Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/ Thu, 28 May 2026 14:49:09 +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 political shifts reshaping Wales https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/democracy/senedd-elections-2026-plaid-cymru-labour-reform-political-shifts-reshaping-wales/ Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48442 Robin Mann reports on how support for both Plaid Cymru and Reform is transforming the Welsh political landscape

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]]> Cuba stands firm https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/latin-america/cuba-stands-firm/ Tue, 26 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48416 Cuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe

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]]> Deviants and trailblazers – review https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/deviants-and-trailblazers-review-gender-recognition-lgbtq-uk/ Fri, 22 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47967 Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK offers a valuable resource to contemporary activists, writes Kit Heyam

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]]> On the radical politics of sobriety https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/health/on-the-radical-politics-of-sobriety/ Tue, 19 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48196 Addiction in the UK remains stigmatised as an individual failing. Recognising its structural underpinnings is key to liberatory framings of sobriety, writes William Rayfet Hunter

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]]> Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/books/grace-byron-on-cultural-criticism-transphobia-and-trump/ Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48270 Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, AI and cultural criticism in an age of moral panic

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]]> Behind the ‘intelligent’ chatbot https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/technology/behind-the-intelligent-chatbot/ Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48189 Angela Chukunzira, Tyler Finken and Finn Jetses highlight multinational resistance to AI’s social and ecological impact

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]]> Theatre and political transformations in Brazil https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/stage-screen/theatre-and-political-transformations-in-brazil/ Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48255 Luke Lewin Davies and Jenny Futuro speak to São Paulo-based playwright Filipe Pereira on the challenges of left theatre-making in Brazil’s evolving political landscape

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]]> Elections 2026: Immigration, employment and the limits of Holyrood https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/democracy/elections-2026-immigration-employment-and-the-limits-of-holyrood/ Wed, 06 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48204 Despite Scotland's lack of power over immigration policy, migrant justice remains central to the 2026 election, writes Cailean Gallagher

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]]> Their hour of glory: Trades councils and the 1926 general strike https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/work-trade-unions/their-hour-of-glory-trades-councils-and-the-1926-general-strike/ Tue, 05 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48222 Joe Redmayne reflects on the role of trades councils during the 1926 general strike

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]]> Elections 2026: Soul searching for Scottish political identity https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/democracy/elections-2026-soul-searching-for-scottish-political-identity/ Fri, 01 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=48186 The convenient myth of civic nationalism has allowed Holyrood to ignore the rising threat of Reform for too long, argues Coll McCail

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