Britain’s Secret War on Bermudan Black Power
For years, British state agents organised to undermine and destabilise powerful Black Power movements in the Caribbean. Only in recent years has the extent of their operations come to light.
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Collective Bargaining Is Our Greatest Weapon Against Inequality
New research shows that when collective bargaining agreements decline, inequality rises – proof that trade unions are key to fighting for justice in our economy.
After Stephen Lawrence
With constant Met Police failings and new legislation aggressively targeting black and ethnic minority communities, this year’s Stephen Lawrence Day should be a reminder that the fight against institutional racism is far from over.
How the Tories Tried to Make Strikes Impossible
For decades, Tory governments have undermined workers’ right to strike – to build a more equal society, we need to unshackle our trade unions.
Ofgem Is a Scam
Despite claiming to be a 'regulator', Ofgem's main job is to protect the profits of private energy companies – even when their prices are driving millions of working-class people towards poverty.
The Cost of Living Crisis Is a Public Health Emergency
People are being forced to go without heat or food just as spiralling costs push a ravaged NHS even closer to the brink. The health consequences will be catastrophic – we need immediate action.
Remembering the Dublin Lockout
On this day in 1913, police attacked a crowd that had gathered to hear James Larkin speak during the Dublin Lockout – a pivotal moment of the war declared by employers on 20,000 workers and their right to unionise.
The Treasury Needs a Reckoning
As a state bureaucracy, the Treasury is too controlling, conservative and elitist. Liz Truss's attacks on it won't make it work for ordinary people – but she's right that change is needed, writes an anonymous civil servant.
Back the Nurses, Save the NHS
Years of attacks on terms and conditions have pushed nurses to the brink. Now they’re striking not only for fair pay, but to protect the NHS for future generations.
Sunak vs Starmer Is a Return to the Broken Status Quo
The political demise of Johnson, Corbyn and Sturgeon represents the restoration of the British establishment after years of populist challenge – but the crises that created them are as urgent as ever.
Andy Burnham: ‘Ticket Office Closures Are a Drive to a Faceless, Soulless Society’
Yesterday, five metro mayors led by Greater Manchester’s Andy Burnham announced plans to launch legal action to prevent the closure of 1000 railway ticket offices across England. He sits down with Tribune to discuss this important campaign and his wider vision for public transport.
Capitalist Markets Can’t Solve the Climate Crisis
Labour has ditched its ambitious green policies in favour of market-based solutions — but relying on private companies to solve the climate crisis is like asking an arsonist to put out the fire they started.
‘Gives Us What We’re Owed’: Why Healthcare Assistants Are on Strike
Healthcare assistants are the very backbone of the NHS. Forced to work above their pay grades for poverty wages, they're going on strike for the pay — and the recognition — they deserve.
Watch Dennis Potter
Thirty years after his death, the work of television dramatist and working-class innovator Dennis Potter is remnant of an era when complex and politically daring art was broadcast to a mass audience.
Lennon, Ono, and the Leftists
Kevin MacDonald’s excellent new documentary shows John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the maelstrom of the early 1970s American counterculture in Nixon’s America.
The Battle of George Square
On this day in 1919, a strike over a 40-hour work week led to Red Clydeside’s most famous confrontation.