For a Four-Day Week on the Building Site
Discussions around the four-day week have focused too much on white-collar work – but the case for fewer hours without loss of pay is even stronger in sectors like construction.
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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
How Eugene Debs Became a Socialist
In 1902, American leader Eugene V. Debs wrote about his journey from moderate labour organiser to militant socialist. To mark the 95th anniversary of his death, we republish his words.
Inflation Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
Right-wingers want to blame inflation on workers’ wage demands, but the real culprits are their own policies – and the failure to invest in the climate transition.
David Graeber’s Final Challenge
A new book by David Wengrow and the late David Graeber is a rejection of the fatalistic myths of human history – and a defence of our power to shape our own world.
Why the Establishment Hates Rent Controls
The establishment thinks rent controls will ‘destroy’ our cities – but the truly destructive force is the unchecked power of landlords.
Key Workers At Breaking Point
Public sector key workers are some of the most undervalued, overworked and poorly paid people in Britain – it’s no surprise that one in five of them are considering packing in their jobs.
How a Global Vaccine Apartheid Is Hindering the Fight Against Covid
The Global North’s stockpile of Covid-19 vaccines won’t eradicate the virus – but it does expose the reality of capitalism’s deep international inequalities.
Poverty Shortens Your Life
New research into life expectancy across England’s richest and poorest areas reveals the real cost of social inequality – a decade of life.
Workers Are Waging a Historic Battle for the Future of Higher Education
Starting tomorrow, the UCU is balloting workers at 152 universities in a landmark battle over pensions, pay and conditions – it will be the biggest industrial fight in the union’s history.
Sheila Rowbotham’s Dream Deferred
In her new memoir, Sheila Rowbotham writes about the radical aspirations of feminism and socialism in the 1970s – and how many of the decade’s struggles remain to be won today.
The Battle for Brixton
In Brixton, the local community are fighting a Texan millionaire’s attempt to build a vanity tower block that would tear the soul out of the iconic market and turbo-charge gentrification.
Tory Rail Privatisation Has Been a Disaster – for the Public and the Climate
This week, Boris Johnson has been talking up the role trains can play in tackling the climate crisis – but there’s one policy he refuses to adopt: reversing decades of disastrous privatisation.
You Can’t Have a High-Wage Economy Without Strong Unions
Boris Johnson claims that he wants to see a high-wage economy, but Britain’s decade-long wage stagnation is directly linked to the decline of trade unions – and the Tory laws that helped to cause it.
Northern Ireland’s Unhappy Centenary
100 years ago the partition of Ireland deepened sectarian divisions and lay the foundations for conflict and reaction – but a century later, there is a growing movement for a new republic: north and south.
The Inflation Class War
Right-wingers have recently discovered the cost of living crisis, and sought to blame it on workers – but it has its roots in an economy built to enrich a tiny minority at the majority’s expense.
Thomas Sankara on the Power of Solidarity
In his 1984 speech before the UN General Assembly, Thomas Sankara spoke out on behalf of all those suffering racism, colonialism and exploitation. To mark the anniversary of his death, we republish his remarks.
After Covid, Sankara’s Lessons on Debt Are as Relevant as Ever
Thomas Sankara, who was assassinated on this day in 1987, understood global debt as a system of extraction – one that still keeps poor countries paying vast sums to their old colonial masters.
Julius Nyerere: ‘The Anti-Colonial Struggle Is a Struggle for Human Dignity’
Julius Nyerere died on this day in 1999. In May 1960, he wrote for Tribune about the future of the anti-colonial struggle – and about the need for a socialist politics to achieve dignity for all.
It’s Time to End the War on Drugs
Today marks 39 years since Ronald Reagan ramped up America’s War on Drugs. British politicians still seem to be following his lead – despite the fact that cannabis is now legal in 18 US states.
The ‘Squid Game’ Trap
The extraordinary success of Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ demonstrates how many people relate to a portrayal of capitalism’s miseries – and how few feel there is any way to escape.