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Last month, Donald Trump pardoned war criminals convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians. It's a reminder that violence is not the exception for politics in the West, but the norm – and is usually directed at the world's poorest people.
North Ayrshire's council is undertaking a bold experiment in municipal socialism – pursuing transformative policies on housing, the environment and workers' rights which point the way towards a different kind of local government.
The Paris Commune of 1871 was still fresh in the memory by the time of Ireland's Easter Rising – and, for 1916 leader James Connolly, its radical politics and urban warfare offered an example to follow.
Adrien Lejeune was the last Communard to pass away in 1942. His life became the subject of myth and legend – and a symbol of the Parisian workers who fought to establish a radical democracy in their city.
As of today, the United States has distributed 15 times more vaccines than the entire continent of Africa – hoarding by the Developed World threatens the global Covid response and will deepen inequality for years to come.
As Britain emerges from lockdown, the government is projecting an image of optimism – but inequality was at crisis levels long before Covid-10 and poverty can be as bad for public health as any pandemic.
In the 20th century, Brick Lane's migrant communities fought efforts by the far-right to drive them out. Now, amid plans for a shopping mall and rising rents, they face a different enemy: gentrification.
There is enough wealth in Britain to feed every child, yet 14% of families with children experience food insecurity – that is a political choice, not an inevitability, and it's time those in power were held to account.
Recent attacks on teaching unions and 'radical' classroom materials make it clear that the ruling class understands education's role in reproducing capitalism – it's time that socialists did too.
On this day in 1931, Royal Navy sailors mutinied against enforced pay cuts, singing ‘The Red Flag’ as they refused orders. Their actions inspired workers across Britain – and sent fear through the ruling class.
The pandemic has seen capitalist governments pivot toward more spending as a response to economic malaise – but unless it empowers workers, there’s nothing socialist about state intervention.
In the 1960s, a new generation of Black radicals in Britain began organising against racism, capitalism and police violence – they were met with state hostility and a campaign of surveillance.
At COP26, global elites are delivering sermons about fixing a system built in their interests – but the only way to avoid climate disaster is to build a movement that stops their profiteering from killing the planet.
Last year's Super League debacle showed just how far football's elite is prepared to go to steal the game from the communities that built it – it's time that supporters organised to ensure that can't happen.
At its most radical, Christian teaching is a condemnation of a world exploited by the rich – and an injunction to fight for the liberation of the world's poor and oppressed.
In its early years, Tribune offered a rare platform for those making the case for Indian independence in the British press – and featured a regular column from anti-colonial leader Jawaharlal Nehru.