Capitalism Is Not Natural
Right-wingers defend capitalism as a system necessitated by human nature, but the market emerged out of specific historic conditions – it isn’t hardwired into our species.
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Rae Hart
Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
40. The Capitalocene: An Interview with Jason W. Moore
This week, Grace talks to environmental historian and professor of sociology Jason W. Moore about the relationship between capitalism and climate breakdown, and what Marx can teach us about our ecological crises.
The Romance and Radicalism of Allen Clarke
Allen Clarke spent his life documenting the injustices faced by workers in Lancashire’s mills, and his writing is still beloved today – but because he wrote under a pen name, the man himself is at risk of being forgotten.
‘I Was Expelled from my Labour Club for Disagreeing with the IHRA’
Last month, Talal Hangari was expelled from Cambridge University Labour Club over criticism of the IHRA definition of antisemitism – despite the definition’s own author defending him. Here, he tells his story to Tribune.
How Rentier Capitalism Is Destroying Dublin
Dublin is sold as a modern city that is home to the world’s most dynamic industries – but for its residents, daily life is scarred by one of Europe’s worst housing crises and rampant workplace precarity.
Britain’s Big Banks Are Fuelling the Climate Disaster
New research shows that Britain’s financial sector was responsible for 805 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019 – more evidence that the struggle against climate change can’t be separated from the one against capitalism.
How the Big Tech Monopoly Is Killing Cinema
Amazon’s buyout of MGM is the latest example of the culture industry’s transformation into a big tech monopoly game – while artists, workers, and the film-watching public suffer the consequences.
The New Authoritarianism
In a string of recent legislation, the Tories have mounted the most dangerous campaign to undermine civil liberties in a generation – with the hope of building a society where power can act with impunity.
Demolishing Soviet Modernism
After 1917, modernist architects in the multicultural south of the Russian Federation attempted to build a new society with bold design – but today, their buildings are being dismantled along with the Soviet past.
The Struggle for the Great Reform Act
On 7 June 1832, the first Representation of the People Act passed, laying the foundations for the growth of representative democracy in Britain – it was a partial victory won by centuries of agitation.
States Can Take On The Corporate Elite – If They Want To
The G7’s agreement to set a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate shows that states can act to rein in the power of the world’s wealthy – if politicians aren’t beholden to their interests.
Rooftop Pools for Everyone
The existence of the Nine Elms sky pool isn’t only evidence of the absurd luxuries of the rich – it proves that we could all have communal luxury, if our political class thought it worthwhile.
Open Letter: Stop the Repression of Palestine Solidarity in British Schools
In an open letter, a group of human rights organisations express their concern about the growing effort to silence pupils’ expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian cause in schools across the country.
There’s No Place for Arms Companies in LGBT+ Liberation
For many years, the arms industry has cynically exploited Pride as an opportunity to sanitise its image – but profiting from death and destruction has nothing to do with liberation.
Partisans on the Pitch
In 20th century Yugoslavia, football played a decisive role in politics – arising from the workers’ movement, recruiting for the struggle against fascism and even helping to build a socialist state.
The Tories’ School Catch-Up Plan Will Leave Poor Kids Further Behind
The Tories have approved school catch-up funding of as little as £50 per pupil per year, compared to £1,600 in the US and £2,500 in Holland – just the latest policy which will punish poorer kids the most.
Behind the Sky Pool
Images of Nine Elms’ sky pool provoked controversy last week, but behind the glass lies a story of Britain’s political elite conspiring with super-rich developers – and the communities that suffer as a result.
Capital’s Latest Trick
Workers are facing an attack on pay and conditions, backed by the threat of the sack. Trade union action is our best hope to bring the assault to an end.
Unbreak Our Hearts
A new history of depression poses the question of where politics ends and illness begins.
Northumbrian Psycho
Eliza Clark’s shlock horror novel Boy Parts is an unreliably-narrated account of violence and ambition, which doubles as a portrait of national dysfunction.