Looking at what is going on politically right now (not withstanding the forthcoming showdown between Farage and a bloke with a bin on his head), it's clear that some people have been well ahead of the game One is @alexniven.bsky.social His last book certainly deserves attention right now

Andy Burnham’s campaign in the Makerfield by-election has become a testing ground for what some call the “Idea of the North” — a mix of branding, regional identity, and political ambition that goes far beyond simple PR.

“There are deep historic reasons why England’s ability to forge a path to independence will be limited, despite the battle cries of emancipatory Englishness from a far right that can’t decide whether it’s pro-British or pro-English.” Election eve Ukania. www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2026/0...

@stuartelden.bsky.social @solgamsu.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @leaypi.bsky.social @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social @ingridagnete.bsky.social @alexniven.bsky.social @ayanassar.bsky.social @quinnslobodian.com @marcusrediker.bsky.social

From the “woke mind virus” to the memeification of politics, what does Muskism tell us about the world after neoliberalism? In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, @meadwaj.bsky.social sits down with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com to unpack the contradictions of the US right. 🔗 Link in bio

Boomers grew rich as their economies were financialised, turning them into 'mini capitalists' who cared more about asset prices than wages. But the financial boom that made them wealthy was a one-off - and the next generation will never catch up. open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation strips the novel of its racial, regional, and class dynamics, producing an empty spectacle emblematic of the erasure of working-class voices from the arts.

This gets at a real limitation of the Gen X Left (guilty as charged) and the 2010s Left which is an unhealthy obsession with form over content. A legacy of modernism which reflects the long retreat from politics to culture.

This was indeed a lot of fun

The 1970s vision for Newcastle United's new Brutalist East Stand at St. James' Park @alexniven.bsky.social

Once regarded as a utopian project, digitalisation is now letting Big Tech and superpower governments regulate the world in ominous new ways. Is rejecting the devices and technologies they control the only effective way to fight back?

A product of working-class Manchester and its second-generation Irish culture, Stone Roses bassist Mani — who has died aged 63 — was the ultimate team player, and an embodiment of socialist values in his life and art. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/mani...

Really loved putting this together with Chal, a true legend of the game

Radical British filmmaker Peter Watkins was briefly tipped by the BBC before The War Game made him a controversial pariah. But he persisted — and now, at 90, he is a hero of liberated, formally remarkable socialist art. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/cryi...

The high modernism of Glasgow novelist Alexander Trocchi has often been overshadowed by his low living. At the centenary of his birth, can we discern a meaningful literary legacy beyond his associations with existentialism, Situationism and counterculture? tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/salt...

Anarchist bricklayer Lucio Urtubia robbed banks to fund revolutionaries in Franco’s Spain, defrauding Citibank and getting away with it. Surely this is a story we’ve all been waiting for? Huw Lemmey on a contentious autobiography by a Spanish leftist hero. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/the-...

The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday. We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social. 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

I put this night on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social. Come and stroke your chin and drink loads of pints.

Attention North Easterners! These events put on by @pdkmitchell.bsky.social, @leighsus.bsky.social and @alexniven.bsky.social look great.

Young people are facing one of the toughest job markets in decades: there has been a 33 percent drop in graduate job listings compared to this time last year. Read Tribune staff writer Grace Blakeley on the cost of living crisis.

As our new issue, ‘Beyond Decline’, is released, Tribune editor Alex Niven argues collective hope is the antidote to societal despair and the key to recovering the soul of socialism.

#GreyLabour was (I think) first elaborated by Tribune's editor @alexniven.bsky.social in February 2024 - spot on Alex. The latest article is behind a paywall, sorry, but you can read Alex's piece here: tribunemag.co.uk/2024/02/grey... tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/grey...

I’m in this! Spoke to Chal Ravens about newness in music 15 years on from Retromania, AirPods, the new Niontay album and other things, I’m really proud of how it came out

toot toot new tribune! i'm inside writing about philippa snow's excellent new book it's terrible the things i have to do to be me, which looks at the female celebrity as a monstrous magnifier of her civilian counterparts. buy a magazine!

Our new issue, Beyond Decline, will arrive on subscribers’ doorsteps this week. Sneak preview: tribunemag.co.uk/issue/beyond...

A few weeks before Palestine Action was proscribed in Britain, anti-fascist French organisation Jeune Garde suffered a similar fate at the hands of the Macron government. Is Europe’s extreme centre trying to eradicate left activism? tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/is-b...

Visionary Japanese sci-fi author Izumi Suzuki anticipated our present malaise decades ago, in writing that combines melancholy for the failure of sixties radicalism with scepticism about a world of ubiquitous screens.

As socialists from all over the world prepare to attend the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, we explore the story of the Gala’s iconic banners, which celebrate our historic solidarity and continuing hope in the face of oppression and hatred.

The long-shuttered cottage forge is the last remnant of a remarkable industrial experiment, the legacy of which should be written in iron, but is barely known. Paul Brown on Winlaton's claim as the foundation of the industrial revolution.

It is now several decades since the collapse of the British coal industry. But in Peterlee — a ‘left behind’ former mining town in County Durham — utopian dreams are being revived through a combination of grassroots creativity and public funding.

Ahead of this weekend's Durham Miners' Gala, I wrote about the birthplace of the working class for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/07/dmg-...

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.

The next edition of the semi-regular culture night I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social is only two days away and tickets are flying out. I'll be asking @garethdennis.uk all about trains!

My interview with @alexniven.bsky.social for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social earlier this year talking #WorkandPlay tribunemag.co.uk/2025/03/dave...

As Oasis embarks on their 2025 reunion tour, @alexniven.bsky.social looks back to where it all began. Definitely Maybe check it out: bit.ly/3ZSeDud 💙📚 #MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @bloomsburymus.bsky.social

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’.

As the government designates Palestine Action a 'terrorist' group, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social argues that MPs wouldn’t be here without the right to protest – and that this authoritarian crackdown must end now. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/06/jere...

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. An attack on Palestine Action is an attack on you. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/06/an-a...

While news headlines are increasingly dominated by the nuclear face-off between Israel, Iran, and the US, life remains hellish for displaced families clinging on to the edge of the Gaza City shoreline. Who will speak for them?

After fifty years of neoliberalism, smaller British cities have some of the worst life prospects in Western Europe. Does a case study of one of them offer any clues about how to challenge uneven development and reverse postindustrial decline?

Oasis back. Pulp back. Blur, already been back and gone again... But is Britpop still a dirty word? Tomorrow: Join me @foylesforbooks.bsky.social with @alexniven.bsky.social & Jane Savidge on their @333books.bsky.social on Definitely Maybe and This is Hardcore 👇 www.foyles.co.uk/events/33-1/...

In our recent issue, ‘Facing the Future Again,’ Tribune culture editor Fergal Kinney explains how corporate consolidation is at the heart of the music industry's problems. Click below to read the full piece, now out from the paywall.

In the past few years, British health workers have faced smears, targeted media attacks, and workplace persecution — all for the simple act of expressing support for Palestine.

The Swedish tech giant has rigged the music industry against artists, mined listeners for data, and made music boring for everyone. Or is that just what the major recording labels want you to believe?

I reviewed a new book about land access by a writer purporting to be a neutral observer to that debate. It turns out, that's a lie.

North East ppl, come to this!

FRIDAY 4TH JULY. LORT BURN SPECIALS RETURNS. A Q&A with rail engineer and author @garethdennis.bsky.social plus live music and readings from others. At @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social in Newcastle. Tickets here: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...