How the Government Abandoned Unpaid Carers During Covid
Unpaid carers have faced impossible pressures during the Covid-19 pandemic but have been disgracefully abandoned by their government – and forced to survive on just £67.25 per week.
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Miriam Pensack
Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
‘Come What May, We’re Here to Stay’: Remembering the Asian Youth Movements
From the 1960s to the ’80s, the Asian Youth Movements organised against racists and the far-right on Britain’s streets. Speaking to Tribune, the activists behind those efforts call for that flame to be reignited.
Behind the Battle for Barnoldswick
As the Rolls-Royce strike runs into Christmas, workers are worried about more than their jobs – they fear for the community that would be left behind by the latest devastating chapter of deindustrialisation.
Stand up for Labour Party Democracy
An open letter to the Labour Party leadership from MPs, Lords, trade union leaders and NEC representatives calls for an end to “attacks on party democracy, legitimate discussion and the recent wave of suspensions.”
Ten Years Since the Spark that Ignited the Arab Spring
A decade ago today, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a Tunisian market and catalysed what’s become known as the ‘Arab Spring’. In Tunisia, at least, his legacy endures.
You Can’t Tackle Health Inequality Without Tackling Social Injustice
The 2020 Marmot Review shows the impact of health inequality in England’s Covid deaths. Challenging it will require a new kind of health policy – one that looks beyond the NHS to broader social ills.
‘You Will Not Drive Socialists out of the Labour Party – We’re Here to Stay’
Yesterday, Liverpool Walton CLP secretary Alan Gibbons was the latest target of Labour’s mass suspension of socialists. Today he has a message: members make the party, not bureaucrats – and they will fight for their rights.
The Gambling Act Review Is a Chance to Stand up to the Bookies
The government’s review into the outdated 2005 Gambling Act offers a chance to challenge the predatory gambling industry – but first, Labour must tackle its own pro-bookie lobby.
Socialist Architecture for the Work-From-Home Age
In the 1920s, socialist architect Josef Frank designed homes to maximise freedom – informed by an understanding that workers need the space to separate their work from the rest of their lives.
Class, Taste and Sour Grapes
Last month, Rudy Kurniawan was released after seven years in prison for passing off cheap fakes as fine wine – a crime punished, above all, for exposing ruling class pretensions about taste.
Keeping Unsafe Schools Open Is Ideological
This week the government issued legal threats against a London council for closing schools – showing that it values profits more than the lives of workers, students and their families.
How Being Exploited at Work Undermines Your Mental Health
A new study shows that exploitative working conditions have severe impacts on mental health – and makes the case for empowering workers through unions and workplace democracy.
Covid-19 Has Revived Britain’s Teachers’ Unions
Faced with a reckless government that disregarded teacher and student health, unions like the NEU set out to fight back – and, in the process, built grassroots organisation that empowers workers.
India’s Farmer Revolt
India’s government is trying to force through a corporate takeover of its agricultural sector – but their plans have met fierce resistance from the country’s farmers, who are refusing to hand over their livelihoods.
How North Sea Oil Shaped Britain’s Economy
When Thatcher’s government inherited the emerging riches of North Sea oil, it pioneered ‘carbon neoliberalism’ – a model of managing public goods for private interests that soon became the norm.
A Victory for the NHS Against Corporate Trade Deals
This week’s House of Lords vote to keep the NHS out of future trade deals was a victory for the hundreds of thousands of people who fought plans to put public healthcare on the international market.
How North Sea Oil Shaped Britain’s Economy
When Thatcher’s government inherited the emerging riches of North Sea oil, it pioneered ‘carbon neoliberalism’ — a model of managing public goods for private interests that soon became the norm.
Tory Cuts Are Causing a Sexual Health Crisis
England’s sexual health services have had their funding slashed by 25% in the past five years, leaving clinics and other services severely understaffed. It is an avoidable crisis – entirely caused by Tory government policies.
How Britain’s Lifestyle Magazines Went Tory
Recent months have seen Britain’s fashion magazines running articles that could have come straight from Conservative Party HQ. It’s just the latest right-wing turn in a billionaire-owned media landscape.
I Was a Teenage Derridean
A new biography of the French philosopher reveals a core of political seriousness in his work. But why was he so popular in the universities of the 1980s and 1990s?