Those We’ve Lost
2020 saw a number of leading lights of the international socialist movement pass away. From Belfast to Bolivia, Glasgow to Ghana, we remember a selection – and pay tribute to their lives in struggle.
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Can Platform Cooperatives Help Revive the Left?
Platform cooperatives can be real alternatives to the grotesque corporate entities that govern our digital lives — but they are also an opportunity to build new institutions that prove the Left’s merits to millions of people.
Meet the War Hero Who’s Voting Labour
96-year-old Walter Nixon made national headlines recently when he returned to the Italian battlefields where he defeated the Nazis in the 1940s. He has a message for voters tomorrow: vote Labour.
Roger McKenzie: ‘If We’re Not Organised, We Can’t Win’
Unison general secretary candidate Roger McKenzie on his plans to revive organising in the union, grow its activist base, transform the social care sector – and defend Labour's pro-worker policies.
Backing Evo
Ahead of this weekend's Bolivian election, we publish an open letter from trade unionists, politicians and civil society figures supporting Evo Morales and opposing US intervention.
Defend Democracy in Bolivia
MPs and Lords from the Labour Party, SNP and Sinn Féin, as well as nine trade union leaders and solidarity activists across the UK, sign a letter in support of Bolivian democracy ahead of this weekend's election.
The Freedom Struggle
Veteran anti-Apartheid leader Ronnie Kasrils speaks to Tribune about the experiences that shaped him, from growing up as a Jew in the 1940s to the fight against South Africa's white supremacist regime.
My Time in the Miners’ Strike
In 1984, Labour Party Chair Ian Lavery was an ordinary miner ready to stand with his fellow workers. What he experienced during the strike changed him forever.
No Quarter for Fascists
In the weeks since her election victory, new Labour MP Charlotte Nichols has come under pressure to disown comments about the need to confront the far-right. She tells Tribune about her politics - and why anti-fascism is a cause she will never abandon.
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.
Builders Crack
A recently rediscovered movie premiering this week tells the story of 'Builders Crack,' a radical workers' magazine which helped organise building sites in the 1990s against gangster bosses.
Rebuilding the Union Movement
CWU leader Dave Ward on the lessons he learned from 40 years of trade unionism, and the bold approach the movement needs to adopt today to tackle its decline.
Anti-Zionist Israeli MP: ‘I Will Never Surrender’
Ofer Cassif — currently suspended from the Knesset for opposing genocide in Gaza — discusses Israel’s descent into fascism, building the movement that can defeat Netanyahu, and why he will never give up the fight for Palestinian freedom.
Barrow Deserves Better
John Woodcock set a low bar for a Labour MP for Barrow. Chris Altree, the local left-winger selected to replace him, promises a new direction.
Remembering Bik
The Irish revolutionary and singer Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, who has died aged 74, was trusted by Bobby Sands, feared by Margaret Thatcher, and admired by thousands who became politicised through his songs and powerful performances.
Backing Rojava
Last year, Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle visited Rojava to learn about its radical democratic ‘revolution’. He argues that support for the Kurdish cause is now more important than ever.