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Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
From William Morris to Ursula K. Le Guin and Iain M. Banks, science fiction has provided an outlet for socialist thinkers – offering a break from a bleak political reality and allowing them to imagine a vastly different world.
An influx of speculative capital is gentrifying Manchester and making affordable housing a thing of the past – but grassroots activists are fighting to reclaim their city from the millionaires.
The economic impacts of the Covid crisis are likely to be felt for many years to come. If we want an alternative to stagnating wages and unemployment, it’s time to fight for a four-day week.
The suffering caused by Margaret Thatcher’s policies is often justified with the argument that they saved Britain from ruin – but decades after she left office, it’s clear that she left the economy weaker and more unequal.
New research shows that half of Britain’s foodbank users are repaying debts to the government. It’s just the latest evidence that Universal Credit under the Tories is driving people further into poverty.
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.
As the Labour leadership drives members out of the party and damages ties to trade unions, they have turned to wealthy donors to fill the funding gap – but so far the rich seem quite happy with the Tories.
This week marked 82 years since the first Kindertransport children arrived in Britain. Today it is celebrated as an act of altruism – but the British government created a hostile environment for Jews then, just as it does for refugees today.
Berlin’s reconstructed Humboldt Forum, built to resemble an old Prussian palace which was replaced by a modernist icon, is a monument to the nostalgia driving the revival of right-wing sentiment across Europe.
In Hackney, a group of tenants have been threatened with eviction if they fail to pay extortionate rent to their billionaire landlord – but their fightback shows the power tenants can have if they decide to organise.
In 1979, Margaret Thatcher rose to power aiming to build a free-market Britain. One of her first ambitions was NHS reform – and she set in motion many of the process that still undermine the health service today.
Matt Brennan’s social history of the drumkit is a reminder of the work and technology in music-making, and a robust defence of the most frequently mocked of musicians.
Influencers play a vital role in selling Dubai to tourists – but the photos they post of luxurious holidays are often a state-sponsored exercise to cover up the day-to-day abuse of migrant workers.
Movements for Northern Independence and London Home Rule might for now have limited appeal, but they share a common idea – ending today’s centralised and hyper-capitalist England.
The coming vaccine has Britain dreaming of post-Covid life – but the Tory government’s record on messaging, test and trace, and protecting the vulnerable doesn’t bode well for the roll-out.
Behind Britain’s deportations to Jamaica lies a long history of exploitation and subjugation, which has its roots in colonialism but which has continued long into the post-colonial era.
In this week’s episode of A World to Win, Grace speaks to Africa is a Country contributor Sa’eed Husaini about the #EndSARS protests, the hangovers of empire and the future of socialism in Nigeria.
Students across thirty-one colleges at Cambridge University have gone on rent strike. Their campaign demands permanent rent reductions, remote learning options – and an end to job cuts for campus staff.
Now is the time to strengthen public services, protect jobs and fight the climate crisis – but instead the Tories are pushing through the largest increase in defence spending in decades.
Public sector workers aren’t overpaid. In fact, successive Tory cutbacks mean that they earn less today than they did a decade ago – and the latest pay freeze will push many into hardship.