Economics, unions and work
Red Pepper covers both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives the section on economics, unions and work.
While exploring how privatisation, globalisation, the gig economy, and changes to working life after Covid-19 have generated new forms of exploitation, we also hear from workers organising and fighting back both in and beyond trade unions.
Red Pepper covers both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives the section on economics, unions and work.
While exploring how privatisation, globalisation, the gig economy, and changes to working life after Covid-19 have generated new forms of exploitation, we also hear from workers organising and fighting back both in and beyond trade unions.
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More than a decade of Tory rule has left Britain in permanent crisis
In the age of big excuses, it is imperative we remember Britain’s particular crisis is rooted in the actions of Conservative power, writes Jake Woodier
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How Elbit was shut down
Blyth Brentnall describes how a group of activists in the UK has managed to disrupt the activities of one of Israel’s biggest arms suppliers
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Rebuilding collective intelligence
Human capital theory cannot solve our economic woes, David Ridley explains why we need a socialist alternative
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Reviving student action and strike solidarity
The Red Square Movement outline the recent history of student resistance in the UK and their work in organising co-ordinated national action
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Five years of inaction after Grenfell
Grenfell happened because of deregulation, writes Daniel Renwick. Five years after the disaster, far too little has changed
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Socialist world, where are you?
Examining left movements in Ireland and elsewhere, Lorna Bogue suggests that the conditions created by neoliberalism may prove fertile ground for its downfall
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Education for an alternative
Daniel Eales argues that UCU strikes not only highlight current problems in higher education, but also offer alternatives to them