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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
University staff are striking today against the same marketisation that cuts courses, hikes fees, and reduces students to cash cows. They’re not just fighting for themselves – they’re fighting for the future of higher education.
Reports of discussions about a two-tier NHS in Scotland only make explicit what’s been clear for a long time: that across the UK, our public health service is being stripped away – and we need to fight to restore it everywhere.
In 1982, thousands of nurses and NHS ancillary staff took action against the government over low pay – and were joined by miners, printers, firefighters and more in the biggest show of solidarity since the 1926 General Strike.
Bosses at the Jacob’s factory in Aintree, Liverpool tried to slap their employees with a pathetic 4% pay offer – so now, 750 workers have gone on indefinite strike to demand their worth.
Jeff Bezos’ pledge to donate his vast fortune to charity is a reputation-laundering exercise – and a reminder that billionaires will never fix the problems that create them.
Following 26 days of strikes, outsourced hospital workers at Lancashire and South Cumbria Trust won a 14% pay rise, an extra week of annual leave, and the same sick pay as their in-housed colleagues – a victory against the two-tier workforce.
Qatar’s World Cup is the culmination of decades of football capitalism – a victory for big corporations and repressive regimes, and a tragedy for the fans and workers who make the game.
Elon Musk’s inadvertent mercy killing of Twitter raises again the question – why don’t we have a social media of our own?
By hitting workers with historic tax increases while leaving wealth untouched, Jeremy Hunt has ensured that the rich will remain insulated from the cost of living catastrophe.
Suella Braverman’s “dream” of deporting refugees to Rwanda is barbaric and will fail to deter small boat crossings. We need a safe passage scheme to save lives and treat asylum seekers humanely, writes Mark Serwotka.
David Cameron’s Tories pushed charity and volunteering to plug the gaps left by their vicious austerity assault. With a resurgence of cuts, we might see the same rhetoric reheated – the problem is that no-one has anything left to give.
Yesterday, a coroner ruled that 2-year-old Awaab Ishak died as a result of prolonged exposure to mould. The tragedy exposes the lethal consequences of Britain’s slum housing.
Rishi Sunak claims to be committed to securing the release of British national Alaa Abd-El-Fattah from prison, but the UK government’s support for Egypt’s regime enables the mass incarceration of political activists.
This month, the Royal College of Nursing voted for its first national strike in over 100 years. Its members aren’t just fighting for themselves – they’re fighting for the future of the NHS.
By fixing selections to keep socialists out of parliament, Keir Starmer is ensuring the next Labour government offers the least policy change possible from a decade of Tory rule.
Birkbeck, University of London, has a reputation for widening working people’s access to higher education – but with the announcement of 140 planned job cuts, management seems to be waging war on that mission.
Tribune sits down with the Fire Brigades Union’s Matt Wrack to discuss the Tory assault on public services, the prospect of a firefighters’ strike – and how we rebuild a fighting trade union movement for the 21st century.
Dementia is the leading cause of death in the UK, and our care sector is in crisis after years of austerity and privatisation. Some say we can’t afford to have a National Care Service, but the truth is that we can’t afford not to.
Both the media and the Labour frontbench are outraged about Gavin Williamson’s alleged abusive behaviour – but both seem happy to indulge bullying when it’s the right people being bullied.
Matt Hancock thinks his stint surviving in the jungle is a ‘good metaphor’ for politics. He’s right – but only because his risk of meeting serious harm in I’m a Celebrity is about as high as his risk of facing serious consequences for his Covid crimes.