4300 Articles by:
Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Rishi Sunak might have grown up in an industrial city, but he spent most of his life in a bubble – made clear not only by the fact he never made any working-class friends, but that he seems to understand nothing about strikes.
Faced with successive cuts to both their service and their pay, Environment Agency workers have had enough. They speak to Tribune about why they’re on strike for the first time in their history.
As thousands of nurses across England take to picket lines in a historic strike, Tribune sits down with the RCN’s Denise Kelly to discuss the NHS crisis behind the dispute.
In Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, the turmoil of a political conflict is mirrored in the lives of its characters.
From saving countless Jewish lives in Nazi-occupied Paris to aiding anticolonial struggles from Algeria to South Africa, Adolfo Kaminsky – who died last week – never surrendered his ideals of ‘uninterrupted resistance’ against oppression and racism.
This week, world leaders and corporate royalty descend on Davos for their annual forum on ‘solving global challenges’ – but the biggest problem the world faces is them.
The anti-strike law going before Parliament today will give bosses the power to sack frontline staff and drive their unions into bankruptcy. Its aim is clear: stop workers fighting back.
The Tories’ latest attack on workers’ rights would see nurses and firefighters sacked, trade unions bankrupted and long-held democratic rights undermined. Here are 10 reasons why you should oppose the anti-strike laws.
A new video game version of the book Half-Earth Socialism allows players to test out a range of possible ecosocialist futures.
In 1196, London’s lower classes staged a dramatic mass revolt against the ruling elites. It’s time their radical leader, William Longbeard, was rescued from historical obscurity.
25,000 ambulance workers are striking today. Instead of stripping away their right to strike, the government should deal with the crisis in the NHS that’s pushed them to this point.
James Kelman’s rendering of working-class Scottish life and speech has been incredibly influential on generations of Scottish writers. The novelist’s new portrait of the writer as an old man sees him shift into ironic auto-fiction.
The NHS crisis is not the product of Covid or strikes – it’s the result of 12 years of political choices. If we don’t demand change today, we may not have an NHS left to save.
Yesterday’s insurrection against Lula’s elected government in Brazil wasn’t a fluke – it was part of an international far-right attack on the idea of democracy.
Today, 45,000 junior doctors begin voting on strike action. Facing a 26% real terms pay cut and impossible workloads – they know that only fighting back can save the NHS.
4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, and the cost of living crisis is making things worse. To protect their health, their wellbeing, and their learning without stigma, we need free school meals for all.
The Equal Pay Act, the 8-hour day, the two-day weekend, parental leave, holiday pay – organised labour is behind many of the rights we have today. We must mobilise in our thousands to fight the government’s latest effort to crush it.
The government’s proposed anti-union laws are a historic attack on the right to strike. The aims are simple: to weaken workers and keep wages low in a cost-of-living crisis. It’s time for a mass movement to fight back.
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch on the government’s latest anti-union laws, why they undermine our democratic rights – and how we fight back.
Before 1960, black West Indies cricketers never made captain, no matter how well they played. C. L. R. James was a key part of the fight for change – both in the sport and the political consciousness.