Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:15:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-RP-Sq-Logo-32x32.jpg Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/ 32 32 Elections 2026: The left’s future is local https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/democracy/local-elections-part-two-is-the-lefts-future-local/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48052 Candidates and campaigners debate alternative local offers to Labour and Reform, through future alliances and those already underway

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]]> Elections 2026: Think global, vote local https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/democracy/local-elections-think-global-vote-local/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48044 Ahead of 7 May polling day, candidates and canvassers tell RPM what the left can achieve in local and devolved government

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]]> Teaching in and against the state https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/education/teaching-in-and-against-the-state/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48012 Should fascists ‘fear’ US public school teachers? Potentially, argues Ranita Ray. First, we must address educators' complicity with state racism and violence

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]]> The return of the rotten borough? https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/democracy/the-return-of-the-rotten-borough/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47983 Andy Brain reports on English councils’ accountability problem: candidates in ‘uncontested seats’ being elected into power – without a vote being cast

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]]> Cape Fever – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/cape-fever-review/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47975 Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef

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]]> We Grow the World Together – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/we-grow-the-world-together-review/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47958 We Grow the World Together's collected essays are a vital resource on caregiving and abolition for those hoping to build a better world for future generations, writes Gracie Mae Bradley

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]]> Key Words: Peoples’ Tribunals https://www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-justice/criminal-justice-prisons/key-words-peoples-tribunals/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47872 Yasmin Gunaratnam explores a tradition of ordinary people holding governments, employers and institutions to account

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]]> My Country: Africa – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/my-country-africa-review/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47774 Andrée Blouin's autobiography, whilst messy at points, charts a clear history of resistance to colonial oppression, writes Olivia Umuerwa Rutazibwa

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]]> Can’t complain? An interview with Sara Ahmed https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/cant-complain-an-interview-with-sara-ahmed/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:49:07 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47766 Paula Lacey talks to feminist scholar Sara Ahmed about institutional violence, complaint activism and the power of saying ‘no’

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]]> Rethinking racism https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/race-racism/rethinking-racism/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:30:26 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47805 The left has forgotten our traditions of anti-racist analysis and organising. We must abandon liberal analyses, says Gargi Bhattacharyya, and see racism as an exercise of power

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