Workers Need a Coronavirus Plan – Today
Millions of workers will be impacted by coronavirus shutdowns, with many having hours slashed or being laid off entirely. The government’s response to date has been nowhere near enough – it needs to act now.
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Miriam Pensack
Miriam Pensack is a writer, editor, and doctoral candidate in Latin American history at New York University.
Coronavirus Exposes Tory Public Health Failures
Staff shortages, too few beds, a lack of protective equipment and more than a million elderly lacking in basic social care – Tory mismanagement of Britain’s public health system has made the coronavirus crisis much harder to handle.
Corbyn’s Coronavirus Letter
Jeremy Corbyn has tonight written to Boris Johnson appealing for urgent measures to help workers struggling amidst the coronavirus pandemic including increased sick pay, rent and mortgage deferments, and reduced wait time for universal credit.
How Labour Should Respond to Coronavirus
Right now, Labour is failing to hold the government to account for a crisis that looks likely to severely impact millions across Britain. It’s time to demand real sick pay, a freeze on rent and utility bills, and that vital public services be taken out of private hands.
We Need Our Posties
Coronavirus reminds us all how crucial it is to have a social fabric that supports communities, particularly those who are vulnerable. That’s why Britain’s posties are fighting to stop Royal Mail from destroying the universal service.
Solidarity Is the Answer to Coronavirus
A pandemic makes the old left-wing slogan literal: an injury to one is an injury to all. The world is increasingly interwoven and mutually dependent – now public health demands we act like it.
Gibraltar’s Abortion Referendum
Five decades after abortion became legal in the UK, Gibraltar is finally poised to hold a referendum on extending reproductive rights – with a grassroots campaign hoping to overturn restrictions in one of only three European territories to ban abortion outright.
Workers Against the Virus
In Italy, the government lockdown hasn’t included many large factories which were expected to keep working through the coronavirus outbreak. But workers refused to be cannon fodder – and many have gone on strike.
Wall Street Is High on Government Supply
For more than a decade, the US has propped up its shaky financial system with government aid. Now that strategy is reaching its limits – on the eve of a likely recession.
Workers Will Pay the Price for Coronavirus
The coronavirus has exposed Britain’s disgraceful lack of sick pay and employment rights. The government has been forced to act – but its measures are woefully insufficient and will leave millions forced to work even if they fall sick.
Hiding Joe Biden
The Democratic establishment’s determination to keep Joe Biden away from public scrutiny exposes the truth – he might be the frontrunner, but even his own supporters realise that he’s a weak candidate.
Occupying the University
Students at the University of Cambridge – the only public university not to recognise its union – write about their occupation in support of the UCU strike and against the marketisation of higher education.
A Bad Budget for the Climate
Today’s budget failed even to allocate enough resources to reach the government’s own insufficient target of net-zero by 2050. Despite the rhetoric, it’s clear that only the Left is serious about climate change.
Does This Budget ‘Level Up’?
After a decade of Conservative rule, Britain is the most regionally unequal economy in the developed world. The new government was elected on a pledge to redress this inequality – but today’s budget does the bare minimum.
This Budget Won’t Fix Britain’s Broken Welfare System
Britain’s welfare system is the last line of defence against the threat of coronavirus and a potential recession – but after a decade of shredding it, today’s budget doesn’t do nearly enough to restore the social safety net.
Sunak’s Spending Spree
Today’s budget exposes the truth about a decade of austerity – it wasn’t an economic necessity but a political choice. Now the Left must seize the initiative on this new terrain where economics has been repoliticised, argues Grace Blakeley.
Stockport’s Radical History
Newly-elected MP Nav Mishra delivers his maiden speech on the radical history of Stockport – from Friedrich Engels to the suffragettes and the town’s contribution to the fight for democracy at Peterloo.
The Red Baker
Sarah Woolley – the first woman general secretary of the bakers’ union BFAWU – on the experiences that shaped her path into the trade union movement and why she’s supporting Rebecca Long-Bailey to lead a Labour Party that fights for workers.
Noam Chomsky: “Bernie Is Vilified Because He Has Inspired a Movement”
Noam Chomsky speaks to Tribune about the Bernie Sanders campaign, the obstacles standing in its way – and why the US business class will bitterly resist any attempt at social democratic reform.
The Corona Crash
Today’s coronavirus crash in the stock market is exposing the frailty of global capitalism – and with governments tapped out on quantitative easing, only significant public investment on the scale of a Green New Deal can prevent a slump.