TRIBUNE

TODAY

DMG 2025: Birthplace of the Working Class

In the first of a series of pieces leading up to Saturday’s Durham Miners’ Gala, we examine a forgotten corner of County Durham with a strong claim to be the one of the global birthplaces of the industrial proletariat.

YESTERDAY

McSweeney’s Death Rattle

In a media landscape where nuanced political breakthroughs are often credited to ‘genius Svengalis’, spin doctor Morgan McSweeney has become the crown prince of Starmerism. But now his fragile empire is crumbling to dust.

JULY 4. 2025

We Never Walk Alone: Jota’s Empowering Joy

In a sport dominated by capitalist exploitation, Portugal and Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota – who died in a tragic accident this week – offered a purer form of joy that empowered people to feel hope in the face of adversity.

Palestine Action’s ‘Form of Love’

As the Labour government criminalises Palestine Action under anti-terror laws, impromptu screenings of a new documentary about the group’s relentless campaign against the arms industry have spotlighted widespread public support for their cause.

JULY 2. 2025

We Must Defend the Hillsborough Law

The last Labour manifesto pledged to pass the Hillsborough Law, ensuring justice for the Liverpool fans who died in the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy. But now the government is considering a watered down replacement. We can't let that happen.

Rescuing the BBC From Itself

In recent years The BBC has come to nurture right-wing populism and sideline the Left. But with just a little imagination and effort it could easily reclaim its radical democratic roots.

JULY 1. 2025

Saving Palestine, Saving Britain

Far from being a threat to the British people, activists fighting for the Palestinian cause are in fact reflective of public opinion and helping to close the gap between international law and Britain’s support for Israeli oppression.

JUNE 30. 2025

How to Make Farage Look Marxist

Reform MP Rupert Lowe has criticised the ‘politicisation and filth’ of Glastonbury just days after suggesting that Palestine Action activists should ‘expect to be shot’. Is this Musk-endorsed maverick the future of Reform — or a new hard-right Tory party?

JUNE 26. 2025

The Real Foreign Takeover of the NHS

The government’s willingness to demonise migrant workers is a sign of its increasing moral degradation. Meanwhile, like their New Labour role models, Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting are supremely relaxed about multinational involvement in the NHS.

JUNE 25. 2025

Labour Loves the Super-Rich

As the government slashes social security provision for the vulnerable, Rachel Reeves wants to relax her clampdown on ‘non-dom’ loopholes for the ultra-wealthy. Nothing better illustrates how Labour has abandoned ordinary people to become ‘capital’s B-team’.

JUNE 24. 2025

The Socialist Candidate for New York

In the election to be New York City's Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani is waging war on the city’s establishment and capturing the public’s imagination in the process. Will it be enough to succeed?

JUNE 23. 2025

Jeremy Corbyn: MPs Exist Because of Protest

As the government designates Palestine Action a 'terrorist' group, Jeremy Corbyn argues that MPs wouldn’t be here without the right to protest – and that this authoritarian crackdown must end now.

JUNE 22. 2025

Black Britain Beyond the Capital

British publishing has been slow to document black British stories outside of the capital. A new book, taking a road trip around the UK during the Thatcher years, sets the record straight.

JUNE 21. 2025

An Attack on Palestine Action is an Attack on You

The government’s move to ban Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act is due to their effectiveness in disrupting genocide — and erodes the basis for dissent that all democratic societies need.