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Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals aim to drastically reduce poverty, gender inequality and environmental degradation in the next 10 years – but without challenging capitalism, it’s all just a pipe dream.
Keir Starmer’s speech today was an opportunity to present a bold alternative to growing inequality under the Tories – it failed spectacularly.
Britain’s ‘first modern-day refugee camp’ at Napier Barracks is under investigation after a fire – but the right-wing hate campaign against migrants means that punitive detention isn’t going away anytime soon.
Oscar Wilde is known today for his satirical wit, but he maintained a lifelong interest in political affairs – one which would lead him to Irish nationalism, women’s suffrage and the fight against capitalism.
At first, independent publishers were hit hard by the pandemic – but as spaces for education, catharsis and community, book clubs then became one of lockdown’s few success stories.
Tribune’s Owen Hatherley interviews Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichorn about his edited collection ‘Lenin 150,’ and the many meanings of the Russian revolutionary in the present day.
On this week’s A World to Win, Grace is joined by academic Moses Khisa to discuss the recent elections in Uganda, the country’s slide towards authoritarianism and its failed efforts at neoliberal reforms.
The fall of Hosni Mubarak a decade ago was a triumph for popular mobilisation, but also a lesson – even powerful protests like those in Tahrir Square can’t produce transformation without a clear political vision.
Since the beginning of Covid-19, teachers and their unions have been right about schools while the government was wrong. That’s why the right-wing press is trying to demonise them – and why we need to fight back.
The terminal decline of Britain’s high streets is a consequence of towns built around consumption. We urgently need a new model based on community – one which puts public space before private profit.
The neoliberal turn by centre-left parties wasn’t just a cynical betrayal or an economic necessity – it came after decades in which they grew increasingly distant from the people they aimed to represent.
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren’t just pioneering socialists – they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.
Since 2010, the Tories have cut annual funding for local government by £15 billion – half of the total frontline budget. The result: mass closure of facilities, decay of our social infrastructure and a wave of council bankruptcies.
Bill Gates is splashed on magazine covers across the world this week with his plan to solve climate change. But his new book ignores the fact that the same system which made him rich is the one killing the planet.
R. H. Tawney was one of the most influential radicals of 20th century Britain. Today, his ethical socialism is often claimed by moderates – but, unlike them, he was committed to deep social transformation.
Two-thirds of Britain’s 100,000 Covid-19 deaths have been disabled people – and it’s no surprise: left out of government guidance and denied liveable sick pay, disabled workers have been forced to face the pandemic alone.
Trevor Griffiths’ 1975 play ‘Comedians’ took a serious look at what makes us laugh, and why. In a political era where comedians, journalists, and politicians are often the same people, it has something to teach us.
The government’s Right to Regenerate scheme promises to tackle unused buildings and land – but only if they’re publicly owned. Once again, this ignores the reality of a housing crisis caused by private ownership.
A new book explores how Britain’s establishment media provided Boris Johnson with the platform for the lies and provocations that made his political career – only to bemoan his rise to the top when it was too late.
This Valentine’s Day, we remember the revolutionary life of Jenny Marx – a socialist and feminist whose own activity, no less than her relationship with Karl, helped to shape the struggles of her time.