Remembering the Diggers
On St. George’s Day we remember the Diggers — the true radicals of the English Revolution.
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Raven Hart
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.
The Establishment Fundamentalists
When centrists claim to be guided by common sense over populism of ideology, they ignore that their loyalty to a bankrupt status quo is a fanaticism of its own.
Elon Against Lula
After Elon Musk boosted conspiracies about the persecution of Bolsonaro supporters, Brazil’s far-right was given a shot in the arm. The lawyer who debunked the story speaks about the new threat to Brazilian democracy: Big Tech.
Free Schools, State Attacks
A ban on Muslim students expressing their faith at a London school has nothing to do with secularism’s triumph and everything to do with right-wingers shaping the education agenda.
Spinoza, Breaking Bad and the Race to the Bottom Mindset
Blending philosophy with popular culture, with references to Fight Club, Breaking Bad and more, a new book examines why people fight for their servitude as if it were their salvation.
Defiance: How South Asians Fought Back Against the Fascists
In the 1970s, British South Asians faced a vicious tidal wave of racism from street gangs and the state. A new series details how they fought back — for themselves and those that came after them.
Bosses Are Wasting Our Time
In a society where a third of workers think their job is meaningless, an alternative to constant toiling in unproductive work is urgently needed: it’s time to demand a four-day week.
Praising Culture Doesn’t Pay the Bills
Liverpool’s celebrated local museums pay so poorly that its workers go home to cold homes and empty cupboards. It’s no wonder they have gone on strike to demand the better wages they deserve.
Bevan Fought for the NHS — and so Must We
A new play at the National Theatre explores Nye Bevan’s hard-fought struggle against healthcare profiteers to create the NHS — a fight we must rediscover to save the service from today’s privatisation-loving politicians.
Photography Against the End of History
A new exhibition examines working-class photography in the UK in the years since 1989 — and demonstrates art’s potential to expose political failure and social division.
Rigging Britain’s Democracy
The allegations that Labour has used its online voting system to rig parliamentary selections suggest that Starmer’s addiction to purging the left is corroding the integrity of Britain’s democratic system.
How Britain Made Paul Robeson a Socialist
Pioneering black singer Paul Robeson was born on this day in 1898. One of America’s great radical figures, it was his encounters with Britain’s labour movement which inspired his socialist and anti-imperialist politics.
Palestinian Voices Will Not Be Erased
After artists collectively removed their work from a Manchester arts centre in protest at its censorship of a Palestinian literature celebration, bosses were forced to reinstate the event — in a stunning victory for those opposing genocide in Gaza.
Capitalist Markets Can’t Solve the Climate Crisis
Labour has ditched its ambitious green policies in favour of market-based solutions — but relying on private companies to solve the climate crisis is like asking an arsonist to put out the fire they started.
The Palestinian Surgeon Burying Balfour’s Legacy
The election of Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah to the rectorship of Glasgow University has been a victory for Palestinian solidarity — and a stunning rebuke of the university’s collaboration with the arms trade.
The Diggers’ Green Roots
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren’t just pioneering socialists — they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.
Plans Without the People
A new book which draws from Manchester’s radical past to chart a future free from landlordism erases Mancunians from their own story — and leads to political incoherence, writes Sam Wheeler.
‘It’s a Death Zone’: How Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Healthcare
Medics tortured and executed, operations without anaesthetic, patients dying from starvation. Gaza’s medical workers speak to Tribune about Israel’s apocalyptic war on healthcare.
Shapurji Saklatvala: Labour’s First MP of Colour
In 1922, Shapurji Saklatvala was elected as Labour’s first MP of colour. He was a fighter against colonialism and war — and for an international socialism that could unite the world’s working-class.
The Fight to Save Julian Assange
Now the High Court has recognised Julian Assange may be executed by America for exposing war crimes, the fight to save his life and defend press freedom could not be more urgent.