For Far Too Many, Prison Doesn’t Work – Let’s Invest in the Alternatives
Ending short sentences and investing in problem-solving courts, effective probation and Women’s Centres is the key to safer communities.
For a Socialist Internationalism
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell makes the case for a left-wing alternative to neoliberal globalisation and reactionary nationalism.
In The Valleys
The former mining communities of Wales have been deliberately devastated for a generation – but their proud history of socialism and solidarity has not been so easily wiped away.
The Trigger Battle
The upcoming reselection process is a historic test for the Labour left: can it secure a parliamentary party willing to support a transformative socialist government?
Britain’s Disability Scandal
One million disabled people in Britain live without the social care they need. That means a population the size of Birmingham unable to live an independent life every single day.
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Miliband’s Masterpiece
Fifty years after it was published, The State in Capitalist Society remains indispensable for any socialist movement with ambitions of government.
The Fight Facing a Corbyn Government
If a Corbyn-led Labour Party wins the next general election, big business will fight back – and we’ll need a plan to defeat them.
How the NHS Was Won
Happy birthday to Britain’s greatest social achievement, the National Health Service. We look at the long struggle that brought it into being.
What Can We Expect from Boris Johnson?
Favours for wealthy donors, white elephant vanity projects and a carousel of controversies. Welcome to Boris Johnson, PM.
Marx Goes Out of Town
George Comninel’s new study of Karl Marx is a reminder of what made his writings so revolutionary – and of the still unresolved battles they sparked off.
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The Open University at 50
50 years ago Jennie Lee founded the Open University. Its mission was simple: to open the doors of higher education to millions who had been locked out.
SYRIZA’s Long Demise
SYRIZA, once the great hope of the left, was defeated last weekend after four years imposing austerity on those it promised to fight for.
Hobsbawm at the Margins
Eric Hobsbawm chronicled how socialist breakthroughs in the Global South had deep impacts on the thinking of Marxists in the West.
Nothing to Lose but Their Chains
In 1910 the women chainmakers of the Black Country went on strike – and forced employers across the country to pay minimum rates for some of Britain’s hardest jobs.
Simon Baker, RIP
Last month, Tribune interviewed filmmaker and activist Simon Baker for our forthcoming issue about his videos for the Labour Party and Labour Voices. We post that interview today in tribute to his work.