Inspiration Soup
A recent photography exhibition investigates the politics and aesthetics of food, encompassing everything from the Civil Rights movement to the New Deal, from Weight Watchers to Spam.
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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
New Hampshire Was Only the Beginning
Bernie Sanders’ victory in New Hampshire served a warning to the status quo in the Democratic Party: the era of empty personality politics is coming to a close.
Sinn Féin’s Youthquake
Last weekend’s Irish election saw a youthquake for Sinn Féin, as young voters who bore the brunt of the housing crisis turned against the country’s political establishment.
Telling the Truth About Buses
Lisa Nandy’s criticisms of Labour’s bus policies in the last election were wrong on the facts – and that’s a bad way to begin understanding what went wrong, argues Andy McDonald.
Doubling Down on the Hostile Environment
This week’s deportation flight makes clear that the government hasn’t learned the lessons of the Windrush scandal – and intends to make the hostile environment a whole lot worse.
Why I Should Be the Next Labour Leader
Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey speaks to Tribune about her roots, her path into politics – and why her campaign can win.
Ireland’s New Republic
Ireland’s left-wing breakthrough was a decade in the making – now the challenge is build a new republic which can break with the bleak history of right-wing rule.
We Can’t Win by Being ‘Media-Friendly’
Labour’s leadership election is dominated by the idea that the party needs a more ‘media-friendly’ candidate – but Britain’s media is a mouthpiece of the elite and won’t support anyone serious about challenging them.
Bernie’s Class Politics
Bernie’s win in New Hampshire is not just a victory for a socialist candidate – it’s a victory for class politics in America.
A World Without Unions
Right-wing governments and big business interests are determined to bury unions for good – but they continue to be workers’ best line of defence at work and in society.
Is Bernie ‘Trumpian’?
By using the catch-all term ‘populist,’ the liberal commentariat wants to convince you that Bernie is the same as Trump – when actually he’s the best chance of defeating him.
For Trans Liberation
The newly-launched Labour Campaign for Trans Rights aims to commit Labour to a sustained defence of trans people – and to resist the transphobic forces that undermine their right to dignity.
There’s No Walking Away from Children’s Service Cuts
The disgraceful state of Britain’s children’s services after years of underfunding deserves more attention than Iain Dale’s Good Morning Britain walk off, argues Grace Blakeley.
The Difference Between Bernie and Warren
Elizabeth Warren’s political tradition is the left edge of middle-class liberalism; Bernie Sanders hails from America’s socialist tradition. We shouldn’t confuse the two.
The Secret Struggle Against Apartheid
In the 1960s, a group of South African and British left-wingers risked their lives to organise an underground campaign that could revive the anti-apartheid struggle.
Are We All Females?
Andrea Long Chu’s ‘Females’ is a scorching takedown of every orthodoxy about gender you could name.
Towards a Green Democratic Economy
Policies to tackle the climate crisis are increasingly popular – but unless they’re tied to a different model of ownership they won’t change the system that is killing the planet.
Assessing Defeat
To understand December’s loss, socialists should look beyond the ‘Brexit or Corbyn’ binary to deeper problems facing the labour movement which can’t be solved by charting a course towards the centre, argues Andrew Murray.
Ireland’s Left Breakthrough
If polls are correct, today’s Irish election will see young and working-class voters flocking to Sinn Féin and others on the Left in historic numbers – dealing a blow to the country’s dominant right-wing parties.
Labour Party Bottom
Spitzenprodukte’s novel ‘Red Tory – My Corbyn Chemsex Hell’ reimagines recent political fact as lurid fiction.