The Tour de France, which arrives home today, is held up as a symbol of national unity. In reality, it’s been a site of widespread protest since its inception – exposing the fragility of the consensus politics France’s ruling class is now desperate to hold together.
In the city of Mostar, the graves of 700 fallen resistance fighters have been destroyed in a fascist attack. It is the latest assault by far-right forces confident of burying the anti-fascist legacy of building a better world.
Faced with illegal eviction by their unlicensed landlord, a group of flatmates launched a rent strike and sued him for repayment. They won – and here’s how you could, too.
The first Top Gun was a highly effective recruitment tool for the war machine. This year’s sequel is less confident in its propaganda – and shows that the US imperial project is aware its popularity is waning.
By pinning inflation on workers and wage demands, the Bank of England is covering up the real cause of rising prices: runaway corporate profits.
This week, Grace speaks to Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretary of the RMT, about the strike action being taken by the rail union up and down Britain.
Today we have launched ‘The Cause,’ a new weekly bulletin from Tribune covering the labour movement and socialist politics. Read the first instalment here.
Amid spiralling inflation, firefighters and fire control staff received a measly pay offer of 2%. Their union is encouraging them to reject it – and is ready to fight back.
The private companies that have taken over our local leisure facilities are charging huge fees for users and running them into the ground. In Tottenham, local residents and ACORN have decided to take a stand.
Before corporations decided to show up at Pride, trade unions were standing up for LGBT+ rights. On the 50th anniversary of Britain’s first Pride rally, that radical relationship is more important than ever.
From today, the Tories’ new Health and Care Act will open the door to even more private companies meddling in our healthcare system – it’s just the latest step in a slow-motion privatisation.
Tribune is launching a series of podcasts – kick start your week with the sound of socialism.
On this day in 1984, Mike Jackson helped establish Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, a solidarity group to aid the miners in their fight. Four decades later, Mike speaks to Tribune about the power of organising and solidarity.
Government and bosses have tried to blame the travel chaos on lockdowns, but it’s really the result of airlines cutting costs and attacking their workers – the same reason BA staff are taking strike action.
The media says nurses who threaten strike action are undermining the NHS and abandoning patients – but there is no better safeguard of public healthcare than worker organising for better conditions.
Workers at St Monica’s care homes in Bristol and the South West are striking against fire and rehire. If they win, it could galvanise action across the care sector – and after the pandemic, care workers urgently need change.