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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Keir Starmer’s decision to ban Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour MP isn’t only an attack on the Left – it is an enforced erosion of the dissent that is vital for a healthy party and democratic society.
Union leader Jack Jones – born on this day in 1913 – was known as ‘the most powerful man in Britain’ for defending British workers. But his decades spent fighting Spanish fascism and South African apartheid deserve to be remembered too.
The Labour Party has blocked 19 mostly Muslim and Hindu councillors from re-standing as candidates – the latest in a series of moves by a party leadership that takes Black and Asian communities for granted.
After winning the SNP leadership race, Humza Yousaf inherits a party weakened by scandals and division that threaten its dominance of Scottish politics – and provides new political opportunities for its opponents.
This week, the government committed to banning ‘no-fault’ evictions – the result of campaigning by grassroots housing activists determined to fight back against a housing system run for landlords.
In bypassing parliament and unleashing a brutal police force to impose deeply unpopular pension changes, Emmanuel Macron has allowed a mass movement to fan the flames of revolt across France.
EXCLUSIVE: Tribune can reveal that the NHS’s Tory-appointed chair Richard Meddings was a key figure in disgraced banking giant Credit Suisse, chairing its risk committee before a series of financial scandals destroyed it last week.
The Scottish Government’s £2 billion PFI deal to pay wealthy landowners to plant trees will increase inequality and do nothing to deter big polluters – proof that the market can’t fix the climate crisis.
When Alistair Campbell arranged for me to meet the government’s leading weapons expert, he said Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction. Months later, we destroyed Iraq to find these weapons Blair knew did not exist, writes Chris McLaughlin.
Far from facing justice for their crimes, the perpetrators of the Iraq War are rehabilitated while anti-war voices are driven out of public life. There are fewer obvious signs of how broken Britain’s political system is.
Karl Marx was buried in Highgate Cemetery 140 years ago today. The philosopher’s iconic grave has a turbulent history which reveals the struggle to define his legacy – and the enduring power of his ideas.
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald discusses her party’s ‘big political project’: to lead Ireland’s first left-wing government, secure a right to housing, win a unity referendum – and overcome the ‘tail ends’ of colonisation.
Firefighters are three times more likely to die from certain types of cancer. In the absence of government support, they are organising to demand justice.
In today’s Budget, Jeremy Hunt talked about ‘growth’ but delivered policies that will lock Britain into years of low pay and crumbling public services.
Today, more than 10,000 London Underground workers are on strike. They’re fighting against cuts that threaten their jobs, terms and conditions – and will decimate services for the public.
The public intervention to protect Silicon Valley Bank’s investors is a perfect example of politicians moving fast to make sure the rich never pay a price for their recklessness and greed.
Today’s husting organised by the SNP Trade Union Group is an opportunity for candidates to be challenged over their role in Scotland’s widening inequality – and for workers’ issues to set the agenda.
More than a decade of privatisation and underfunding has left the NHS on its knees. If we want to preserve a public health service that is free at the point of use and available to all, now is the time to fight for it.
The increasingly popular planning concept aiming to bring basic necessities closer to communities has become mired in controversy over local democracy – and has ignited a far-right backlash.
Bootycandy, showing at the Gate Theatre, is a riotous and subversive exploration of growing up black and gay in America.