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The battle for community-led Pride in Place

Gerry Hart — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The high-profile local regeneration initiatives will test Burnhamism’s commitment to genuinely devolving power and empowering communities, argue Nick Mahony and Frances Northrop

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Red Pepper Media’s inspirational tracks

Gerry Hart — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Red Pepper editors pick out the songs and albums that shaped their political imaginations

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Why forgiveness is a part of socialism

Rhian Jones — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Exploring past examples of ‘revolutionary forgiveness’, D K Renton considers the socialist value of striving to repair harm

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August pause and autumn updates

Siobhan McGuirk — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:54:30 +0000

As the RPM team embraces socialist traditions with a summer break, we flag choice recent and archive reads and preview an exciting autumn to come

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Water apartheid and green colonialism

Gerry Hart — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

From the occupied West Bank, Farah, Noah and Calico examine how Israel uses water to dispossess Palestinians of their lands and livelihood – and how they are resisting

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Book previews: summer 2026

Gerry Hart — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

David Matthews shares his pick of the best books upcoming and hot off the press – perfect for holiday and sunny day reads

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Reform, Restore and the fragmenting right

Kimon Daltas — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0000

There are farcical elements to the Farage/Lowe schism but also a real danger of dragging British politics ever rightwards, writes Rhys Clarke

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Pokopia, cosy games and the problem of escapism

Gerry Hart — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

'Cosy games' have grown in popularity in recent years but can they be more than mere escapism? Stephanie Farnsworth investigates

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Cory Doctorow: AI bubbles, bosses and sci-fi

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

As The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI hits shelves, author Cory Doctorow explains the widely destructive promise of the AI bubble

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Fires in the Night – review

Rhian Jones — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Gareth Thompson reviews a nail-biting history of environmentalist direct action

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