Why the Establishment Hates the RMT
The establishment campaign to demonise striking rail workers and their trade union has one aim: to discourage other workers from following their example and fighting back.
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Ronan Burtenshaw
Ronan Burtenshaw is the editor of Tribune.
‘I Still Feel Watched’: Zarah Sultana on Her Life in Politics
Tribune’s editor sat down with the Coventry MP to discuss her path into politics, her experience in Parliament, and the question of where the Left goes next.
The Cost of Living
The crisis impacting working people isn’t a result of blind economic forces — it is the result of a class war waged from above.
The Irish Chartist who Led Britain Towards Revolution
Chartist leader Feargus O’Connor took Britain closer to revolution than at any point in its history – yet, almost two centuries later, the Irish-born radical who led the first mass workers’ movement is often denied the status he deserves.
Western Leaders Are Hypocrites When it Comes to War
Western leaders are condemning Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, but they themselves are deeply complicit in bloodshed across the world. We need a movement that can oppose war everywhere.
How the Left Lost the Battle over the Elite
In the aftermath of the Financial Crash, it briefly looked like a left-wing alternative would benefit from anti-elite sentiment. But in recent years, the Right has waged a campaign to portray the Left as an out-of-touch elite — and turned the tide of politics in the process.
Building the Workers’ Republics
If the Left is to recover from its defeats, it will need a presence in workers’ daily lives – and examples of how a socialist society can provide a better future.
Tribune’s Debt to the International Brigades
Earlier this summer, Tribune’s editor spoke at the annual International Brigades Memorial Trust commemoration about this publication’s roots in the struggle against fascism in Spain.
Class Politics, or Class Dealignment
Recent evidence makes clear that the Left is losing its historic base in working-class communities — either we rebuild class politics or accept that socialism is off the table.
Nina Turner: ‘We Are Fighting to Uplift Humanity Itself’
Ahead of her keynote speech at today’s Tribune Rally, Nina Turner discusses how wealthy interests have organised against the Left – and why working-class hope for a better future can defeat them.
EXCLUSIVE: Starmer’s Document Ending ‘One Member, One Vote’
A document distributed by the Labour Party today ahead of Friday’s NEC meeting proposes to end ‘One Member, One Vote’ – and hand an effective veto to the PLP in future leadership elections.
How Dublin’s Bohemians Are Bringing Fan-Owned Football into Europe
Last night, fan-owned Dublin club Bohemians progressed in Europe for the first time since 2008 – bringing a fundamentally different model of football to a continental game plagued by corporate profiteering.
Batley and Spen Is Not a Victory for Keir Starmer
Labour’s razor-thin victory in Batley and Spen owes to Kim Leadbeater’s popular local candidacy – not to a party leadership that continues to alienate its own core voters.
The Property Cult
The right-wing proclaims itself a champion of freedom, but an interrogation of its history reveals an altogether different priority – the centuries-long defence of property and the propertied.
Why the Right Loves the Culture War
Faced with growing anti-elite sentiment, the Tories have reinvented themselves as culture warriors – a reinvention designed to overcome the disasters caused by decades of free-market economics.
Labour’s Election Disaster Is Keir Starmer’s to Own
Keir Starmer has attempted to blame today’s election disaster on Jeremy Corbyn – but his leadership has hollowed out the party, refused to offer a vision for change and left many with little reason to vote Labour.
Against the Centre
The centre is back. But it still hasn’t got any answers.
The US Left in the Biden Era
DSA’s Carlos Ramirez-Rosa speaks to Tribune about the future of the growing socialist movement in the United States after Donald Trump – and how the Left should approach the Biden administration.
‘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.
The Man Who Made a Million Socialists
Robert Tressell, author of ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists,’ was born 150 years ago. His writing left an indelible mark on the socialist movement — but the man himself was almost forgotten by history.