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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Since 2009, the efforts of ministers and managers have seen real pay for university staff drop 25%, and insecurity, debt, and mental ill-health become rife. If we want the sector to change, we have to back the workers fighting back.
Rather than listening to the concerns of workers and students, more and more universities are responding by surveilling and trying to stop activism in their ranks.
Dublin writer Brendan Behan was born 100 years ago today. From his earliest days, his radical politics combined with a literary flair to make him one of the great working-class storytellers.
A new book shows how LGBT rights in Ireland were won not through EU rulings or state benevolence, but through generations of dedicated activism.
Two cops posing as activists have been unmasked in Spain, one after having sexual relationships with at least eight women – a frightening reminder of how far police go to spy on dissent.
Years of attacks on terms and conditions have pushed nurses to the brink. Now they’re striking not only for fair pay, but to protect the NHS for future generations.
The government’s authoritarian anti-protest laws aren’t only targeting peaceful political demonstrations – they’re being used to target journalists reporting on them, too.
A series of walking tours in Manchester show how neoliberal urban space systematically excludes anyone without money – and some unexpected ways to fight back against it.
For years, Britain’s political system has crumbled under the pressure of its failing democracy. But Gordon Brown’s proposals to shake up Westminster institutions could point a way forward.
Even a drop in house prices won’t make it possible for most young people to get on the property ladder. The only real answer to the housing crisis is a massive programme of social housebuilding – and getting tenants organised.
Underpaid, overworked, and struggling to hold up a health service in collapse: junior doctors tell Tribune about the constant crises they face on the wards – and why the only answer is to vote for strike action.
Today, 300,000 teachers are on strike. They’re fighting not only against low pay, but to end the crisis in education.
A teacher, a civil servant, and a university worker tell Tribune why they’re taking part in the biggest day of strike action in over a decade.
A teacher explains the toll the cost of living crisis is having on our children’s education – and why the only answer is to strike for something better.
A civil servant explains why 100,000 are taking part in the biggest civil service strike in a generation.
The smug half-satire of uberrich foodie culture ‘The Menu’ wastes a handful of promising ideas on a flat, visually ugly execution.
Pay Review Bodies aren’t independent sources of unbiased information – they’re tools the government uses to hide its own responsibility for keeping wages unliveably low.
By naming Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ‘Tyrant of the Year’, Index on Censorship has exposed its role in slandering world leaders who dare to challenge the Western establishment.
Firefighters in the FBU have voted overwhelmingly for strike action. In the face of a decade of falling pay and constant cuts, it’s a desperate attempt to save their service.
The UK’s expected recession this year won’t be an act of god – it’ll be the result of years of political decisions that have left workers without any money.