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  • The exterior of the headquarters of the Communist Party of Cuba in Havana, with a flagpole displaying the Cuban flag in front of it

    Cuba stands firm

    Cuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe

  • Illustration of a ballot box with votes turning into butterflies

    Elections 2026: The left’s future is local

    Candidates and campaigners debate alternative local offers to Labour and Reform, through future alliances and those already underway

  • People casting their votes at a polling station in Hackney, London

    Elections 2026: Think global, vote local

    Ahead of 7 May polling day, candidates and canvassers tell RPM what the left can achieve in local and devolved government

  • A man with grey hair in a suit stands at a podium with workers behind him

    Militarisation makes us all less secure

    As wars escalate and military spending booms, Karen Bell surveys alternatives to militarisation and explains the real meaning of security for workers and communities

  • A montage of illustrated DOPE newspaper front pages on a red background

    Selling DOPE

    Rory Robertson-Shaw describes how DOPE magazine spreads radical left ideas while earning money for its homeless and financially precarious vendors

  • A montage of images, including faces of Trump, Starmer, Farage, Your Party, Palestine Action and Trans Rights protests

    What to expect in 2026?

    As the new year clicks into gear, Red Pepper editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026

  • An illustration of seven raised fists set against a bright yellow sun

    Mutual aid – review

    Darcy White explores the contours and applications of mutual aid, which for Dean Spade must be grounded in shared understandings of systemic injustice