Despair Is Fuelling the Far Right

Of the 10 most deprived areas of the country, 7 saw far-right riots this month — a sign that the collapse of community and belief in improvement has fed the politics of racism.

Behind India’s Iron Curtain

In this week in 2019, India enforced a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir. A new writing project chronicles the crackdown which followed and how its techniques of oppression were borrowed from Israel’s occupation of Palestine.

When Britain’s Trade Unions Fought Fascism

In 1970s Britain, trade unions responded to the growth of the National Front by mobilising on the streets — a lesson today’s workers’ movement must rediscover to defeat a new fascist threat.

The Surveillance State Won’t Save Us

The government’s potential extension of police power and surveillance technologies is no substitute for tackling the root causes of far-right unrest — and risks violating the rights of us all.

The Media Sows These Seeds

As ethnic minority communities brace for more pogroms, the media is discussing the ‘legitimate concerns’ behind the violence — the most hideous, insulting form of victim blaming.

Feeding the Fascist Machine

Britain’s political establishment has spent decades demonising refugees and Muslims. Defeating the far right doesn’t stop with ending the violent riots on the streets — the politics that inspired them must be beaten too.

Connected Struggles

India’s Anti-Muslim Apartheid

From discriminatory laws to lynchings, things have gone from bad to worse for India’s Muslims. Rana Ayyub sits down with Tribune to discuss the historic roots of Hindutva extremism, their global connections and whether there is any hope on the horizon.

Ilan Pappe: Palestine’s Blood Never Dried

From 1948 to today, ethnic cleansing hasn’t been about rare instances of Israeli extremity — it is a defining feature of the daily colonial subjugation of the Palestinian people.

The World Stands With Gaza — Our Governments Must Listen

The Palestinian ambassador to the UK writes that the global mass movement in solidarity with Palestine is reminiscent of that against apartheid South Africa — and will continue to grow until Israeli apartheid is defeated.

Standing Against the ‘Dark Peoples’

The mutually beneficial relationship between Israel and apartheid South Africa was not just about the arms trade — It was an ideological affinity about how to treat unwanted populations.

The Climate Apartheid

While the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause.

Jeremy Corbyn: We Cannot Succeed at Home Without Solidarity Abroad

Internationalism isn’t a distraction from domestic politics — our fight for freedom and justice abroad can inspire change here in Britain.

As I Please: Britain’s Housing Emergency

Millions in Britain are in desperate need of decent affordable homes. A Labour government must deliver more than just planning reform.

The Struggle Behind Barbed Wire

The experiences of bitter repression — and the delirium of victory — has created a special bond of solidarity between Irish and Palestinian political prisoners that has lasted for decades.

How Cuba Helped End Apartheid at Cuito Cuanavale

Forces from tiny Cuba joined Angolan and Namibian revolutionaries to defeat the South African apartheid regime. It was one of history’s greatest acts of internationalism.

Tribune & Vietnam

From the moment the first American bomb was dropped on Vietnam, Tribune was at the forefront of the anti-war movement. It was a cause that shaped the publication for decades.

Trish Keenan: Working-Class Psychedelic Hero

Since the 2011 death of singer Trish Keenan, Birmingham electronic group Broadcast have become increasingly influential for a style that applies a notably internationalist and modernist interpretation to the psychedelia of the 1960s.

When TV Was Radical

Today, experimental television is hidden away on specialist platforms. Once, though, leading European public service broadcasters made and transmitted radical and strange programming by cinema auteurs.

Lenin at Leisure

A vivid, rediscovered anthology — compiled and introduced by Tamara Deutscher — assembles a surprising portrait of the Soviet revolutionary built from letters, memoirs, and fragments.