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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.
In the Portuguese capital, a centre-left mayor was elected on a pledge to fight the city’s runaway housing crisis – but his efforts show that real change only comes from challenging the logic of the market.
Outsourced cleaners and porters kept our hospitals safe during the pandemic, but now the private companies that employ them are ripping them off – with many reporting being systematically underpaid.
This week, Israel has begun rounding up a new generation of Palestinian activists who led recent mass protests – a clear message from the Israeli state that resistance to apartheid will not be tolerated.
Sick of being exploited by profit-driven universities, student rent strikers are organising for change – at UCL their demands are a full refund of this year’s rent and a rent freeze for the next five years.
The last year has seen the largest increase in billionaire wealth in recorded history, but it has little to do with innovation – states across the world are pursuing policies which guarantee that the rich get richer.
A cosy culture between union officials and industry bigwigs in the construction sector undermined workers for decades – creating conditions that allowed unions to collaborate in the blacklisting of their own members.
The Thatcher government’s Section 28 made it illegal for public bodies to ‘promote homosexuality’ – a policy that continues to detrimentally impact the lives of LGBT+ people decades later.
Recent weeks have seen historic demonstrations in support of Palestine, but protests alone won’t be enough to turn the tide – trade unions must be at the forefront of a new wave of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions.
The latest round of protests against Colombia’s right-wing government have seen a brutal crackdown, leading to at least 43 deaths – but the mass movement for social change is only growing stronger.
For years, there has been a cynical campaign to cast the struggle against apartheid in Israel as a threat to Jews – but growing numbers of Jewish people refuse to accept that their safety relies on the oppression of others.
The counter-culture of the 1960s is sometimes dismissed as an individualist phenomenon – but it was in its essence a collective movement, and one the Left should try to learn from again.
Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths worldwide in 2016. As we emerge from the pandemic, we urgently need to reclaim our free time – but the only way to do it is through worker organising.
After 85 days on strike, Manchester’s bus drivers have forced corporate giant Go Ahead to abandon its plans to fire and rehire almost 500 workers – it’s a victory not only for them, but for workers across the country.
Today’s welcome news of a ceasefire might put a temporary halt to Israel’s mass killing of Palestinians, but it won’t bring the occupation to an end – we need to keep mobilising until there is justice.
Our train system is expensive, overcrowded, and unreliable, and the government’s latest plans do nothing to make it better – to really improve the railways, we need to take private profit out of the equation.
Two residents of Sheikh Jarrah write for Tribune about their community’s fight against eviction – and why this month’s Palestinian uprising is just the latest chapter in a decades-long struggle against dispossession.
Britain’s universities have invested £455 million in companies complicit in Israel’s occupation, but students are organising a divestment campaign in solidarity with Palestinians – and to kick apartheid off campus.
Commentators often point to the Nordic standard of living as an example to follow, but few explore what lies behind this model – a strong workers’ movement and a more democratic economy.
Genoese songwriter Fabrizio De André made his mark singing folk songs about Italy’s working class and oppressed – today, with Europe’s Right resurgent, his music remains as relevant as ever.
Spotify owner Daniel Ek’s plan to buy Arsenal and replace the hated Stan Kroenke has been welcomed by many fans – but the way his company has hollowed out the music industry should be a warning to football.