Will the NHS Survive Starmer’s Labour?
The NHS is the Labour Party’s greatest achievement — but nothing so far suggests a Starmer government will do what’s necessary to keep it alive.
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The Bank of England Independence Disaster
New Labour’s technocratic managerialism agenda involved ceding control of the Bank of England — a decision with profound consequences to this day. While unelected technocrats are able to hike interest rates and engineer economic slowdowns, workers will remain worse off.
How the Centre Killed Democracy
The decline of mass parties in the late 20th century eroded democracy and gave rise to technocratic centrists who hollowed out politics — ushering in an era of unprecedented voter apathy and distrust.
Grey Labour
The hollow and apolitical style that looks set to define a Keir Starmer government can’t survive a world riddled with profound crises. When this unambitious offer crumbles, the Left has to be prepared to answer seriously.
Tribune & Anti-Colonial Africa
In the years after the Second World War, African independence fighters seized world attention, forcing democrats in Europe to reckon with problems of colonialism and freedom on the continent. Tribune’s historical journey towards emphatic support for African decolonisation leaves a record of enormous relevance for the anti-colonial left today.
Thurston Moore: ‘I Like Being Slightly Alien in the Culture’
Guitarist and vocalist of the iconic Sonic Youth sits down with Tribune to discuss his recently published memoir recounting a personal history of American rock and New York City counterculture.
Britain’s Secret Anti-Apartheid Militants
For the first time, a new film reveals how at the height of the apartheid regime’s power, South African revolutionaries recruited and trained young British workers to assist them in the underground armed struggle to topple the racist state.
Mark Fisher’s Futurist Labour Vision
Under Ed Miliband’s leadership, Mark Fisher and Jeremy Gilbert wrote Reclaiming Modernity, which urged Labour to fight the neoliberal domination of workers’ lives, resist Britain’s endless marketisation — and harness the technological ambitions of the young century.
Culture Is on Trial in Berlin
In ‘progressive’ Berlin, daring to treat Palestinians like they are human beings can destroy your life and your work — as thousands of artists and cultural institutions are now discovering.
A Letter from Gaza
In a harrowing dispatch from Gaza, Palestinian human rights activist and Gaza City resident Raji Sourani gives an account of daily life amid Israeli air strikes that are killing entire families. Despite it all, Palestinians in Gaza are clinging to hope.
Tony Lloyd, Labour’s Conscience
Whether Tony Lloyd was opposing attacking Iraq and Gaza or supporting trade unionists and local people, it was never about a parliamentary career — it was about, in his words, 'that human solidarity that matters'.
Britain’s Forever Recessions
Today, the economy officially fell into recession — but it’s unsurprising when austerity has starved the country of all the investment it actually needs.