The Diggers’ Green Roots
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren't just pioneering socialists — they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.
During the English Civil War, a band of radicals set out to make the world a common treasury. But the Diggers weren't just pioneering socialists — they were forerunners of the environmental movement too.
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.
William Morris is most famous for his iconic patterns, but a new collection of his writings shows the other passion of his life: a conviction that only the overthrow of capitalism could liberate humanity.
On William Morris' birthday, we republish his lecture on the decorative arts — in which he laid out his vision of art created by and for the people, and the post-capitalist world that would make it possible.
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.
Pioneering socialist William Morris on the Paris Commune and its legacy as a 'great tragedy which definitely and irrevocably elevated the cause of Socialism.'
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 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.