Labour’s War on Protest
The Tories introduced laws that criminalised protest to deal with the disorder they knew their policies would cause — and Labour’s refusal to repeal these laws indicates their interest in protecting that status quo.
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If This Is Not Genocide, What Is?
UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese speaks to Tribune about Israel’s genocide as a form of ‘colonial erasure’ — and why the Palestinian cause is a symbol of resistance against all forms of exploitation.
Refusing to Learn Lessons
Rachel Reeves has pledged to deregulate the financial sector, arguing there is too much focus on ‘risk’ and not enough on ‘growth’. For working people, it’s a recipe for disaster.
Labour’s Lost Opportunity
Many of Britain’s problems can be explained by the fact that 1% of the population owns more wealth than 70% combined. Despite its break with failed Tory economics, the budget did little to tackle this obscene inequality.
The Price That Was Paid
Donald Trump’s victory came from leaning into working-class America’s anxieties over economic decline — and unless the Left’s economic offer becomes as strong, they leave the pitch open to the Right.
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.
No Route for Renewal
Thatcher’s anti-union laws have brought misery to workers by restricting their ability to fight. If Labour’s Employment Rights Bill fails to scrap them and empower working people, its efforts to change the workplace will be in vain.
Gambling on Growth
Without shifting the balance of wealth and power between workers and bosses, Rachel Reeves is banking on economic growth to make everyone richer. But if this fails and living standards continue to decline, it will be the far right that benefits.
Salford Answered Spain’s Call
The global movement to defend the Spanish Republic from fascism included scores of Salford people who volunteered in the International Brigades, raised funds and cared for refugees — a legacy that campaigners are hoping will be enshrined in a memorial.
Manufacturing Consent for Genocide
The US and UK government have masked their deep complicity in Israel’s genocidal war behind soft criticism and empty pleas for restraint. And the mainstream media, on the whole, have bought it.
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.
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.
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.