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Political parties and ideologies

A founding aim of Red Pepper was to offer a platform for inter-left discussion, focusing on inclusive and accessible debate, not dogma, and covering a range of political parties and ideologies.

Today, we’re continuing this tradition, providing primers on political history and contemporary ‘keywords’, analysing the left’s relationship with the Labour Party, and keeping an eye on the evolving far-right.

A founding aim of Red Pepper was to offer a platform for inter-left discussion, focusing on inclusive and accessible debate, not dogma, and covering a range of political parties and ideologies.

Today, we’re continuing this tradition, providing primers on political history and contemporary ‘keywords’, analysing the left’s relationship with the Labour Party, and keeping an eye on the evolving far-right.

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    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

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    Key words: solidarity

    Solidarity does not simply ‘exist’, explains Mark Steven. It must be built and put into action by all of us, everywhere, together

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    The anti-globalisation movement was born at much the same time as Red Pepper. James O’Nions reflects on its rise

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    The Truth About Empire – review

    More than a mere rebuttal of colonial apologetics, The Truth About Empire is a vital tool against the rising tide of reactionary retellings of history, writes Peter Mitchell

  • Wealth for all: Saving democracy with community wealth building

    Ahead of the US election, Sarah McKinley and Dana Brown argue that to save democracy, we first must democratise the economy – with community wealth building the way forward

  • Keir Starmer holds a copy of the Labour manifesto in front of a red bus with the word 'Change' pasted on the side

    Even on its own terms, the government is failing on mental health

    After 100 days in office, there are no signs Labour has the courage to tackle Britain’s mental health epidemic – a grave threat to its core strategy, economic growth. By Max Fafford

  • A procession carrying banners representing different British trade unions, with a drummer in the foreground

    Another England – review

    The left has long been skeptical of embracing English identity, but Caroline Lucas offers a radical alternative vision of Englishness divorced from right wing nationalism writes Tommy Sissons

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