Universities Want to Starve Staff Back to Work
Universities are threatening to deduct up to 100% of staff’s wages even on days when there is no industrial action – a shameless attempt to punish workers for defending their rights.
The Radical Politics of Nina Simone
Nina Simone, who died on this day in 2003, is often remembered for her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement – but she was also a socialist who saw revolution as the path to true equality.
The West Is Drowning the Global South in Debt
The Global South faces its worst debt crisis in years – but instead of providing assistance, Western states are pushing policies that will drive millions into poverty.
TGI Fridays: Taking Food From the Mouths of Workers
Hungry for profits, TGI Fridays has axed meals for its staff in the middle of a cost of living crisis. But its workers are gearing up to struggle, not to suffer.
How Kwikfit Is Screwing Over Its Workers
Poverty pay, dangerous conditions and wage theft: Kwikfit employees reveal shocking details of exploitation at the car servicing company.
A new podcast from Tribune and Grace Blakeley
97. Markets Versus Democracy w/ Aeron Davis
This week, Grace speaks to Aeron Davis, professor of political communication. They discuss the power of the Treasury and how the financialisation of the UK economy has eroded democracy.
The Kids Are Not Alright
From monarchism to eco-fascism, internet subcultures have given rise to a new generation of ‘e-deologies’. But what — if anything — do these online movements hold for the future of the Right?
‘We Got the Truth About Hillsborough but We Never Got the Justice’
On this day 34 years ago, 97 football fans went to a match and never came back. Looking back, Hillsborough survivor Ian Byrne MP discusses the cross-football solidarity movement still fighting for justice.
Junior Doctors Will Fight as Long as It Takes
Underpaid, overworked, struggling against a collapsing NHS: a junior doctor tell Tribune about the crises on the wards – and why their strike matters for the future of the country.
Defy the Law, Defend the Right to Strike
The government’s anti-strike laws are a brazen attack on working people. Our movement has defied and defeated anti-union laws in the past – and it’s time to do it again, writes FBU general secretary Matt Wrack.
The Great Insurrection: Remembering the Brixton Uprising
On this day in 1981, Brixton’s black community rose up against police discrimination and mass unemployment. It was a watershed moment in the fight against racist oppression that still lingers in British society.
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The Trickle-Down Ruse
For decades, politicians justified funnelling money to the rich by arguing it produces more wealth for everyone else. The evidence is now overwhelming – we were scammed.
East London for the People
The divide between rich and poor in the London borough of Newham illustrates the grotesque inequalities of the city – but long-neglected residents are organising against corporate takeover.
What Happened in Finland
In Finland, the coalition led by centre-left Sanna Marin was defeated after promising utopian visions but failing to materially improve people’s lives – providing an important lesson to the global Left about delivering change and remaining relevant.
Mokhtar Mokhtefi’s Literature of Refusal
The recently published memoir of Algerian revolutionary Mokhtar Mokhtefi, I Was A French Muslim, powerfully portrays a life spent in the struggle against French imperialism and for the unlocking of all human potential.