Constructing Inequality
Two new films – ‘Atlantics’ and ‘Workforce’ – explore the huge gulf between the luxury properties of the super-rich, and the conditions of the workers who build them.
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Ellie Whittaker
Ellie Woolstencroft is an activist with Labour for a Green New Deal.
Before the Health Revolution
In his 1930s novel ‘The Citadel,’ miners’ doctor A.J. Cronin depicted the shambles of the health care system before the creation of the NHS.
Finance for the People
Private banks are refusing to lend to sectors of the economy that desperately need it, despite government guarantees. It’s time for more direct intervention – a state-owned bank that works in the public interest.
Jeremy Corbyn: My Friend, Denis Goldberg
Denis Goldberg passed away last month after a lifelong fight for social justice which saw him spend two decades in a South African prison. He reminded us of the horrors of apartheid – and the heroism of those who struggled against it, writes Jeremy Corbyn.
Putting the Cat Back in the Bag
Austerity is back on the political agenda for one reason – the establishment is terrified that recent state interventions will raise the demand to solve other social problems the same way, argues Grace Blakeley.
If Your Boss Is Putting Your Life at Risk – Read This
A trade union organiser writes for Tribune about what workers should do if their boss is trying to force them to return to work in unsafe conditions during the coronavirus crisis.
It’s Time to Make the Richest Pay More Tax
During the First and Second World War, major corporations and the wealthy were forced to contribute to the national effort with vastly higher rates of taxation – coronavirus shouldn’t be any different.
Green Power for the People
A new bill aims to boost Britain’s production of renewable energy while keeping the money consumers spend ring-fenced in their communities – but it faces stiff opposition from the Big Six companies who dominate the market.
Big Brother Can’t Save Us from Coronavirus
Across the world, powerful new surveillance technologies are being rolled out to combat Covid-19 – but the civil liberties we sacrifice today will be very hard to claim back tomorrow.
‘The Coronavirus Crisis Highlights the Cost of 40 Years of Neoliberalism’
Socialist Campaign Group secretary Richard Burgon speaks to Tribune about the fallout from the coronavirus crisis, the leaked Labour report – and the need to prevent a new Cold War in the international arena.
No Holding Back
If Labour is to reconnect with working-class communities in its heartland areas, it will need to empower local members to organise on the ground – and the time to start that process is now, argues Ian Lavery.
How Coronavirus Could Undermine Britain’s Justice System
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing many of Britain’s court hearings online – leading to fears that years of cutbacks could become institutionalised in a new normal: remote justice.
Making PPE for a Pittance
The coronavirus crisis has created huge demand for PPE – but in the world’s biggest glove manufacturer, Top Glove, profits for shareholders are skyrocketing while migrant workers are paid poverty wages in unsafe conditions.
Demonising the Responsible
Britain’s right-wing press is stirring up a hate campaign against trade unions, politicians and local government authorities it fears will oppose an early lockdown exit. It has a name for them: the Blob.
The Global South’s Coronavirus Debt Crisis
The staggering exodus of capital from the Global South is pushing developing economies to the brink of default – making it increasingly likely that the greatest cost for the coronavirus crisis will be paid by the world’s poorest.
Rhythm Knows No Borders
The Home Office’s new rules for touring musicians inflict a harsh regime on musical workers, and try to put borders around sound. It won’t work.
How Labour Turned its Back on Renters
In recent years, Labour has looked like a party that understood the depth of Britain’s housing crisis. But its latest policy suggests that period is over – and renters are on their own again.
#CancelTheRent
Labour’s new housing policy would leave renters with an unsustainable mountain of debt on top of already unsustainable rents – it’s not good enough, and the party must support full cancellation.
How Churchill Crushed Greece’s Anti-Fascist Resistance
Greece’s partisans had fought on Britain’s side against the Nazis, liberating much of their country. But for Winston Churchill they were too left-wing – and had to be destroyed.
The Other 8th of May
Seventy-five years ago today, as the end of war was celebrated in Europe, French colonial forces began a brutal repression against the nationalist movement in Algeria which would result in the deaths of tens of thousands.