TRIBUNE

OCTOBER 18. 2024

Manufacturing Consent for Genocide

The US and UK government have masked their deep complicity in Israel’s genocidal war behind soft criticism and empty pleas for restraint. And the mainstream media, on the whole, have bought it.

OCTOBER 16. 2024

Louise Haigh Is Right, P&O Are Rogue Operators

P&O Ferries believed they could get away with sacking 800 workers because politicians wouldn't dare apply the law to them. In jumping to their defence this week, Keir Starmer proved them right.

The Radical Politics of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is known today for his satirical wit, but he maintained a lifelong interest in political affairs — one which would lead him to Irish nationalism, women's suffrage and the fight against capitalism.

OCTOBER 11. 2024

The Italian Workers Occupying Against Climate Crisis

Faced with the threat of mass redundancies, GKN automotive workers in Florence occupied their factory to save jobs and build green technology. Their actions can be an inspiration to British workers fighting similar fights.

OCTOBER 10. 2024

The First Steps of a New Deal for Workers

Labour's new deal for workers agenda has infuriated a right-wing media who see the proposals as threatening a rebirth in trade union power — we have to seize this moment to make their fears become reality.

OCTOBER 9. 2024

Labour Has Turned Its Back on Trans Justice

Once the natural home of LGBT+ activists, Labour’s latest policy shifts show that instead of challenging the right-wing media’s anti-trans frenzy, the party is joining in.

OCTOBER 3. 2024

Archive of Dissent

As the veteran British visual artist celebrates a landmark Whitechapel Gallery retrospective, Peter Kennard speaks about his Tribune roots and the future of political art.

Jeremy Corbyn: Israel’s Impunity Endangers Us All

The West's failure to bring Israel to justice for its genocide in Gaza has emboldened it to attack Lebanon — and brought the region to the brink of all-out war.

SEPTEMBER 25. 2024

The Delegates Revolt

Today, Labour’s annual conference voted to scrap the proposals to cut winter fuel allowance. If Keir Starmer wants to stall his crashing popularity, he would be wise to listen to his members.

Labour Conference Was a Lobbyists’ Utopia

Keir Starmer has declared he is leading a ‘government of service’. But the party’s embrace of lobbyists at this year’s conference raises the question: whose interests is it serving?

SEPTEMBER 23. 2024

Labour’s ‘No Fault’ Eviction Ban Won’t Work

In yesterday's speech to Labour conference, Angela Rayner announced plans to ban ‘no fault’ evictions — but without rent controls, landlords will still be allowed to hike rents to force out tenants.

SEPTEMBER 21. 2024

Jeremy Corbyn Goes Back to the Grassroots

At the launch of Islington North's first 'People's Forum', Jeremy Corbyn speaks to Tribune about organising community campaigns outside the Labour Party — and responds to the latest international crises.

Labour Is Trying to Silence Palestine Solidarity

Revulsion towards Israel’s genocide has produced the largest, most sustained English protest movement since Chartism — yet Labour is trying to prevent Palestine from being even discussed at its conference.

SEPTEMBER 18. 2024

Starmer’s Embrace With Mussolini’s Grandchildren

After meeting with Giorgia Meloni, Keir Starmer expressed admiration for the Italian prime minister's plans to deport refugees to camps in Albania — signalling the Labour government's willingness to embrace the policies of neofascism.