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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Essay: The death of international development
‘Development’ has failed to deliver. The reason, Jason Hickel argues, is that development organisations have failed to address the structural drivers of poverty
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Culture and Revolution: The Pan-African Festival of Algiers
Hamza Hamouchene introduces the revolutionary documentary, The Pan-African Festival of Algiers 1969
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Cybersyn and Allende’s socialist internet
Leigh Phillips tells the story of Cybersyn, Chile’s experiment in non-centralised economic planning which was cut short by the 1973 coup
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US imperialism in Central America
Grace Livingstone gives an overview of overt and covert US military and intelligence interventions
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Broken Spring?
Sami Ramadani argues that counter‑revolution has gained the upper hand in Syria and across the Arab world
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After the spring
Sami Ramadani considers the response to the Arab Spring from the region’s dictators and other reactionary forces, as well as the role of imperialism
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John Pilger: the media war you don’t see
Pablo Navarrete interviews renown investigative journalist John Pilger ahead of the release of his new film, The War You Don’t See
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