From Kayseri to Hartlepool

For Britain’s Turkish and Kurdish immigrants, last month’s riots resembled the growing far-right movement in their home country, inspiring them to turn out in massive numbers on anti-fascist protests.

We Need a Real 4-Day Week

Labour’s plan for workers to cram a full week’s hours into just four days is not a four-day week. A real four-day week means 32 hours with no reduction in pay.

A Community Under Occupation

40 years ago this week, an army of riot police laid siege to the pit village of Easington to crush its defiant support for the miners’ strike. Four decades on from Thatcher’s assault, their community still bears the scars.

Three Salons at Thirty

First broadcast 30 years today, Phillipa Lowthorpe’s cult Blackpool documentary Three Salons at the Seaside is a piece of experimental filmmaking centred on working-class care and femininity.

Protect Pensioners, Not Profits

Energy companies are set to extract an extra £1.5 billion from the public this year, more than enough to restore Winter Fuel Payments. The choice is simple: protect corporate profits or keep pensioners warm this winter.

Labour’s Austerity Is a Choice

Despite what Keir Starmer claims, there’s nothing inevitable about another round of harsh cuts — it is a deliberate decision to avoid confronting the powerful.

Eleanor Kasrils’ Great Escapes

A striking play about a young mother’s entry into the armed struggle against apartheid — and her refusal to accept defeat even under torture — will receive its British premiere next week in London.

New York State of Mind

In the 1960s, a new ideology held that cities were best developed organically and free from central planning. In his latest book, Owen Hatherley explores how these ideas shaped New York — and what they can teach a new generation of socialists.

‘We Are Not the Dirt We Clean’

A new protest archive documents the struggles of Latin American migrants in Britain, showing that the most exploited workers can display the most determination in opposing workplace injustice.

Building the Klarna Country

In seeking to restore Private Finance Initiatives for the building of new infrastructure, Rachel Reeves is ignoring the realities of a ‘buy now, pay later’ approach — massive profit for corporations, with taxpayers footing the bill.

Shipping Off Britain’s Integrity

Despite promising a new approach to trade, the government is pursuing new international agreements that would embolden corporations — and reward some of the world’s most oppressive regimes.

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.