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Raven Hart is co-founder of the Bristol Cooperative Alliance, an organisation that aims to promote a decentralised economy that empowers local communities and facilitates democratic self-determination.
England’s sexual health services have had their funding slashed by 25% in the past five years, leaving clinics and other services severely understaffed. It is an avoidable crisis – entirely caused by Tory government policies.
Recent months have seen Britain’s fashion magazines running articles that could have come straight from Conservative Party HQ. It’s just the latest right-wing turn in a billionaire-owned media landscape.
A new biography of the French philosopher reveals a core of political seriousness in his work. But why was he so popular in the universities of the 1980s and 1990s?
A CLP chair writes an open letter to Labour’s leader and general secretary arguing that their restrictions are undermining political debate and democracy in the party – and placing its volunteers in impossible positions.
From the bungling of Covid-19 to economic policies written for a tiny elite and a cosy relationship with a supine press, Britain’s political landscape is more of a wasteland when viewed from neighbouring countries.
Writer Marcus Gilroy-Ware speaks to Tribune about real-life conspiracies, healthy suspicion versus naïve optimism, and the liberal complacency that underlies the post-truth world.
Communist states in Eastern Europe were imagined as places drained of all colour, outside of time – but it’s increasingly clear they were a lot more colourful than we were led to believe.
Many of those using private care services today would once have been cared for by the NHS. Now they are at the mercy of profiteers, and for one reason – Thatcher’s pro-market reforms of Britain’s health system.
Britain has been one of the world’s worst hit states for Covid-19 deaths, and it’s no accident. Public health cuts have left deep inequalities – and the areas most impacted have the highest death tolls.
As months of social isolation continue, retail staff are finding their jobs shifting from customer service to caring – a sign of depleted social infrastructure caused by ruthless cutbacks.
This week, Grace speaks to author and Tribune culture editor Owen Hatherley about socialism in local government, regional inequalities, and the past and future of the Labour Party.
From William Morris to Ursula K. Le Guin and Iain M. Banks, science fiction has provided an outlet for socialist thinkers – offering a break from a bleak political reality and allowing them to imagine a vastly different world.
An influx of speculative capital is gentrifying Manchester and making affordable housing a thing of the past – but grassroots activists are fighting to reclaim their city from the millionaires.
The economic impacts of the Covid crisis are likely to be felt for many years to come. If we want an alternative to stagnating wages and unemployment, it’s time to fight for a four-day week.
The suffering caused by Margaret Thatcher’s policies is often justified with the argument that they saved Britain from ruin – but decades after she left office, it’s clear that she left the economy weaker and more unequal.
New research shows that half of Britain’s foodbank users are repaying debts to the government. It’s just the latest evidence that Universal Credit under the Tories is driving people further into poverty.
Veteran anti-Apartheid leader Ronnie Kasrils speaks to Tribune about the experiences that shaped him, from growing up as a Jew in the 1940s to the fight against South Africa’s white supremacist regime.
The suffering caused by Margaret Thatcher’s policies is often justified with the argument that they saved Britain from ruin – but decades after she left office, it’s clear that she left the economy weaker and more unequal.
As the Labour leadership drives members out of the party and damages ties to trade unions, they have turned to wealthy donors to fill the funding gap – but so far the rich seem quite happy with the Tories.
This week marked 82 years since the first Kindertransport children arrived in Britain. Today it is celebrated as an act of altruism – but the British government created a hostile environment for Jews then, just as it does for refugees today.