Teachers Are Not Disposable
The government has claimed for months that schools are not hubs of infection, but new data proves their lie: and shows that education workers have double the Covid rate of the wider population.
Why Anti-Racism Must be Anti-Capitalist
There have been many attempts to put a ‘humane’ face on capitalism, but it is a system built on oppression. Racism isn’t a glitch, it’s a feature – both of capitalism’s history and its present.
How Neoliberalism Created a Society of Individuals
Decades of neoliberal policies have reshaped our world – but perhaps their deepest impact has been to corrode the bonds which underpinned society: replacing the collective with the individual.
Britain’s Historic Wave of Student Rent Strikes
Rent strikes are taking place right now in 55 of 140 UK universities. It’s the biggest nationwide tenant action in 40 years – and has potential to shift housing dynamics not just for students, but for renters everywhere.
‘The Spy Cops Bill Is One of the Most Dangerous Pieces of Legislation I’ve Seen’
Shami Chakrabarti on the dangers of the ‘Spy Cops’ and Overseas Operations Bills, the Tory culture war against human rights – and why the Labour Party is too scared to stand up to it.
A new podcast from Tribune and Grace Blakeley
21. Remembering Leo Panitch: A Conversation with Max Shanly and Sam Gindin
In this week’s special episode of A World to Win, Grace is joined by Max Shanly and Sam Gindin to reflect on the life of Marxist thinker and writer Leo Panitch.
Introducing ‘The Cause’
Today we have launched ‘The Cause,’ a new weekly bulletin from Tribune covering the labour movement and socialist politics. Read the first instalment here.
Sensible Socialism: The Salford Model
Like its near-neighbour Preston, Salford’s left-leaning council has put socialist policies into practice at a local level – and been rewarded with public housing, well-paying jobs, insourcing and a greener city.
Shifting the Blame
As Britain’s Covid death toll exceeds 100,000, the government has set out to blame the public – but from the very beginning its recklessness, ineptitude and cronyism have paved the way for this tragedy.
How Bosses Betrayed Firefighters During a Pandemic
This week, fire service employers withdrew from a safety agreement that protected firefighters during the Covid-19 pandemic – it is just the latest example of unscrupulous bosses using a crisis to attack workers’ rights.
The Great School Meals Rip-Off
The miserable school meal ‘hampers’ are the latest public services outsourced to for-profit companies that consistently fail to deliver. Childhood hunger should not be lining private pockets.
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Fighting Spotify
As musicians struggle through the pandemic, attention has turned to the exploitative practices of Spotify – which often pays as little as $0.00318 per stream. Now, artists are unionising and demanding better.
Cinema: For Us, the Most Important Art
Cinema is not the same as streaming: it’s collective, and often inspires discussion and argument. In 2021, when the pandemic finally recedes, why not build socialist film clubs?
Stop the British Gas Fire
Today, GMB members at British Gas begin five days of action in response to their employer’s threat to ‘fire and rehire’ thousands of workers on worse pay and conditions. It’s the biggest gas strike since the 1970s.
The Scouse Exception
As many of Labour’s post-industrial heartlands drifted rightward, Liverpool remained solidly red. The reason is clear: working-class community organising.