Occupying the University
Students at the University of Cambridge – the only public university not to recognise its union – write about their occupation in support of the UCU strike and against the marketisation of higher education.
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Billy Anania
Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.
A Bad Budget for the Climate
Today’s budget failed even to allocate enough resources to reach the government’s own insufficient target of net-zero by 2050. Despite the rhetoric, it’s clear that only the Left is serious about climate change.
Does This Budget ‘Level Up’?
After a decade of Conservative rule, Britain is the most regionally unequal economy in the developed world. The new government was elected on a pledge to redress this inequality – but today’s budget does the bare minimum.
This Budget Won’t Fix Britain’s Broken Welfare System
Britain’s welfare system is the last line of defence against the threat of coronavirus and a potential recession – but after a decade of shredding it, today’s budget doesn’t do nearly enough to restore the social safety net.
Sunak’s Spending Spree
Today’s budget exposes the truth about a decade of austerity – it wasn’t an economic necessity but a political choice. Now the Left must seize the initiative on this new terrain where economics has been repoliticised, argues Grace Blakeley.
Stockport’s Radical History
Newly-elected MP Nav Mishra delivers his maiden speech on the radical history of Stockport – from Friedrich Engels to the suffragettes and the town’s contribution to the fight for democracy at Peterloo.
The Red Baker
Sarah Woolley – the first woman general secretary of the bakers’ union BFAWU – on the experiences that shaped her path into the trade union movement and why she’s supporting Rebecca Long-Bailey to lead a Labour Party that fights for workers.
Noam Chomsky: “Bernie Is Vilified Because He Has Inspired a Movement”
Noam Chomsky speaks to Tribune about the Bernie Sanders campaign, the obstacles standing in its way – and why the US business class will bitterly resist any attempt at social democratic reform.
The Corona Crash
Today’s coronavirus crash in the stock market is exposing the frailty of global capitalism – and with governments tapped out on quantitative easing, only significant public investment on the scale of a Green New Deal can prevent a slump.
The Cost of Gentrification
Across Britain, gentrification tears working-class and BAME communities apart. But this kind of urban renewal is not inevitable – it is the result of a choice to place profits ahead of people in our cities.
Why You Should Support the UCU Strike
A university system where management are paid six-figure sums while staff are overworked, underpaid and insecure isn’t fit to provide the education this country needs.
Why I’m a Feminist – and a Socialist
The only feminism worth fighting for today is one that struggles against a capitalist system which prevents the working women of the world from living their lives to the full.
International Women’s Day Is Not for Corporations
Corporate giants like Shell might try to co-opt International Women’s Day – but they’ll never be able to erase the radical history of generations of socialist women who fought to establish this day across the world.
A Suffragette in America
Sylvia Pankhurst’s visits to America profoundly shaped her radical worldview – and threw her into some of the era’s most high-profile battles between workers and their bosses.
Constance Markievicz: The First Woman MP
The first woman elected to Westminster wasn’t Nancy Astor – it was a socialist, feminist, republican and revolutionary named Constance Markievicz.
The Socialist Roots of International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day was developed as a celebration of working-class women and their contribution to the struggle against capitalism.
The Socialist Roots of International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day was developed as a celebration of working-class women and their contribution to the struggle against capitalism.
A Decade on the Left
Tribune speaks to Leo Panitch about the lessons learned from the last decade on the Left – from Occupy Wall Street to Syriza, Podemos, Corbyn and Bernie Sanders.
Why Warren Should Endorse Bernie
There’s only one candidate left in the US presidential race committed to fighting corporate power and reining in Wall Street. Elizabeth Warren should endorse Bernie Sanders.
Workers Are at the Frontline of the Pandemic
From Britain to the US and China, workers are paying the cost of the coronavirus outbreak – as insufficient sick pay and insecure hours place the burden on people trying to make a living.