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.
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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.
Inside the St Monica Strike
Workers at St Monica's care homes in Bristol and the South West are striking against fire and rehire. If they win, it could galvanise action across the care sector – and after the pandemic, care workers urgently need change.
Remembering George Padmore
Trinidadian socialist George Padmore was born on this day in 1903. His Pan-African organising helped to build the struggle against colonialism in the West – and to push independence struggles towards Marxism.
Lawyers Are Striking so Justice Isn’t Just for the Rich
The decimation of legal aid doesn't just leave lawyers earning below minimum wage, it rigs the justice system in the interests of the wealthy and powerful – that’s why criminal barristers are on strike.
How the Left Is Building Peace in Colombia
For years, Colombia's right-wing regime put the 2016 peace deal at risk. But now the country's first leftist president has committed to full implementation – including the economic justice, political dialogue, and social equality peace demands.
The Real Class War Is Being Waged from Above
While key workers facing poverty are being told to accept wage cuts, Downing Street is lifting pay caps for bankers. There’s class war alright – but it’s being waged by the elite.
Labour Versus the Workers
This summer of strikes amid a Tory-created collapse in living standards should be Labour's moment to make the case for change. Instead, with interventions like David Lammy's, the party is betraying the workers it's meant to represent.