Global politics
Red Pepper’s coverage of global politics provides in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements.
We prioritise writers on the ground, exploring political developments from Latin America to Palestine, from the US alt-right to radical voices rising in Asia, and investigating the critical trends shaping left-wing politics and the world.
Red Pepper’s coverage of global politics provides in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements.
We prioritise writers on the ground, exploring political developments from Latin America to Palestine, from the US alt-right to radical voices rising in Asia, and investigating the critical trends shaping left-wing politics and the world.
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What the death of Queen Elizabeth II means for the United Kingdom
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Dominic Davies analyses what the death of Britain’s longest reigning monarch means for the country
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How the West scuppered Gorbachev’s reforms
Drawing on his observations of Gorbachev, Jonathan Steele details how Western interests and Yeltsin’s ambition undermined his strategy for gradual reform
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Uncommon Wealth – review
Kojo Koram’s book cuts through tabloid headlines to examine the material legacy of colonialism: extreme wealth for an elite few; poverty for the rest. By Leah Cowan
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Bankrolling violence: financial markets and the military industrial complex
The financial system makes most of us are complicit in the ongoing military machine and profit from imperial wars, whether we like it or not, writes Keval Bharadia
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The war racket: the military industrial complex’s grip on political and economic life
Paul Rogers critiques the extensive network of politicians, corporations and institutions that keep the military at the front and centre of our politics
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Listen to local voices, not the US or China, on Taiwan
Brian Hioe looks at the tensions and misunderstandings surrounding Nancy Pelosi’s visit and how Western leftists routinely ignore local demands from Taiwan
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Arming the occupation
Arms sales by and to Israel sustains the oppression of Palestinian people. Sam Perlo-Freeman reports on the scale of the trade – and UK involvement in it
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