Turning Point
Today’s speech by Rebecca Long-Bailey in her hometown of Salford laid out a compelling vision of Labour’s path to power – and socialists should take note, argues Grace Blakeley.
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Grace Blakeley
Grace Blakeley is a staff writer at Tribune.
There’s No Walking Away from Children’s Service Cuts
The disgraceful state of Britain’s children’s services after years of underfunding deserves more attention than Iain Dale’s Good Morning Britain walk off, argues Grace Blakeley.
The Westminster Fetish
This week’s pile-on against Zarah Sultana over select committees demonstrates how our establishment sees democracy – as a set of rules and procedures to which they alone are gatekeepers.
Why Socialists Should Talk About Aspiration
Rebecca Long-Bailey’s ‘aspirational socialism’ is an attempt to overcome a pervasive problem – after a decade of austerity many working people don’t believe that politics can make their lives better, argues Grace Blakeley.
The Flybe Fake
Boris Johnson claims the bailout of Flybe is a sign that this Tory government is prepared to use state powers to help workers – but in reality, it shows how committed they are to corporate welfare.
Up from the Canvas
This is not the time to abandon the socialist policies that would most improve lives in the very areas Labour lost. Instead, the task is to build a more effective movement that can win them.
Ending Thatcherism
Forty years after Thatcher rose to power, the parts of Britain she decimated with deindustrialisation, privatisation and cuts have the opportunity in this election to bury her legacy once and for all.
Labour’s Green Revolution
Labour’s plans to invest in a million green jobs can transform the very parts of Britain decimated by Thatcher’s economic reforms – and begin to undo the damage of deindustrialisation.
Investing in the Future
Successive Tory governments have starved Britain of investment, leaving its infrastructure to crumble. It’s time to elect a government with a bold plan to rebuild the country.
Why Socialism
Capitalism is dying — but it’s up to us to build a system that can replace it, argues Grace Blakeley.
Globalisation — or Global Justice
Under capitalist globalisation, Western states and corporations continue to plunder the Global South. Any movement for social justice must break that cycle.
Another Britain Is Possible
The Left must meet this moment in history with a bold plan to remake our economy — or someone else will.
Britain’s Housing Casino
International speculators are playing games with our housing market — and we’re the ones losing.