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David Matthews examines how the welfare state is used against the working class - and how we can imagine a more liberatory welfare system The post Towards a progressive future for welfare appeared first on Red Pepper.

Jake Thompson details how physical media is once again integral to modern media operations – with a new purpose in the digital age The post Shelf life: The return of print media? appeared first on Red Pepper.

Long used as a pejorative, Louisa Yousfi transforms the term 'barbarian' into a weapon against colonialism, Sophie Marie-Niang writes The post In Defence of Barbarism – review appeared first on Red Pepper.

Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government The post The spiral of violence in Balochistan appeared first on Red Pepper.

Writers, editors and artists from the global south must be part of left media futures, writes Sanaa Alimia The post Until we are all free: Leftwing media and left internationalism appeared first on Red Pepper.

From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union The post Building the post-Soviet world appeared first on Red Pepper.

Bernard Reagan, historian of Britain’s long involvement in the repression of Palestine, documents the brutal history of Britain’s role in driving the Palestinians from their land The post Nakba facing Palestine then and now appeared first on Red Pepper.

We need to build an independent politics from below, argues Hilary Wainwright – and look to longer-term organising, not quick answers The post No short cuts: Does the British left really need a new party? appeared first on Red Pepper.

The Corbyn era inspired a new wave of socialist publications, including New Socialist. Here, its editors Tom Gann and Josie Sparrow reflect on the challenges, ambitions and necessities facing left media today The post Necessary and (im)possible: New Socialist and the...

Mattie Colquhoun unpacks the meaning of hauntology and what is can tell us about the specters which haunt our present moment The post Key Words: Hauntology appeared first on Red Pepper.

Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it The post Thames Water and the failures of privatisation appeared first on Red Pepper.

Gerry Hart examines the growing backlash to the neurodiversity movement and how the left can organise against it The post The war on neurodiversity appeared first on Red Pepper.