Inside Gigademia
The last decade has seen a rising tide of casual contracts in universities, with stability and security for workers in freefall. It’s just one of the reasons our marketised higher education system needs an overhaul.
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Rae Hart
Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Inside Britain’s First Amazon Strike
Amazon is one of the world’s wealthiest companies, but its workers aren’t paid enough to live on. That’s why today, staff at its Coventry warehouse made history by staging the first-ever official UK strike.
How 1970s Britain Beat the Anti-Union Laws
In the 70s, a law intended to hobble Britain’s trade unions was defeated with a wave of popular anger. Today, as the Tories again attack the right to strike, that history should be remembered.
The Rich History of Community Activism
Over the decades, countless groups across Britain have organised for a system of housing and planning that puts communities at its heart. A new archive aims to tell their stories – and to continue their struggle.
Workers Against Macron
Millions of French workers are on the streets against Macron’s attempts to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 – an ideological attack on standards of life that the labour movement has united to defend.
Molly Nilsson: ‘Leave the Pessimism to Conservatives’
The synthpop icon Molly Nilsson talks to Tribune about her new politically charged music, her love for Rosa Luxemburg, and why she wants a world with no more billionaires.
To Save the World, Share the Wealth
45.6% of global wealth is in the hands of the top 1%. If the billionaires and world leaders who met at Davos this week actually wanted to improve the state of the world, they could start there.
The Anti-Freedom Bill
As the news about another Met police officer’s horrific crimes unfolded this week, the government was busy trying to give police even more powers to shut down protests. It’s an assault on democratic dissent.
The Head Boy In the Bubble
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.
Environment Agency Workers Are Striking For Fair Pay and Our Future
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.
‘Nurses Are Striking Because Patients Are Dying’
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.
The Art of the Flood
In Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, the turmoil of a political conflict is mirrored in the lives of its characters.
Adolfo Kaminsky’s Life of Struggle
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.
Davos Elites Can’t Solve the Problems They Create
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 is a Historic Attack on Workers’ Rights
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.
10 Reasons to Oppose the Anti-Strike Laws
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.
Ready Planner One
A new video game version of the book Half-Earth Socialism allows players to test out a range of possible ecosocialist futures.
England’s Earliest Revolutionary
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.
‘Ambulance Workers Are Absolutely on Their Knees’
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.
Writing Our Own Story
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.