Issue 24
The Palestinian ambassador to the UK writes that the global mass movement in solidarity with Palestine is reminiscent of that against apartheid South Africa — and will continue to grow until Israeli apartheid is defeated.
Internationalism isn’t a distraction from domestic politics — our fight for freedom and justice abroad can inspire change here in Britain.
While the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause.
The mutually beneficial relationship between Israel and apartheid South Africa was not just about the arms trade — It was an ideological affinity about how to treat unwanted populations.
Millions in Britain are in desperate need of decent affordable homes. A Labour government must deliver more than just planning reform.
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.
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.
In 1984 at a Dublin supermarket, Mary Manning was suspended for refusing to handle the sale of South African grapefruits. Her colleagues walked out in her defence, leading to a years-long strike that forced the Irish government to ban the import of all apartheid goods.
From the moment the first American bomb was dropped on Vietnam, Tribune was at the forefront of the anti-war movement. It was a cause that shaped the publication for decades.
Forces from tiny Cuba joined Angolan and Namibian revolutionaries to defeat the South African apartheid regime. It was one of history’s greatest acts of internationalism.
The experiences of bitter repression — and the delirium of victory — has created a special bond of solidarity between Irish and Palestinian political prisoners that has lasted for decades.
Since the 2011 death of singer Trish Keenan, Birmingham electronic group Broadcast have become increasingly influential for a style that applies a notably internationalist and modernist interpretation to the psychedelia of the 1960s.
Today, experimental television is hidden away on specialist platforms. Once, though, leading European public-service broadcasters made and transmitted radical and strange programming by cinema auteurs.
A vivid, rediscovered anthology — compiled and introduced by Tamara Deutscher — assembles a surprising portrait of the Soviet revolutionary built from letters, memoirs, and fragments.
As Chile emerged from Pinochet’s brutal dictatorship, the stylish and challenging work of poet Pedro Lemebel gave caustic expression to the lives of gender-diverse people, the HIV/AIDS crisis, the Chilean left, and the country’s post-1990 fate.