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

In December 1948, a group of prominent US Jews, including Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt, wrote a letter to the New York Times expressing concern over the emergence of ‘The Freedom Party’ (Tnuat ...

Some of us read histories of the left for nostalgic reasons. Some of us do so to learn, or to measure the distance travelled, or find fresh inspiration. A few look for nails to drive into coffins, ...

Red Pepper covers both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives the section on economics, unions and work. While exploring how privatisation, globalisation, the gig economy, and ...

Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport. We cover a breadth of themes, from ...

In 2025 I have resolved to escape the clutches of my smartphone, which has turned out to be no small task – it encroaches on every aspect of my day-to-day life, from communication and banking to two ...

Technology has replaced humans in certain functions (eg manufacturing), enhanced their capabilities in others (eg microsurgery) and enabled them to do things that are entirely new (eg to fly). What ...

Red Pepper’s beginnings brought together socialist and environmentalist ideas, and this continues in our environment and climate section. As today’s climate emergency makes this ever more vital, we ...

At the 2024 European elections, right-wing parties celebrated a 27 per cent increase in parliamentary seats, including for members of coalitions including the European People’s Party, Identity and ...

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We do our movements no favours by presenting them as homogenous forms for the sake of convenient political narratives and expedient analysis. Leah Cowan’s Why Would Feminists Trust the Police? makes a ...