Leonard Rossiter’s Ontology of Grot
An eccentric new book, ‘Code:Damp: An Esoteric Guide to British Sitcoms’, frames the sitcom career of British actor Leonard Rossiter as a conductor of strange energies unlocking the secrets of post-war Britain.
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Solidarity Under Siege
For more than six decades, the USA has subjected Cuba to a blockade designed to destroy its economy — an act of aggression met with a global solidarity movement that has helped keep the country alive.
Gerry Adams: Starmer Waives the Rules
Keir Starmer is looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to block compensation for myself and over 300 people wrongly imprisoned in the 1970s — an arrogance in full keeping with the British establishment's imperial mindset.
Jeremy Corbyn: Remembering Auschwitz, Fighting Today
As we mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we must remember the heroic resistance of many inmates to inspire our struggle against renewed fascism today.
Solidarity Against the Law
The Met Police lied about disorder at Saturday’s Palestine rally to justify mass arrests and intimidate sitting MPs — the culmination of a long campaign to drive Palestine solidarity off the streets.
Not All Working Bodies Equal?
From sex workers to migrant cleaners, a powerful exhibition at London's Wellcome Collection explores the histories of exploitation written on the bodies of workers.
Sixth Form Teachers Are Striking for Justice
Thousands of sixth form college teachers are on strike after being denied a pay rise given to other teachers. Their walkout shows that workers wanting fair treatment from this government will have to fight for it.
The New Property Feudalism
After being taught that education and work was the path to ‘getting on’, millennials have learnt the hard way that the vast wealth being inherited by the children of property-owning parents is far more important than any idea of social mobility.
Richard Burgon MP: ‘Sanction Israel to End Its Crimes’
Israel’s rampage through Gaza and land grabs in Syria are the actions of a rogue state that believes it is above international law — only sanctions can reign in its criminal behaviour.
Val Wilmer: ‘I Want to Tell a Story About People Striving to Create’
Legendary writer and photographer Val Wilmer sits down with Tribune to discuss her five decades documenting the greats of blues and jazz — and the politics and philosophy behind her work.
Cold Homes Kill
Energy companies and slum landlords are banking hundreds of billions while hospitals fill up with people made sick by cold, mouldy homes — a public health crisis caused by total greed.
Erdogan’s Attack on Democracy Has British Fingerprints
While Erdogan wages war on Turkey’s workers’ movement by jailing socialist MPs, the British police’s harassment of London’s Kurdish community reveals how much this authoritarianism has stretched to Britain.