An Industrial Correspondent Reflects
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike. Veteran industrial correspondent Alan Jones reflects on his experience reporting on the frontline and the legacy of that seismic dispute today.
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Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Suppression of Democracy Is a Dangerous Thing’
At his campaign launch, Jeremy Corbyn explains to Tribune that his run against Keir Starmer’s Labour is more than about social justice — it’s about defending the fundamental principles of democracy and honesty in politics.
Starmer Is Purging Women of Colour
Labour’s disgraceful treatment of Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen sends a very clear message to Black and Asian voters — give us your votes and know your place, or face humiliation.
Mick McGahey: A Miners’ Hero
Scottish miners’ leader Mick McGahey was born on this day in 1925. A fearless trade unionist, he brought Scottish miners down to Grunwick to stand with Asian women, championed internationalism, and, in his own words, was a product of his class and movement.
Reeves’ Fiscal Technocracy Will Lock in Austerity
Labour’s new ‘fiscal lock’ means enhancing the power of unelected bureaucrats in the Office for Budget Responsibility. But handing more power to a body that has downplayed the impact of cuts on the economy will only lock in hardship, writes Grace Blakeley.
The Powell and Pressburger Cult
The British-Hungarian filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger — celebrated in a new documentary presented by Martin Scorsese — made complex high art out of Empire, the British class system, and wartime renewal.
The Ghosts of Vietnam
Angela Davis once warned that the ruling class attempts to create an ‘imposed forgetfulness’ of yesterday’s struggles. As students fight for Gaza like those before them fought for Vietnam, they show a determination to remember.
The Walney Report Is a Threat to Democracy
Former Labour MP John Woodcock has published a report calling for a clampdown on protest to safeguard democracy. What it really means is making war criminals and climate profiteers immune from political accountability.
The Reactionary International
This week in Madrid, a Vox party rally brought together Holocaust deniers, Israeli officials and right-wing leaders from around the world — putting Spain at the centre of a new far-right international movement.
Austerity Pop
A Marxist history of pop examines how the 2008 financial crash changed music, from glorifying inequality to celebrating ‘relatable’ stars who struggled through adversity — demonstrating capitalism’s adaptability.
Dorset’s Fight Against the Far Right
The far right descended on Portland to ignite racial tensions over the arrival of the Bibby Stockholm — but were defeated by a grassroots campaign of solidarity with asylum seekers.
The Indian and British Workers’ Candidate
In 1929, Yorkshire radicals engaged in an unprecedented act of international solidarity when they selected Shaukat Usmani — a jailed Indian revolutionary — to run as a Communist candidate for the mill area of Spen Valley.
Gambling With Our Mental Health
The gambling industry serves as a reminder that treating mental health as an individual problem isn’t enough — we need to take on the companies profiting from addiction and misery.
Britain Deserves a Proper Postal Service
As the Royal Mail looks set to be taken over by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, workers will mobilise to defend the service — and the communities they serve must get ready to stand with them, writes Dave Ward.
Silencing Palestine Solidarity
The French government response to the Palestine solidarity movement has been defined by criminalisation, censorship and violent attacks on peaceful protestors. But the genocide in Gaza only continues to push people into action.
Students for Palestine Won’t Be Intimidated
As Rishi Sunak agitates against student encampments, an organiser at Oxford tells Tribune that their global movement for Palestine only grows more determined.
‘We Just Want to Live’: The British Medics Trapped in Rafah
As Israel intensifies its bombardment of Rafah, Palestinians are eating animal feed just to survive. A doctor at the European hospital, one of several British citizens trapped in Gaza, speaks to Tribune about the horrors he is witnessing.
Eurovision’s Songs of Shame
The uproar resulting from Israel’s participation in Eurovision has ensured tonight’s event will only be remembered as a failed attempt to whitewash its Gaza genocide.
Steve Albini, the Facilitator
Steve Albini, who has died aged 61, was one of the most uncompromising figures to ever defend art against its corruption by market forces, and for musicians to be considered as workers who deserved the full fruits of their labour.
A New Model Britain
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram quit Westminster after seeing how it made real change impossible. Speaking to Tribune, they discuss how injustices from Hillsborough to the housing crisis come from a system wired against northerners and workers everywhere.