Why Nakba Day Matters
For more than seventy years the Palestinian people have been subject to dispossession and attempts to erase their history and culture – but on Nakba Day, they can say ‘we’re still here and we remember.’
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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.
Stand by Our Teachers
The tabloid hate campaign against teachers and their unions has one objective – to distract the public from the fact that Boris Johnson’s plans to end the lockdown are putting children across Britain at risk.
How 10 Years of Tory Policies Led to Coronavirus Calamity
From pro-market reforms of the NHS to austerity and the hostile environment, a decade worth of Tory policies have undermined Britain’s response to coronavirus – with fatal consequences.
Transport for London’s Bailout is Punishment for Being Public
The government bailout of Transport for London forces costs onto ordinary Londoners – a condition it never imposed on private providers. Once again, it’s one rule for public companies and another for private.
You Can’t Clap for Key Workers if You Attack Their Unions
Trade unions have fought for years to improve the pay and conditions of the workers Britain applauds every week. If you claim to support workers but attack their unions, your clapping rings hollow.
Who’s Afraid of Section 44?
Throughout the coronavirus crisis the government has refused to inform workers of their legal right to walk out of unsafe workplaces – once again, it has fallen to trade unions to protect workers when nobody else will.
Radical Publishing in a Pandemic
A sharp fall in book sales is accelerating the dominance of Amazon and a handful of giant corporations – while pushing radical publishers and small bookshops to the brink.
Sheffield’s Fight Against Poverty Pay
The ‘Sheffield Needs a Payrise’ (SNAP) campaign is organising workers to fight back against low pay – and offering an alternative to the dismal working conditions that plague post-industrial Britain.
Solidarity Against Austerity
If Labour is to resist Tory calls for a new round of austerity, it will have to build on the spirit of social solidarity shown by thousands of mutual aid groups – and form an alliance across generations for a better society.
Constructing Inequality
Two new films – ‘Atlantics’ and ‘Workforce’ – explore the huge gulf between the luxury properties of the super-rich, and the conditions of the workers who build them.
Before the Health Revolution
In his 1930s novel ‘The Citadel,’ miners’ doctor A.J. Cronin depicted the shambles of the health care system before the creation of the NHS.
Finance for the People
Private banks are refusing to lend to sectors of the economy that desperately need it, despite government guarantees. It’s time for more direct intervention – a state-owned bank that works in the public interest.
Jeremy Corbyn: My Friend, Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg passed away last month after a lifelong fight for social justice which saw him spend two decades in a South African prison. He reminded us of the horrors of apartheid – and the heroism of those who struggled against it, writes Jeremy Corbyn.
Putting the Cat Back in the Bag
Austerity is back on the political agenda for one reason – the establishment is terrified that recent state interventions will raise the demand to solve other social problems the same way, argues Grace Blakeley.
If Your Boss Is Putting Your Life at Risk – Read This
A trade union organiser writes for Tribune about what workers should do if their boss is trying to force them to return to work in unsafe conditions during the coronavirus crisis.
It’s Time to Make the Richest Pay More Tax
During the First and Second World War, major corporations and the wealthy were forced to contribute to the national effort with vastly higher rates of taxation – coronavirus shouldn’t be any different.
Green Power for the People
A new bill aims to boost Britain’s production of renewable energy while keeping the money consumers spend ring-fenced in their communities – but it faces stiff opposition from the Big Six companies who dominate the market.
Big Brother Can’t Save Us from Coronavirus
Across the world, powerful new surveillance technologies are being rolled out to combat Covid-19 – but the civil liberties we sacrifice today will be very hard to claim back tomorrow.
‘The Coronavirus Crisis Highlights the Cost of 40 Years of Neoliberalism’
Socialist Campaign Group secretary Richard Burgon speaks to Tribune about the fallout from the coronavirus crisis, the leaked Labour report – and the need to prevent a new Cold War in the international arena.
No Holding Back
If Labour is to reconnect with working-class communities in its heartland areas, it will need to empower local members to organise on the ground – and the time to start that process is now, argues Ian Lavery.