Why the Establishment Hates Rent Controls
The establishment thinks rent controls will 'destroy' our cities – but the truly destructive force is the unchecked power of landlords.
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The Wave of Abuse Facing Workers
When the Tories don’t take measures like mask-wearing seriously, it’s up to stressed frontline workers to protect public health – while facing growing violence and intimidation.
The Teaching Crisis Goes Deeper than Covid
On top of relentless overwork, surveillance, slashed funding and inadequate Covid support, teachers in England have lost 17% of their real-terms pay since 2010 – while MPs' salaries have risen by £19,000. It's time to fight back.
5 Ways the Tories Could Tackle the Cost of Living TODAY
Today, billionaire Chancellor Rishi Sunak will tell us he 'understands' the plight of millions facing a cost of living crisis. If he truly wanted, he could avert the coming wave of poverty and hardship – here's how.
Russia’s Turmoil Is Behind its War in Ukraine
The attack on Ukraine has its roots in still unresolved civil conflicts within the Russian Federation of the 1990s – making blowback inside Russia itself an increasingly likely outcome.
The Return of the Scrounger Myth
Tentative attempts by Tories to resurrect the 'scrounger' myth to push an even harsher welfare system prove how comfortably they slip back into austerity logic – and how completely at odds they are with the reality of today’s economy.
How Commodity Speculators Drove War in Ukraine
In London and New York, the spectacularly wealthy gamble on the price of commodities — and, in the process, provide petrostate autocrats like Vladimir Putin with the resources to wage war.
It’s a Crisis for Workers and a Jackpot for Bosses
Wages are dropping at their fastest rate on record, but executive pay rose by nearly 40% last year. That it's workers, not bosses, being told to practice pay restraint is a reminder that the whole system is rigged in favour of the rich.
Remembering ‘America’s Most Hated Critic’
Mike Gold was once one of America’s best-known writers, but his refusal to knuckle down in the McCarthy era saw him written out of history.
Labour’s Late Start
This year's conference has shown Labour at last willing to intervene in a failing private energy system, but still not ready to do what the scale of this crisis really demands: getting rid of that system altogether.
Attacks on Migrants Are Driven by Rhetoric From the Very Top
The Tories are doubling down on their demonisation of asylum seekers in a scramble to distract from their own failures – even after last weekend's petrol bombing in Dover made the dangers clearer than ever.
The Tory Assault on Refugees Must End
Suella Braverman’s "dream" of deporting refugees to Rwanda is barbaric and will fail to deter small boat crossings. We need a safe passage scheme to save lives and treat asylum seekers humanely, writes Mark Serwotka.
The Lessons of Liz Truss’s Political Obituary
As an insight into a prime minister, the new Liz Truss biography missed its brief moment. But as a document of the Tory Party's identity crisis, it's evergreen.
The North Will Rise Again
The history of the North of England — from the birth of the Industrial Revolution to the neglect of recent decades — has produced a culture at once pragmatic and hopelessly ambitious.
Racism and Resistance: How South Asians Fought Back
Mukhtar Dar, a former member of the Sheffield Asian Youth Movement and the Pakistani Workers Association, speaks to Tribune about the rich tradition of political activism in the British South Asian community – and why it’s time to reignite that fighting spirit.
The National Minimum Wage: 25 Years of Failure
The National Minimum Wage was introduced on this day in 1998. Hailed by Tony Blair as salvation for low-paid workers, in reality it propped up poverty pay – and was a weak alternative to empowering trade unions.