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In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal The post Mother Mary Comes to Me – review appeared first on Red Pepper.

Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services The post Warfare’s waste is welfare’s loss appeared first on Red Pepper.

Nicola De Martini Ugolotti and Max Mauro report on the movement to ban Israel from international sports – and to interrupt projections of normalcy as genocide unfolds in Gaza The post No neutral ground: sport is political in Israel’s war on Gaza appeared first on Red...

TWT is back, with a new approach to galvanise the British left. Join us to shake off nostalgia, get organised and rise to meet growing threats, write Andrea Gilbert, Lydia Phillips and Isaac Rose The post The World Transformed: giving history a push appeared first on...

As anger and disillusionment with Labour increase, a new collection from Mark Perryman asks some bold and urgent questions about dialogue on the left, writes Kevin Davey The post The Starmer Symptom – review appeared first on Red Pepper.

Infighting over centralised power, corruption and economic crisis has led to defeat for a once-inspiring Indigenous leader and social movement party. Linda Farthing and Benjamin Swift report The post No MAS: the Bolivian left faces up to defeat appeared first on Red...

Phil Wigglesworth reflects on the launch of Left Cultures in 2023 – and why the international left must embrace non-hierarchical approaches to publishing The post Ripping yarns: Left Cultures and non-hierarchical publishing appeared first on Red Pepper.

A campaign for constitutional reform is an urgent priority for the UK, argues Mark Corner. Without it, the rising right will exploit our undemocratic politics to impose its extreme agenda The post We need a new electoral system to defeat the far right appeared first...

Jerry Iles speaks to Geoff Kirkwood about how a Tyneside Social Club became a cultural beacon – driven by cutting edge DJs, bingo nights, experimental orchestras and ‘open-minded collectivism’. Now, it's reclaiming culture for everyone The post High art, low ceilings:...

The left needs to understand popular opposition to inheritance tax in order to effectively reframe the debate, argues Dominic Davies The post Winning the case for progressive taxation on inheritance appeared first on Red Pepper.

Economic power in the community – cymunedoli – is the antidote to the far right’s growing appeal in Cymru, write Beth Winter and Leanne Wood The post Cymunedoli: The glue that binds appeared first on Red Pepper.

Reform is a byproduct of Thatcherism, Labour Party failures and left activists’ limited imaginations, argues Ben Sellers. Only a long-term strategy for deep community organising can reverse the right-wing course that appears to lie ahead The post Rising to Reform UK’s...