How Capitalism Concentrates Power
For decades, we’ve been sold the myth that capitalism gives working people more power over their lives – but in reality, it’s concentrated power into fewer and fewer hands.
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Rae Deer is an economist and freelance writer.
Neoliberal Trade Deals Will Kill the Planet
The proposed UK-Australia trade deal could enshrine the right of corporations to sue our government – which would spell disaster for our public services, for our food standards, and for the environment.
The Dangers of the NHS Data Grab
As the power of private companies inside our NHS grows, so does the risk that research-baed data schemes like NHS Digital will be handed over to profiteers – jeopardising the privacy of patients across the country.
Spain’s New ‘Rider Law’ Could Change the Gig Work Game
After more than four years of worker organising, Spain is the first EU country to legally recognise delivery riders as the employees of digital platforms – the next step is stamping out bogus self-employment entirely.
Gavin Williamson Should Have Resigned Months Ago
The Education Secretary’s weak Covid catch-up scheme is only the latest in a trail of disasters including the A-level fiasco and snubbing cheap broadband for kids – it’s no surprise 92% of teachers want him gone.
Capitalism Is Not Natural
Right-wingers defend capitalism as a system necessitated by human nature, but the market emerged out of specific historic conditions – it isn’t hardwired into our species.
40. The Capitalocene: An Interview with Jason W. Moore
This week, Grace talks to environmental historian and professor of sociology Jason W. Moore about the relationship between capitalism and climate breakdown, and what Marx can teach us about our ecological crises.
The Romance and Radicalism of Allen Clarke
Allen Clarke spent his life documenting the injustices faced by workers in Lancashire’s mills, and his writing is still beloved today – but because he wrote under a pen name, the man himself is at risk of being forgotten.
‘I Was Expelled from my Labour Club for Disagreeing with the IHRA’
Last month, Talal Hangari was expelled from Cambridge University Labour Club over criticism of the IHRA definition of antisemitism – despite the definition’s own author defending him. Here, he tells his story to Tribune.
How Rentier Capitalism Is Destroying Dublin
Dublin is sold as a modern city that is home to the world’s most dynamic industries – but for its residents, daily life is scarred by one of Europe’s worst housing crises and rampant workplace precarity.
Britain’s Big Banks Are Fuelling the Climate Disaster
New research shows that Britain’s financial sector was responsible for 805 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019 – more evidence that the struggle against climate change can’t be separated from the one against capitalism.
How the Big Tech Monopoly Is Killing Cinema
Amazon’s buyout of MGM is the latest example of the culture industry’s transformation into a big tech monopoly game – while artists, workers, and the film-watching public suffer the consequences.
The New Authoritarianism
In a string of recent legislation, the Tories have mounted the most dangerous campaign to undermine civil liberties in a generation – with the hope of building a society where power can act with impunity.
Demolishing Soviet Modernism
After 1917, modernist architects in the multicultural south of the Russian Federation attempted to build a new society with bold design – but today, their buildings are being dismantled along with the Soviet past.
The Struggle for the Great Reform Act
On 7 June 1832, the first Representation of the People Act passed, laying the foundations for the growth of representative democracy in Britain – it was a partial victory won by centuries of agitation.
States Can Take On The Corporate Elite – If They Want To
The G7’s agreement to set a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate shows that states can act to rein in the power of the world’s wealthy – if politicians aren’t beholden to their interests.
Rooftop Pools for Everyone
The existence of the Nine Elms sky pool isn’t only evidence of the absurd luxuries of the rich – it proves that we could all have communal luxury, if our political class thought it worthwhile.
Open Letter: Stop the Repression of Palestine Solidarity in British Schools
In an open letter, a group of human rights organisations express their concern about the growing effort to silence pupils’ expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian cause in schools across the country.
There’s No Place for Arms Companies in LGBT+ Liberation
For many years, the arms industry has cynically exploited Pride as an opportunity to sanitise its image – but profiting from death and destruction has nothing to do with liberation.
Partisans on the Pitch
In 20th century Yugoslavia, football played a decisive role in politics – arising from the workers’ movement, recruiting for the struggle against fascism and even helping to build a socialist state.