Louise Haigh Is Right, P&O Are Rogue Operators
P&O Ferries believed they could get away with sacking 800 workers because politicians wouldn’t dare apply the law to them. In jumping to their defence this week, Keir Starmer proved them right.
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The Italian Workers Occupying Against Climate Crisis
Faced with the threat of mass redundancies, GKN automotive workers in Florence occupied their factory to save jobs and build green technology. Their actions can be an inspiration to British workers fighting similar fights.
The First Steps of a New Deal for Workers
Labour’s new deal for workers agenda has infuriated a right-wing media who see the proposals as threatening a rebirth in trade union power — we have to seize this moment to make their fears become reality.
Labour Has Turned Its Back on Trans Justice
Once the natural home of LGBT+ activists, Labour’s latest policy shifts show that instead of challenging the right-wing media’s anti-trans frenzy, the party is joining in.
Jeremy Corbyn: Israel’s Impunity Endangers Us All
The West’s failure to bring Israel to justice for its genocide in Gaza has emboldened it to attack Lebanon — and brought the region to the brink of all-out war.
South Africa’s Case Was a Display of International Solidarity — We Should Support It
At the International Court of Justice, South Africa spoke on behalf of the billions of people who oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza — and put Western governments to shame for their deplorable complicity.
Mexico’s Anti-Globalisation Rebellion
In 1994, the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) resulted in an uprising organised by the Zapatistas — the first proof that even in the era of globalisation, resistance is still possible.
Archive of Dissent
As the veteran British visual artist celebrates a landmark Whitechapel Gallery retrospective, Peter Kennard speaks about his Tribune roots and the future of political art.
The Delegates Revolt
Today, Labour’s annual conference voted to scrap the proposals to cut winter fuel allowance. If Keir Starmer wants to stall his crashing popularity, he would be wise to listen to his members.
Labour Conference Was a Lobbyists’ Utopia
Keir Starmer has declared he is leading a ‘government of service’. But the party’s embrace of lobbyists at this year’s conference raises the question: whose interests is it serving?
Finally
Henry Kissinger’s time on earth was spent organising the slaughter of millions of people on behalf of the rich and powerful, whose respect for him transcended party loyalties. May he rot in hell.
Labour’s ‘No Fault’ Eviction Ban Won’t Work
In yesterday’s speech to Labour conference, Angela Rayner announced plans to ban ‘no fault’ evictions — but without rent controls, landlords will still be allowed to hike rents to force out tenants.
Jeremy Corbyn Goes Back to the Grassroots
At the launch of Islington North’s first ‘People’s Forum’, Jeremy Corbyn speaks to Tribune about organising community campaigns outside the Labour Party — and responds to the latest international crises.
Labour Is Trying to Silence Palestine Solidarity
Revulsion towards Israel’s genocide has produced the largest, most sustained English protest movement since Chartism — yet Labour is trying to prevent Palestine from being even discussed at its conference.
Ukraine’s Modernist Storm
A new exhibition at the Royal Academy of artwork rescued from the Russian bombardment of Kyiv aims to carve out a Ukrainian story from the complex history of Soviet avant-garde art.