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Billy Anania

Billy Anania is an art critic, editor, and journalist in New York City.

Defeating the Third Runway

Yesterday’s court ruling against a third runway at Heathrow was a landmark moment in the international effort to hold governments to account over climate change.

The Last Social Democrat

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on this day in 1986. He was the last social democratic leader to really believe in a world beyond capitalism.

America’s First Red Scare

100 years ago the American state clamped down on the country’s militant trade union movement. Then, as now, Red Scares aren’t rooted in hysteria – they’re about ensuring capital remains unchallenged.

Citizens Disunited

Citizens assemblies are in vogue for their purported ability to circumvent ‘populist’ politics – but they are increasingly used by the establishment to take the heat out of political struggles.

Why Unions Matter

There is only one force on earth that can challenge the stranglehold of capital: a fighting trade union movement with organisers at its core, writes Jane McAlevey.

Organising the Housing Struggle

The housing crisis isn’t going away just because Labour lost the election. Now is the time for those who want to continue the fight to throw themselves into grassroots campaigns.

How Bernie Won Nevada

A Labour Party member reports on the Bernie Sanders campaign, how its socialist message cut through in Nevada – and what we can learn from it in the UK.

The Manifesto in History

The final instalment of Harold Laski’s 1948 introduction to The Communist Manifesto for the Labour Party looks at the application of the Manifesto’s principles in practice – and its relevance to the Labour government.

The Fight of Our Lives

The CWU’s upcoming ballot in Royal Mail isn’t just a fight against management attacks on workers’ terms and conditions – it’s a battle for the future of the postal service itself.

Secondary Modern

Wirral’s Solar Campus was a global pioneer in the field of ecology. Its gradual destruction tells a story about how idealistic social and architectural ideas have been ground down by class and regional inequalities.

The Meaning of the Manifesto

On the centenary of the Communist Manifesto’s publication in 1948, the Labour Party asked Harold Laski to write an introduction for party members. We republish a section of his essay today.

Labour and the Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto was first published on this day in 1848. A century later, the Labour Party produced an appreciation of the Manifesto by Harold Laski – which Tribune will republish this weekend.