Health Workers in the UK Shut Down the Headquarters of a Gaza War Profiteer
Last week, hundreds of health workers shut down the London HQ of Palantir to protest a tech company profiting off of Israel’s bloody war on Gaza.
11 Articles by: Taj Ali
Taj Ali is an industrial correspondent at Tribune.
In the UK, Workers Blockaded Four Arms Factories in Solidarity With Palestine
Yesterday more than a thousand workers blockaded four factories across the UK that provide arms components for Israel. As the British government continues to support Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza, more and more workers are saying, “Not in our name.”
British Unions Should Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Workers
During the war in Iraq, the fight against South African apartheid, and the coup that brought down Salvador Allende, British unions showed their solidarity through boycotts, strikes, and protests. It’s time they do the same for workers trapped in Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel
Thousands of Palestinian day laborers from Gaza are stranded in Israel amid the explosion in violence. Israel has revoked their work permits, and their families fear they may be imprisoned — or worse.
England’s Rugeley Amazon Warehouse Tells the Story of Postindustrial Decline
The town of Rugeley, England, once boasted a thriving, unionized coal industry that underpinned the community. Today it is the site of a hyperexploitative Amazon warehouse — typifying the effects of deindustrialization and union decline across the UK.
Why I Stand in Solidarity With Striking Actors and Writers
Standing alongside other prominent performers, comedian and actor Rob Delaney hosted a rally in London in support of the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. He spoke to us about working conditions in Hollywood and the meaning of solidarity.
To Fight Racism, the Left Should Revive Its Universalist Tradition
We spoke to writer Kenan Malik, whose new book, Not So Black and White, interrogates race and its relationship to class struggle today, tracing the rise of identity politics alongside the decline of the labor movement and universalism.
Demanding Better Pay, University Staff Across the UK Are Refusing to Grade Students’ Work
In the UK, university staff are engaged in a grading and assessment boycott as part of a long-running dispute over pay, pensions, and precarity. But university administrations are refusing to listen, leaving many students unable to graduate as normal.
Amazon Just Saw Its First Strike in Britain
Yesterday, staff at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse did something no British workers at the company had previously done: they walked off the job.
The Tories, Not British Workers, Are to Blame for the Unraveling of the UK’s Public Services
Thanks to over a decade of Conservative-imposed austerity, the UK’s public services are stretched to the breaking point. Public sector workers are going on strike to save the country’s public goods from dangerous underfunding.
Amazon Workers Are Going on Wildcat Strikes in Britain
The cost-of-living crisis is only getting worse in Britain, and Amazon isn’t offering its workers nearly enough to fix it. That’s why British Amazon workers have recently carried out a series of wildcat strikes.