How the Bexley Bin Workers Won
Refuse workers and street cleansers in Bexleyheath won a landmark victory last week – increased pay, sick pay and reinstatement of sacked members – after a campaign which saw union density rise from 25 to 95%.
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Ko Leik Pya
Ko Leik Pya works as a teacher and writer in the UK and Myanmar. He writes here under a pseudonym.
How Covid-19 Is Changing the Workplace
With many forced to work from home since Covid-19, companies have increasingly used the opportunity to implement surveillance technologies and attack conditions – but workers have also found ways to fight back.
Dawn Butler: ‘To Dismantle Systemic Racism, We Need Uncomfortable Conversations’
Labour MP Dawn Butler on the racist abuse that forced her to close her office, encouraging her party to do more in response to Black Lives Matter – and why Met Police chief Cressida Dick should resign.
How Africa’s Horizons Narrowed
Post-independence African leaders had dreams of breaking from Western control and transforming their societies – but then the World Bank and IMF drove the continent towards neoliberalism.
The Mirage of Progressive Scotland
With the Tories in power for a decade, English liberals have increasingly projected their aspirations onto ‘progressive’ Scotland – but from economic policy to Covid-19, its government is not a model to follow.
To Tackle Obesity, Fight Inequality
By shifting the blame for obesity onto individuals, the government is covering up its own contributions to the structural causes – from shutting leisure centres to supporting low wages and longer working hours.
How a Bold Left Can Still Shape the Future
Britain and the world face overlapping crises of historic proportions. Only the Left can meet the challenges of our time but that means urgently organising around a popular programme.
How Unions Are Responding to the Employment Crisis
With unemployment numbers rising rapidly, and the end of the furlough approaching, trade unions are the last line of defence for thousands of workers trying to save their livelihoods.
Murdoch’s Long Shadow
Rupert Murdoch’s regular – and private – meetings with Boris Johnson show how much influence the media baron still exerts over British politics – and why his power needs to be challenged.
It’s Time to Fight Against Another Lost Decade
After the last economic crisis, government policies drove wages down, inequality up and the economy into permanent stagnation – we can’t let them get away with it again.
Why Liberalism Can’t Solve the Crisis of Democracy
Liberals increasingly realise that astronomical inequalities are tearing democracy apart – but won’t support figures like Corbyn or Sanders because they can’t countenance the radical change required to save it.
Builders Crack
A recently rediscovered movie premiering this week tells the story of ‘Builders Crack,’ a radical workers’ magazine which helped organise building sites in the 1990s against gangster bosses.
Latin America’s Co-ops Are an Alternative to Housing Crisis
For decades, countries in Latin America – from Mexico to Chile and Uruguay – have experimented with collective ownership of housing in an attempt to prevent the kind of crisis currently engulfing Britain’s cities.
Bringing the Culture War to Campus
Unwilling to take on the economic elite which is to blame for growing inequality, the Tory government has decided to turn the public’s attention to a war against different enemy – students and universities.
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.
The Demise of Radical Keynesianism
The work of John Maynard Keynes and his followers reached many radical conclusions – but their unwillingness to break with the idea of a ‘natural’ market undermined the effort to bring them into being.
RSPCA: Kind to Animals, Cruel to Workers
Last month, the RSPCA announced plans to sack 20% of its workforce – just weeks after it had forced all workers onto reduced terms. It is a reminder of the stark inequalities which scar the charity sector.
Bolivia’s Ongoing Coup
Faced with a victory for Evo Morales’ MAS party, the Bolivian government has postponed elections once again – the latest attack on democracy by a coup regime which Western powers supported in its name.
Gary Younge: ‘We Need a Systemic Understanding of How Race Impacts Life’
Writer and academic Gary Younge speaks to Tribune about the global Black Lives Matter movement, the persistence of racism in Britain – and why racial awareness training won’t cut it.
Remembering Andrew Mlangeni
Ronnie Kasrils remembers his comrade Andrew Mlangeni, giant of the South African struggle against apartheid who spent 26 years in the cell beside Nelson Mandela at Robben Island.