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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Simon Hedges: village idiot
‘Sensible’ columnist Simon Hedges offers readers a modern day political fable from his home village of Greatly-cum-Nutting
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The lies we tell about men who kill
Mental health crisis is often used to explain mass murder. The framing only detracts attention from tackling misogyny and male violence, argues Alex Birch
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The fierce kindness of Dawn Foster
Kimon Daltas pays tribute to our friend and comrade Dawn Foster
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The Socialist Olympics of 1936
Radical workers’ sporting organisations and the 1936 People’s Olympiad illustrate the role of sport in fighting oppression, writes Uma Arruga i López.
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What’s at stake for the left in Unite’s General Secretary election?
As the election of a new General Secretary for Britain’s biggest trade union gets underway, Red Pepper speaks to left candidates Sharon Graham and Steve Turner
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Lebanon’s October revolution
Following a year of struggle, crisis and destruction, the people of Lebanon fight on, writes Rima Majed from Beirut
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Why planning is political
Andrea Sandor explores how community-led developments are putting democracy at the heart of the planning process