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Where is the Labour Party heading on immigration?

Where is the Labour Party heading on immigration?

Home Office immigration enforcement van in London. Photo: Philafrenzy Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. Nearly a year after it was first introduced, the Nationality and Borders Bill’s journey through...

Ukraine and anti-imperialism: thoughts for the British left

Ukraine and anti-imperialism: thoughts for the British left

Borodianka, Kyiv Oblast, 6 April. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushniak/UNDP Ukraine Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. Putin’s war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended the world order, and intensified...

Review: Toxic Legacy

Review: Toxic Legacy

Farm machinery spraying chemicals on the land. Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. Ask a room of environmentalists to name an inspirational book and the odds are heavily stacked that Rachel Carson’s landmark...

The growing threat of French fascism: Where next for the left?

The growing threat of French fascism: Where next for the left?

The revolution will be anti-racist or it will be nothing. Credit: Laurent Ripart Never has a French presidential election been so boring. The first round of the 2022 election was a tragic repeat of what we saw in 2017 – the ongoing failure of mainstream parties, the...

Pixels and mortar: The politics of video game worldbuilding

Pixels and mortar: The politics of video game worldbuilding

Many video games, like Disco Elysium, use their in-game environments for the purpose of social and political critique (Credit: ZA/UM) Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. Back at the height of the pandemic in...

Going live from the picket line

Going live from the picket line

Photo provided by the author Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. I was born in Barbados. My mum sent me to England in 1973 for a better life with my father and stepmother. I was one of a few West Indian...

Wanted: a new health deal

Wanted: a new health deal

Illustrations by Laurence Ware Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. In Spring 2020, critical scientists created Independent Sage to offer impartial advice and stimulate public debate over government policy on...

The future of boycotts after Ukraine

The future of boycotts after Ukraine

Credit: Raya Sharbain Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. The Western response to Russia’s invasion and savage assault on Ukraine represents a profound shift of political discourse when it comes to ideas...

Common Knowledge: Big tech and the digital commons

Common Knowledge: Big tech and the digital commons

Credit: Jackie Aim Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. The origins of the free and open-source software (FOSS) movement in the 1980s are typical of a social movement. It was triggered by the frustration...

The hopeful refusenik: An interview with Joe Glenton

The hopeful refusenik: An interview with Joe Glenton

Soldiers of 5 Rifles on patrol near Lashkargah, Afghanistan (Credit: Daniel Wiepen) Red Pepper has launched a vital Crowdfunder to lay the foundations for our future. Donate today. In March 2010, the British Army soldier Joe Glenton was sentenced to nine months in...