How Blairism Failed the Working Class
Despite pursuing a number of redistributive policies, Blair's Labour government left the fundamental architecture of Thatcher's economy in place – and failed to break the cycle of deepening inequality.
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The Crumbling Foundations of the Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is in power and, it appears, in the ascendancy. But a new book argues that it has eroded the security that once turned young people into Tories – and that its future is far from certain.
A New Model Britain
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram quit Westminster after seeing how it made real change impossible. Speaking to Tribune, they discuss how injustices from Hillsborough to the housing crisis come from a system wired against northerners and workers everywhere.
The Fight Facing a Corbyn Government
If a Corbyn-led Labour Party wins the next general election, big business will fight back – and we'll need a plan to defeat them.
“Imposing Control Through Fire and Blood”
Bolivia's exiled vice president Álvaro García Linera on how the country's coup was organised, the money behind it – and its plans to retain power through violent repression.
Bolivia’s Coup in Practice
In the months since the coup d'état in Bolivia, the Añez government has aligned itself with hardline right-wing forces across the region – and made a mockery of Western 'democratisation' narratives.
Bolsonaro’s Coronavirus Calamity
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has launched a 'Brazil Can't Stop' campaign to encourage people to work despite coronavirus. His disastrous response typifies a right-wing that values profits ahead of people's lives.
The Blairite Roots of the Leaked Labour Report
The conduct revealed by the leaked Labour report isn't just a few bad apples – it's the result of a Blairite project to hollow out the Labour Party and put power in the hands of right-wing bureaucrats.
Scottish Labour’s Groundhog Day
The only path to recovery for Scottish Labour lies in respecting the right of the people to decide their constitutional future – but the party is determined to make the next ten years look the same as the last.
The Guardian Doesn’t Get Ireland
In praising the 'enviable beauty' of the country's new right-wing government, The Guardian turned Ireland into fare for its own liberal nostalgia – and presented a distorted view of its politics.
After Bolivia, Never Again
Gathered in Bolivia at the inauguration of Luis Arce, leaders from across the international Left sign the 'La Paz Declaration' – reaffirming support for democracy and calling for an end to right-wing coups d'état.
Socialism Is Freedom
Freedom under capitalism is the ‘freedom’ to exploit or be exploited. Real freedom is the absence of all barriers that prevent people from living life to the fullest — the socialist movement fights for this kind of world.
Interest Rate Hikes Are Class War
Today's right-wingers are hoping to solve the inflation crisis like they did in the 1970s: through hiking interest rates and suppressing wages. That's how economists wage class war.
The Scottish Greens: The SNP’s Gardening Wing
The Scottish Greens promised ‘ecosocialism’ but in government they have delivered austerity, privatisation and deals with the fossil fuel industry – much like Green Parties across Europe.
Rigging Britain’s Democracy
The allegations that Labour has used its online voting system to rig parliamentary selections suggest that Starmer’s addiction to purging the left is corroding the integrity of Britain’s democratic system.
The February Uprising
85 years ago today, Austrian socialists made their final stand to defend democracy from a growing fascist movement.