President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele, who accompanied his declaration that cryptocurrency would be recognised as legal tender in June by changing his Twitter profile pic to this version of himself with glowing laser eyes (Credit: Nayib Bukele) The use of...
Selma James speaks in 2019. Image credit: ECP Sex, Race and Class is now in its third incarnation. A short pamphlet of the same title was originally published in 1974, and an anthology spanning a staggering seven decades of activism was published in 2012. Our Time is...
A picket line in Sheffield on day 14 of the Stuart Delivery Workers strike. Photo: Alex Marshall Stuart Delivery couriers are now into their third week of strike action, in what has become the longest continuous strike in UK gig economy history. Action that begun in...
Image: Nick Fewings on Unsplash It is hard to live in Britain and not notice the heavy presence of nostalgia at every turn. Everything was better before. Nothing is as good nowadays. But, you know, keep calm and carry on. Or don’t, and turn your blustering anger on...
At the Left Book Club, we pride ourselves on reading from across the best in left-wing, radical and independent publishers. It’s been an exciting year for books that present new ideas and new connections, so putting together this selection was no easy task. We’ve...
Illustration by India Joseph, Moon and Moth Studio Since 2003, those of us involved in the movement for sex workers’ rights have commemorated 17 December as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. It is a day of mourning, when we remember the...
Home Secretary Priti Patel (photo: Richard Townshend) In the autonomous regions of North East Syria, the al Hol and Roj detention camps house more than 70,000 people, mostly Syrian and Iraqi nationals, residents of areas previously under ISIL control. Almost half of...
Credit: Tara Roberts On a hot summer day in the murky waters of the man-made Millbrook Quarry in Northern Virginia, two dozen people outfitted in scuba gear take turns going down to a depth of 30 feet, testing their compass-reading skills, flooding their masks and...
Not sure what to get that special lefty in your life? Want to support independent media – while still putting a great gift under the tree? Look no further: the Red Pepper Christmas gift bundle includes our latest issue, an annual subscription for 2022, plus the...
Marzena Zukowska: A number of bills introduced recently and hastily to Parliament pose a direct threat to our democracy. The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill limits protest rights, criminalises gypsy and traveller communities and extends stop and search...
The June 2020 BLM protests in London. Photo credit: Socialist Appeal Catalysed by the brutal police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, 2020 was a year of unprecedented anti-racist mobilisation, including in the UK. Protests here sparked a range of responses, from...
Photo: Lunar Caustic In late 2018, when He Jiankui announced that he had created the world’s first genetically modified (GM) babies, part of the worldwide outrage was motivated by the hope that we would not have to deal with this issue for at least ten years. Since...