The Media Sows These Seeds

As ethnic minority communities brace for more pogroms, the media is discussing the ‘legitimate concerns’ behind the violence — the most hideous, insulting form of victim blaming.

Feeding the Fascist Machine

Britain’s political establishment has spent decades demonising refugees and Muslims. Defeating the far right doesn’t stop with ending the violent riots on the streets — the politics that inspired them must be beaten too.

Connected Struggles

India’s Anti-Muslim Apartheid

From discriminatory laws to lynchings, things have gone from bad to worse for India’s Muslims. Rana Ayyub sits down with Tribune to discuss the historic roots of Hindutva extremism, their global connections and whether there is any hope on the horizon.

Ilan Pappe: Palestine’s Blood Never Dried

From 1948 to today, ethnic cleansing hasn’t been about rare instances of Israeli extremity — it is a defining feature of the daily colonial subjugation of the Palestinian people.

The World Stands With Gaza — Our Governments Must Listen

The Palestinian ambassador to the UK writes that the global mass movement in solidarity with Palestine is reminiscent of that against apartheid South Africa — and will continue to grow until Israeli apartheid is defeated.

Standing Against the ‘Dark Peoples’

The mutually beneficial relationship between Israel and apartheid South Africa was not just about the arms trade — It was an ideological affinity about how to treat unwanted populations.

The Climate Apartheid

While the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause.

Jeremy Corbyn: We Cannot Succeed at Home Without Solidarity Abroad

Internationalism isn’t a distraction from domestic politics — our fight for freedom and justice abroad can inspire change here in Britain.

As I Please: Britain’s Housing Emergency

Millions in Britain are in desperate need of decent affordable homes. A Labour government must deliver more than just planning reform.

The Struggle Behind Barbed Wire

The experiences of bitter repression — and the delirium of victory — has created a special bond of solidarity between Irish and Palestinian political prisoners that has lasted for decades.

How Cuba Helped End Apartheid at Cuito Cuanavale

Forces from tiny Cuba joined Angolan and Namibian revolutionaries to defeat the South African apartheid regime. It was one of history’s greatest acts of internationalism.

Tribune & Vietnam

From the moment the first American bomb was dropped on Vietnam, Tribune was at the forefront of the anti-war movement. It was a cause that shaped the publication for decades.

Trish Keenan: Working-Class Psychedelic Hero

Since the 2011 death of singer Trish Keenan, Birmingham electronic group Broadcast have become increasingly influential for a style that applies a notably internationalist and modernist interpretation to the psychedelia of the 1960s.

When TV Was Radical

Today, experimental television is hidden away on specialist platforms. Once, though, leading European public service broadcasters made and transmitted radical and strange programming by cinema auteurs.

Lenin at Leisure

A vivid, rediscovered anthology — compiled and introduced by Tamara Deutscher — assembles a surprising portrait of the Soviet revolutionary built from letters, memoirs, and fragments.

Pedro Lemebel’s Last Supper

As Chile emerged from Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, the stylish and challenging work of poet Pedro Lemebel gave caustic expression to the lives of gender-diverse people, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Chilean left, and the country’s post-1990 fate.

Macron’s Liberal Coup

In a desperate attempt to cling on to power, Macron is blocking the French left from government. If this assault on democratic principle is not defeated, it will all but ensure the far-right’s victory in the next election.

Edna O’Brien’s Fight Against the Censors

After her books faced bans for their unashamed portrayals of women’s lives and aspirations, Edna O’Brien — who has died aged 93 — became a powerful voice against censorship that haunted the supporters of Ireland’s broken system.

The Last Workers’ Castle

The TUC’s decision to sell its iconic Congress House — a modernist monument to the strength of workers — is a sad example of today’s labour movement increasingly losing its sense of purpose.