Sun 12th Aptil. I'll buy you a beer. We're all supporters of Novara.

I’ll be in China for 2 weeks next month, visiting Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Beijing. Let me know any tips or, even better, if you’ll be there and would like to go for a beer.

Everyone hating on this, but point is reasonable. Given current system, total debt is largely a distraction, the outrage is the extra 9% tax most grads have to pay for 30 years (hitting hardest when they might start a family, buy a house etc).

Just over 200,000 views for our interview with @vali_nasr in a day. Hugely knowledgeable guy, making complex histories and claims very clear. Not nearly enough specialists like him on broadcast media at the moment. youtu.be/Ezq-fVXM0uI?si…

Can anyone explain: Why would Iran want to lay mines in the strait if - as per WSJ - they are still allowing Chinese ships to pass through carrying Iranian oil? Could they tell allied countries the coordinates?

Labour just lost *half* their vote in Gorton and Denton, and the Tories had their worst by-election result….ever? Britain is meant to be a two party system. But, right now, it’s not the parties you think. I’ll be joining @michaeljswalker on @novaramedia tonight at 6pm.

@deanwball Hi @deanwball - would you be up for speaking to @novaramedia about this tomorrow?

According to the Pentagon, Anthropic is: 1. Woke; 2. Such a national security risk that they need to be regulated in a severe manner usually reserved for foreign adversary firms; 3. So essential for the military that they need to be commandeered using wartime authority.

RT @novaramedia: On Monday 16th of February, @AyoCaesar and @AaronBastani are hosting an evening of live political conversations at EartH H…