Tame the Banks
Deregulating the banking sector was largely responsible for the 2008 financial crisis. Labour must not let history repeat itself.| tribunemag.co.uk
This morning, over 300 PCS members at the British Library are due to start 14 days of consecutive strike action to protest the employer’s below-inflation pay award for a second consecutive year. On the surface, this may seem like a routine labour dispute. But a closer examination reveals a startling trail of scandals that have rocked […]| Tribune
Deregulating the banking sector was largely responsible for the 2008 financial crisis. Labour must not let history repeat itself.| tribunemag.co.uk
The acquittal of Soldier F at Laganside Crown Court is a moment that demands clarity, honesty and courage. His trial was long delayed, tightly focused and ultimately unsuccessful — but it has not altered the truth of what happened on the streets of Derry in January 1972. Today’s verdict does not exonerate the actions of […]| Tribune
Inertia: the state of not moving — of being stranded, stuck, at the mercy of someone else’s timetable or decision. A sense of stuckness in time and place seems to be what binds us. ‘Broken Britain’ has become a broken record. Across the West, politicians promise radical, populist change that none can deliver once in […]| Tribune
When West Midlands Police announced that Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters would be banned from their clash with Aston Villa, our establishment immediately decried this as an attack on Jews. But as a Jew who attends football weekly, I know this is a lie. This is about the British Government using Jews as a shield — […]| Tribune
Fifty years on from the Guildford Four trials, the British state continues to criminalise resistance in an attempt to wash its hands of its colonial legacy.| tribunemag.co.uk
Democracy should mean the rule of the people. But in modern Britain, democratic will is often subverted by the rule of money. Financial oligarchy and political democracy are incompatible. This is the deep contradiction at the heart of capitalist ‘democracy’. On the one hand, the intrinsic equality of universal suffrage guarantees every citizen the same […]| Tribune
Last night, the Israeli police postponed the derby between Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv football clubs because of extreme violence and rioting on the streets of the city. Israeli police claimed that there was a ‘risk to human life’ to local residents, and over 12 people were seriously injured. In just a few weeks, Aston […]| Tribune
Fifty years on from the Wages For Housework campaign, much of the movement’s momentum appears to be lost — can it be revived in the context of twenty-first-century work culture?| tribunemag.co.uk
Labour is setting out its economic plans ahead of next month’s Budget. To regain support and stop the Reform surge, the party must be bold and decisive — and tax the super rich.| tribunemag.co.uk
The English Collective of Prostitutes was founded fifty years ago to protect sex workers. Despite the progress they have made in the years since, the industry remains criminalised — and exploitative and unsafe as a result.| tribunemag.co.uk
A year into his leadership of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn made time to travel to the state of Tabasco, in the south of Mexico, to visit his friend and fellow left-winger, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). It must have been nice to spend time with a successful progressive politician who seemed on the cusp […]| Tribune
Next week, the University and College Union (UCU) will ballot more than 65,000 university workers, asking them to back strike action in a fight for fair pay, better working conditions, and to protect jobs. The vice-chancellors who ‘lead’ our universities have quietly increased their own salaries by £40,000 over the past three years, leaving them […]| Tribune
The 2025 Green Party conference was a potent mix of optimism and the mild chaos of an event which wildly exceeded its organisers’ expectations. The word on every staff member’s lips was ‘surprise’. Surprise at the over 2,000 members who descended on the venue; surprise at the unprecedented number of journalists applying for passes (even […]| Tribune
Life, it’s just life. What is that? It’s nothing. It’s like being stuck in the queue at Alton Towers. Do you wanna be in the queues? Or do you wanna be on the rides? — Omar (Riz Ahmed), Four Lions When did you last go to Alton Towers? It’s been a while for me, but […]| Tribune
I left Labour and co-founded Your Party because politics as usual is failing us. The challenges we face are immense: the far-right on the rise, climate breakdown, collapsing living standards, public services gutted to the bone, a housing system rigged against us, and a government enabling genocide in Palestine. Tinkering at the edges won’t cut […]| Tribune
In September 1978, the East London Advertiser ran a full-page spread on the opening ceremony of an exciting venture in London’s Docklands. The setting was the St Katharine’s Estate in Wapping. On this bright autumn day, the yard of an old housing estate came to life. It was packed with a throng of residents, full […]| Tribune
On Sunday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced plans for sweeping new powers to allow the banning and restriction of protests. Her move came after the refusal of the Defend Our Juries campaign group to cancel Saturday’s demonstrations against the proscription of Palestine Action, which are increasingly becoming a mainstay on Parliament Square. The prime minister […]| Tribune
In the wake of the French Revolution during the 1790s, Britain’s ruling class trembled at the prospect of an early working-class movement inspired and radicalised by Jacobinism. A multitude of philanthropic initiatives soon sprang up in response — from Sunday Schools to religious societies and secular projects, all of which sought to ‘better’ the condition […]| Tribune
They tried every trick in the book. They blocked motions on spurious grounds. They lied to members. They stitched up the debate. Yet still, the Palestine solidarity movement inflicted a major defeat on the government at the Labour Party Conference last week. Labour now officially accepts that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and demands […]| Tribune
Sixty years ago this coming spring, the National Union of Seamen began ‘one of the longest and most bitter disputes in post-war British history’. Does a narrative of factionalism, corruption, and a terminally insecure prime minister still resonate today?| tribunemag.co.uk
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The fascist surge across the European Union is directly down to the bankruptcy of centrist politicians — whose failure in addressing soaring inequalities and deep social problems should haunt Starmer's Labour.| tribunemag.co.uk
To undercut the far-right and strengthen the power of workers, we need to urgently deepen the purpose of the Trades Union Congress through real democratic reform.| tribunemag.co.uk
From the embrace of private hospitals to shady donations from private health interests, there is little to suggest that today’s Labour leadership intends to defend Aneurin Bevan’s vision of a truly public NHS.| tribunemag.co.uk
Two new exhibitions in post-industrial Wearside venture beyond stereotypes to present a nuanced vision of labour history, defying the obstacles working-class creatives face in modern Britain.| tribunemag.co.uk
Robert Tressell, author of 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists,' was born 150 years ago. His writing left an indelible mark on the socialist movement — but the man himself was almost forgotten by history.| tribunemag.co.uk
The new poetry collection by London writer Caleb Femi is a modern epic based on the institution of the ‘shoobs’ (or house party) and its under-explored experimental potential.| tribunemag.co.uk
The relentless, punitive legal attacks against Palestine Action activists for disrupting Israel's war machine is a simple lesson about our country today — maintaining injustice abroad requires crushing dissent at home.| tribunemag.co.uk
