Backing Evo
Ahead of this weekend’s Bolivian election, we publish an open letter from trade unionists, politicians and civil society figures supporting Evo Morales and opposing US intervention.
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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.
Boris’ Bad Deal
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal tears up protections for working people and opens the door for US-style deregulation. Labour should bury it, before it buries us.
The Ebbs and Flows of Multicultural Britain
Janet Mendelsohn’s photographs of Balsall Heath, Birmingham, showed a new multicultural country coming into being. How do they look fifty years later?
The Workplace Wellbeing Scam
The modern workplace is bad for our health. But the answer isn’t corporate wellbeing courses – it’s better working conditions.
Stand By Your Postie
Royal Mail workers aren’t just fighting for their jobs – they are fighting for the future of postal services across the UK. It’s time for the public to get behind them.
Public Ownership Pays for Itself
The CBI is wrong about Labour’s nationalisation plans. For most people in Britain, the costs of privatisation will always be higher than public ownership.
The Socialist Roots of Birth Control
Early socialists fought to make birth control accessible to working-class women – against an establishment that was determined to keep them in their place.
The Fight for Democracy in Sheffield
Labour councils must do more to change how politics is done. Sheffield’s upcoming referendum offers the chance to fight for real democracy.
Why Socialism
Capitalism is dying — but it’s up to us to build a system that can replace it, argues Grace Blakeley.
Easington: Before and After the Strike
A quarter century ago, Easington Colliery was the last deep coalmine to close in County Durham. We look at the community it left behind.
A Dialectical Fairyland
Hannah Proctor and Sam Dolbear talk to Tribune about Arcades Materials, a series of pamphlets sparking off from Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project.
Football for the Many
Across the country, football supporters are growing alienated from the modern game – soulless, expensive and dominated by oligarchs. Labour wants to give power back to the fans.
Justice at Asda
In Asda, thousands of workers are being threatened with the sack unless they accept a new ‘flexible’ contract that gives the corporate giant control over their lives. But their union is fighting back.
ForViva: The “Progressive” Landlord
ForViva claims to be a “progressive landlord” that “challenges inequalities.” But beneath the right-on rhetoric, its workers are fighting low-pay and abysmal conditions.
Unions Urge British Government to Act Over Rojava
Thirteen major trade unions have written to Boris Johnson today to tell the PM that Britain must act now to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the wake of Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria.
Turkey’s War on Rojava
Turkey’s invasion of Northern Syria is intended not just to end Rojava’s seven-year experiment in radical democracy, but to extinguish Kurdish aspirations of self-government for good.
Britain’s “Irish Problem”
The border controversy is just the latest episode in the epic of Britain’s political establishment and their wilful ignorance of Ireland.
Stop Turkey – Before It’s Too Late
Turkey’s anticipated invasion of northern Syria would be a disaster not only for the Kurds but for democracy and gender equality in the region. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP argues that Britain has to act now to stop it.
As I Please: A Time for Unity
Labour must come together if it is to stand any chance of winning the impending general election.