The Profit-Price Spiral
By pinning inflation on workers and wage demands, the Bank of England is covering up the real cause of rising prices: runaway corporate profits.
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How We Beat the Landlord
Faced with illegal eviction by their unlicensed landlord, a group of flatmates launched a rent strike and sued him for repayment. They won – and here’s how you could, too.
Firefighters Are Fighting Back
Amid spiralling inflation, firefighters and fire control staff received a measly pay offer of 2%. Their union is encouraging them to reject it – and is ready to fight back.
Pools for the People
The private companies that have taken over our local leisure facilities are charging huge fees for users and running them into the ground. In Tottenham, local residents and ACORN have decided to take a stand.
The Latest Tory Privatisation of Our NHS
From today, the Tories' new Health and Care Act will open the door to even more private companies meddling in our healthcare system – it's just the latest step in a slow-motion privatisation.
A Workers’ Pride
Before corporations decided to show up at Pride, trade unions were standing up for LGBT+ rights. On the 50th anniversary of Britain's first Pride rally, that radical relationship is more important than ever.
85. Rail Strike! w/ Eddie Dempsey
This week, Grace speaks to Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretary of the RMT, about the strike action being taken by the rail union up and down Britain.
Out and Proud for the Miners
On this day in 1984, Mike Jackson helped establish Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, a solidarity group to aid the miners in their fight. Four decades later, Mike speaks to Tribune about the power of organising and solidarity.
Airport Chaos Is Caused by Corporate Greed
Government and bosses have tried to blame the travel chaos on lockdowns, but it's really the result of airlines cutting costs and attacking their workers – the same reason BA staff are taking strike action.
How Trade Unions Have Fought to Save the NHS
The media says nurses who threaten strike action are undermining the NHS and abandoning patients – but there is no better safeguard of public healthcare than worker organising for better conditions.
The Punk Strategy
Throughout his political shifts, The Clash's frontman Joe Strummer taught one crucial lesson: that popular music is an unparalleled means for reaching out to the public.
When Women Won France’s Abortion Battle
In 1971, with abortion in France still illegal, 343 French women organised to declare they’d had one. It was an act of defiance that broke longstanding taboos – and must be defended today.