"I'm literally a communist, you idiot."
Ash Sarkar is a senior editor at Novara Media, best known for her media appearances throughout the UK political landscape and her strongly held libertarian communist views. She was closely associated with the media commentary around Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party and has since become a fierce defender of Palestine and critic of neoliberal politics around the world.
Alongside her work at Novara, Ash teaches at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. She is also a regular contributor to The Guardian and The Independent, as well as being a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze. Her recent book, Minority Rule, criticises identity politics and argues that the left needs to reengage with the working class. In 2023, she was ranked 45th on the New Statesman's Left Power List.
"One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation." — Naomi Klein
