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19/12/2024

Key words: solidarity by Mark Steven // Link in Bio - Read now!🌶

"As the popular slogan insists, ‘solidarity is a verb’: a doing word, signifying action."

Solidarity does not simply ‘exist’, explains Mark Steven. It must be built and put into action by all of us, everywhere, together

18/12/2024

Reputation first, safety second by Gareth Dennis // Link in Bio - Read now! 🌶

"Hendy must go, and the organisations involved must issue firm and robust apologies, re-stating their commitment to a safety-first culture"

Gareth Dennis, who was sacked for speaking publicly about safety issues at London’s Euston station, explains the need for new legal protections for all public servants speaking about subjects on which they hold expertise

13/12/2024

Breaking up with my X by Tom Whyman // Link in Bio - Read Now 🌶

"We might still mourn for Twitter, now that it has become ‘X’. Perhaps not for what it was, but for what it promised"

Tom Whyman traces a personal journey with Elon Musk’s social media platform: from a coming-of-age love story to Twittering off

13/12/2024

"We might still mourn for Twitter, now that it has become ‘X’. Perhaps not for what it was, but for what it promised"

Tom Whyman traces a personal journey with Elon Musk’s social media platform: from a coming-of-age love story to Twittering off

Tom Whyman traces a personal journey with Elon Musk's social media platform: from a coming-of-age love story to Twittering off

05/12/2024

🌶️RED PEPPER 246 OUT NOW

Our newest print issue, 'Extremely Online', should be arriving with our subscribers shortly- have you got your copy yet?

The latest Red Pepper examines how movements are leveraging online resources – from Kenyans battling corruption to Chinese netizens dodging censorship – and navigating threats from hacks, shutdowns, billionaire buyouts, hostile algorithms and ravenous AI.

Looking to action on the ground, we cover youth and community-led movements mobilising for justice from Grimsby to Kanaky. Plus an essay on the Grenfell inquiry, books, previews, regulars and more!

02/12/2024

The state of the arts by Danielle Child // Link in Bio - Read Now!🌶

"Time will tell what we can expect from the new government, but the creative industries are foregrounded in Labour’s plan for an industrial strategy, acknowledging the potential for growth in this area."

Danielle Child examines the key issues facing the arts under Labour, following 14 years of Conservative government, austerity programmes, Brexit and a global pandemic

PHOTO CREDIT: MANCHESTER FOOTBALL MUSEUM; STEVE EASON; PAUL STAFFORD

30/11/2024

French politics: Right questions, wrong answers by Yasser Louati // LINK IN BIO _ Read now!🌶

"Le Pen’s racist rhetoric, though condemned by the mainstream, was never politically opposed"

The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati

PHOTO CREDIT: OSKAR HASIUK; BLANDINE LE CAIN, JACQUES PAQUIER; JEANNE MENJOULET

29/11/2024

"With global elites worrying where the dissent was going, The Financial Times described global civil society as a new superpower"

The anti-globalisation movement was born at much the same time as Red Pepper. James O’Nions reflects on its rise

The anti-globalisation movement was born at much the same time as Red Pepper. JAMES O’NIONS reflects on its rise

28/11/2024

"Growing up in India, I knew about the consequences of the British strategy of divide and conquer and partition."

Shezan Renny recalls her experiences of becoming politically aware and involved in local organising – from Hyderabad to Haringey

Shezan Renny recalls her experiences of becoming politically aware and involved in local organising - from Hyderabad to Haringey

28/11/2024

Rekindling fires: Israel's strategy in South Lebanon // LINK IN BIO - Read now!🌶

"My grandmother would remind us of my late father often asking her, ‘How could you sleep at night while the Palestinians are homeless?"

A year into its latest assault on Gaza, Israel also escalated its bombardment of Lebanon. So far, the Israeli army has killed over 3,000 and displaced millions across the country. Mahdi Zaidan analyses Israel’s strategy and the relation of Hezbollah to the people of Lebanon

Photo: Israeli bomb strike in South Lebanon, November 2024, photographed by Mahdi Zaitan’s family members, who are among the millions displaced

27/11/2024

The Truth About Empire review by Peter Mitchel // LINK IN BIO - Read now!🌶

"The reactionary cultures of historical memory won’t be beaten just by debunking but by building counter-structures, networks of influence and cultural power proposing saner ways of imagining the national past"

More than a mere rebuttal of colonial apologetics, The Truth About Empire is a vital tool against the rising tide of reactionary retellings of history, writes Peter Mitchell

Photo Credit: VICTORIAN COLLECTIONS

24/11/2024

Wanted: Website Publishing Volunteers/ Interns

We're recruiting volunteers/Interns able to commit 1-2 hours a week for at least three months to help us rebuild our website archive and publish content online. All training, on-going support and hands on experience provided – no experience necessary, all welcome from Wordpress mavens to people eager to learn core editorial and publishing skills.

Please email [email protected] by Monday 25 November to express your interest

23/11/2024

"In the past 14 years, funding for the arts has been drastically cut in real terms at both national and local levels."

Danielle Child examines the key issues facing the arts under Labour, following 14 years of Conservative government

Key issues facing the arts under Labour, following 14 years of Conservative government, austerity programmes, Brexit and a global pandemic

16/11/2024

"In order to ‘save American democracy’, we need to move towards a new political economy that can produce better outcomes by designing for equity and sustainability from the start"

Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we first must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward

Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward

15/11/2024

"Le Pen’s racist rhetoric, though condemned by the mainstream, was never politically opposed"

The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati

The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati

14/11/2024

"My grandmother would remind us of my late father often asking her, ‘How could you sleep at night while the Palestinians are homeless?"

A year into its latest assault on Gaza, Israel also escalated its bombardment of Lebanon. So far, the Israeli army has killed over 3,000 and displaced millions across the country. Mahdi Zaidan analyses Israel’s strategy and the relation of Hezbollah to the people of Lebanon

A year into its latest assault on Gaza, Israel also escalated its bombardment of Lebanon. Mahdi Zaidan analyses Israel’s strategy and the relation of Hezbollah to the people of Lebanon

08/11/2024

"In order to ‘save American democracy’, we need to move towards a new political economy that can produce better outcomes by designing for equity and sustainability from the start"

Ahead of the US election, Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we first must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward

Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward