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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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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The capitalist crisis of liberal democracy
Jenny Pearce considers how the left should respond to the failings of liberal democracy in the face of the new capitalist authoritarianism
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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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Experimenting with economic democracy
18 months ago, several climate activists moved to Hull to build a co-operative economy in some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country. Gully Bujak, from Cooperation Hull, explains the challenge
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Real world pressures are at the heart of the crisis in young people’s mental health
Stressing the importance of early intervention, Max Fafford considers the apparent crisis in young people’s mental health in the context of the unforgiving realities of the world they live in
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Black box archive: preserving culture in the age of generative AI
Will AI-generated content take over the internet? Florence Smith Nicholls explores automated threats to open access – and the caring work of preserving online cultures
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Reputation first, safety second
Gareth Dennis, who was sacked for speaking publicly about safety issues at London’s Euston station, explains the need for new legal protections for all public servants speaking about subjects on which they hold expertise