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Raven Hart is co-founder of the Bristol Cooperative Alliance, an organisation that aims to promote a decentralised economy that empowers local communities and facilitates democratic self-determination.
Last week’s 24 hour drought in East London wasn’t an isolated incident – across England and Wales, water privatisation has led to insufficient maintenance, poor service and high bills. It’s time the take our water back from the profiteers.
To mark Black History Month, Ron Ramdin explores the labour struggles that forged Britain’s Black working class – battles fought against the state, business and within the trade union movement itself.
Right-wingers claim that Karl Marx was a totalitarian thinker who had little respect for democracy – but he was a vocal supporter of the movements for democracy in his own time, when the costs were often significant.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks to Tribune about his tenure as leader of the Labour Party and how he ‘loved every minute of it,’ despite the challenges.
Two decades since the Second Intifada, the West maintains that Israel has no ‘partner for peace’ – but for twenty years it has done everything in its power to prevent self-determination for Palestinians.
From BooHoo to warehouses and meatpacking factories, the dire working conditions of modern Britain have helped to drive Covid-19 – but you won’t hear much about it from the government or media.
Over 90% of Britain’s social care is privatised – with huge returns for corporate profiteers. It’s time to treat care of the elderly, sick and disabled as the public service it is, and build a real National Care Service.
A new report shows that the world’s top 1% is responsible for double the emissions of the entire bottom half of the planet. The conclusion is clear – to fight climate change, we have to fight the ruling class.
Trade unions were essential to building the welfare state and Labour’s greatest achievements in government. Any party committed to real social change would want to maintain that relationship.
As we mark the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, the continuing inequalities and racial injustices of the East London communities that were its battlefield are a reminder of its enduring lessons.
In this week’s episode of A World to Win, Grace Blakeley speaks to former South African minister Rob Davies about his time in government, the challenge of Covid-19 in Africa and how to break the continent’s enforced underdevelopment.
This week, Boris Johnson said it was time for the state to “stand back and let the private sector get on with it.” But that is exactly what Britain has done for 40 years – and it has led to disaster.
This week, Rishi Sunak created a storm when he suggested arts workers find other jobs – but the comment wasn’t just a slip, it was reflective of a government that is overseeing the slow death of Britain’s culture sector.
As Caledonian Sleeper train staff become the latest outsourced workers to go on strike against Serco, we look at its role in a vast operation of converting public services into private profits.
Rishi Sunak’s latest plan to train the unemployed for jobs that don’t exist reveals the government’s new strategy: after blaming the public for the Covid crisis, they plan to blame us for the jobs crisis too.
As an Opposition, Labour must not allow the Tories get away with attacking civil liberties and democratic rights – that’s why I voted against the Spy Cops Bill.
After five years of deliberation, sentence will be handed down tomorrow in the trial of Greek fascist organisation Golden Dawn – one of the most important anti-fascist legal cases since Nuremberg.
Last night – with a handful of honourable exceptions – the Labour Party abstained on the Spy Cops Bill. Dave Smith, a blacklisted worker and victim of spying, explains why the vote was a betrayal of the labour movement.
Today Rishi Sunak told Tory conference that he “can’t protect every job.” But as Britain faces an unemployment crisis, there are thousands of jobs he could save and create – and is choosing not to.
By abstaining on today’s Spy Cops Bill, Labour is giving the green light for the police and MI5 to infiltrate our trade unions and social movements – it is a scandal that should appal party activists.