The latest Tribune is out now. The world order is fracturing — and the Left needs to fight back.
Issue 30, ‘Dream of a Red Planet’, surveys the global landscape of the late 2020s with both critical realism and cautious optimism. From Grace Blakeley’s call to view the multipolarity of the present as an opportunity for left breakthrough, to Brian Leishman’s critique of the neo-imperialism of Israel’s war on Gaza, there are encounters with old capitalist enemies alongside glimpses of more hopeful alternatives. Above all, the issue poses the question: how can we turn the dream of a socialist world into reality?
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The movement for Palestine has become one of the largest mass mobilisations in British history. Labour’s local election drubbing shows it is now beginning to reshape electoral politics.
Read Dan Iley-Williamson on how voters are punishing Labour for its complicity in Israel's crimes. Link in bio.
Plaid Cymru’s victory in the Senedd elections was more than just a protest vote against the Labour government. It reflects the steady rise of nationalism — both progressive and regressive — across the entire UK, which portends the possible breakup of the state itself.
Read Henry Rees-Sheridan on national sentiment. Link in bio.
As we seek to forge a new left internationalism, we must acknowledge what we’re up against — a global far-right network that subverts and parodies inherited liberal structures. Is a more radical democratic alternative possible?
Read Anna Raposo de Mello on contemporary authoritarianism. Link in bio.
One of the main driving forces of 2020s geopolitics is the neo-colonial scramble to access so-called critical minerals used in the AI industry. How on earth did this dystopian nightmare come to pass?
Read Nandita Lal on large-scale mineral extraction. Link in bio.
Parliamentarians including Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, and Zarah Sultana have pushed back against police interference in politics, demanding that the Met Commissioner retract his smears against Gaza protesters. Read via the link in our bio.
Facing the end of his tenure, the Prime Minister claims he ‘got the big political decisions right’. His refusal to face up to his disastrous record reflects the need for a new, transformative politics, writes Jeremy Corbyn. Read via the link in our bio.
Last week’s local elections showed that the two-party system is collapsing — but this dynamic will benefit the far right unless the Greens and Independents join forces to offer an alternative.
Read Abubakr Nanabawa on uniting the left. Link in bio.
Britain’s first and only General Strike ended in crushing defeat on this day in 1926. A hundred years later, the struggle over its lessons continues.
Read Kate Bugos on ‘Nine Days in May: The General Strike of 1926’ and ‘The Future In Our Past: The General Strike, 1926/2026’. Link in bio.
Labour’s electoral collapse last week is a spectacular humiliation for Keir Starmer. But the real danger is that anger at Labour’s machine politics is being channelled into the hard right, not the left.
Read Marcus Barnett on the local elections. Link in bio.
Anas Sarwar’s humiliation in the Holyrood elections is the sign of a deeper trend: Labour’s long-running efforts to defend the Union and contain Scottish democracy have toxified the party.
Read Jamie Maxwell on Scottish Labour's downfall. Link in bio.
