Plans Without the People
A new book which draws from Manchester’s radical past to chart a future free from landlordism erases Mancunians from their own story — and leads to political incoherence, writes Sam Wheeler.
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A new book which draws from Manchester’s radical past to chart a future free from landlordism erases Mancunians from their own story — and leads to political incoherence, writes Sam Wheeler.
Medics tortured and executed, operations without anaesthetic, patients dying from starvation. Gaza’s medical workers speak to Tribune about Israel’s apocalyptic war on healthcare.
In 1922, Shapurji Saklatvala was elected as Labour’s first MP of colour. He was a fighter against colonialism and war — and for an international socialism that could unite the world’s working-class.
Now the High Court has recognised Julian Assange may be executed by America for exposing war crimes, the fight to save his life and defend press freedom could not be more urgent.
In the 1950s, a system of corporate courts was created to allow Western businesses to sue the Global South for threatening their profits — and now fossil fuel giants are using it to stop any country from fighting the climate crisis.
At the International Court of Justice, South Africa spoke on behalf of the billions of people who oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza — and put Western governments to shame for their deplorable complicity.
As Western governments drummed up consent for war against Iraq, George Michael’s ‘Shoot the Dog’ utterly withered Tony Blair — and pushed anti-war politics into the mainstream.
Fifty years ago, Scottish workers refused to fix engines from the fighter jets of Pinochet’s regime. As Israel commits genocide with British-built weapons, unions and activists should rediscover the traditions of concrete solidarity.
In ‘progressive’ Berlin, daring to treat Palestinians like they are human beings can destroy your life and your work — as thousands of artists and cultural institutions are now discovering.
In the 1970s, workers at Lucas Aerospace proposed saving the company by producing technologies that fight climate change instead of waging war — showing how workplace democracy can solve the crises of capitalism.
Henry Kissinger’s time on earth was spent organising the slaughter of millions of people on behalf of the rich and powerful, whose respect for him transcended party loyalties. May he rot in hell.
In the 1980s, a black working-class area of Bristol became an ‘apartheid free zone’. Their community ban on racist institutions inspired thousands — and created a model to be used for today’s fight for Palestinian freedom.
Labour’s deplorable treatment of Diane Abbott and Kate Osamor shows that anti-black racism within the party isn’t only tolerated, it’s being actively exploited to quash the left.
A 100% cut to arts funding in Birmingham is a deathblow to the institutions that make the city vibrant. If the government’s austerian assault continues, the arts will only be accessible to the wealthy.
We republish a 1955 Tribune article on the interrogation of Dr Oppenheimer which defends the father of the atom bomb and concludes the ‘accusing finger of history is pointed at the statesmen, not at the scientists’.