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Transition time for Red Pepper
After 31 years, Red Pepper is ceasing print production. Editors Hilary Wainwright and Siobhán McGuirk explain why – and invite readers to shape what comes next
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From bystander to peacebuilder
Vlad Sakovich describes the importance of People First, a recently launched campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and thousands of forcefully transferred Ukrainian children
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Hold the press: the rise, fall and rise again of left media
In the ever-shifting landscape and viability of print media, left-wing publications can take many forms and directions. Paula Lacey spotlights a selection of trajectories taken in the UK and beyond
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The war on neurodiversity
Gerry Hart examines the growing backlash to the neurodiversity movement and how the left can organise against it
Current issue
SPRING 2025
#247
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Can the UK left get a new party started?
Defeated and marginalised but resilient and unbowed. What does the left do next? Connor Cameron makes the case for a new UK party of the left
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Crude injustice in the Niger Delta
Transnational oil companies’ ‘divestment’ from Nigeria leaves behind a trail of destruction. Obiora Ikoku reports on the communities demanding reparation
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Syria’s turbulent transition
Mazen Gharibah reports on the aftermath of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and how grassroots, civilian-led peacebuilding efforts are crucial to Syria’s future
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From our archive
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Papal bull
The left should praise the Lord for the Pope, says Terry Eagleton. The Catholic church is the best recruiting sergeant we could hope for
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They are welcome here
The welcome given to refugees by local people in Folkestone undercuts the narrative that the public wants our borders to be closed, argues Bridget Chapman
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Hostile Homelands – review
Muhammad Nadeem reviews Hostile Homelands by Azad Essa on the deepening ties between India and Israel
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About Red Pepper
Red Pepper magazine is website of left politics and culture. The quarterly print edition was published 1994-2025.
We draw on socialist, feminist, green and anti-racist politics.
We seek to be a space for debate on the left, a resource for movements for social justice, and a home for open-minded anti-capitalists.
