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In the UK and beyond, austerity and the erosion of state welfare systems have made sectors like health, housing and education increasingly precarious within our society.

Our analysis looks at the intersections of gender, race and class, and how social movements – old and new – can offer support, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics.

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In the UK and beyond, austerity and the erosion of state welfare systems have made sectors like health, housing and education increasingly precarious within our society.

Our analysis looks at the intersections of gender, race and class, and how social movements – old and new – can offer support, action and solidarity beyond electoral politics.

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  • A screenshot from the video game Disco Elysium, showcasing some of the game's dilapidated architecture

    Pixels and mortar: The politics of video game worldbuilding

    With the worlds of architecture and video games becoming increasingly intertwined, Gerry Hart examines how video games communicate through their design

  • The Transgender Pride Flag – white, blue and pink stripes – flies at on a pole over a grand looking building

    The long road to gender recognition reform

    From bans on trans athletes to violence in the streets and attacks in the legislature, Jamie Jewkes traces the normalisation of transphobia in Britain

  • In a snowy scene, a person in a holly hats holds up signs in Chinese writing

    Fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in China

    Qiuyan Chen sued the Chinese ministry of education over homophobic textbooks. She writes about her battle for LGBTQ+ rights in China and the UK

  • UCU strike posters show a raised pink fist

    Education for an alternative

    Daniel Eales argues that UCU strikes not only highlight current problems in higher education, but also offer alternatives to them

  • A mural of Nelson Mandela painted on the West Bank border wall alongside a quote of his

    Israeli apartheid: an international consensus

    Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ben Jamal explains the impact of Amnesty International naming Israel’s apartheid crimes

  • A man, Raymond Williams, ins standing up and speaking into a microphone surrounded by people seated all around him in a busy lecture hall

    The lasting legacy of Raymond Williams

    On the centenary of his birth, Rhian E. Jones celebrates Raymond Williams’ legacy as Red Pepper revives his influential ‘key words’ project

  • Two photos side by side. Dawn Foster sitting at a dinner smiling. A tribute writting on a white wall reads Dawn Foster Forever

    Dawn Foster: a voice from the sharp end

    A tribute to our friend Dawn Foster, who died earlier this year, from her friends Gary Younge, Helen Zaltzman, Sam Tarry, Sarah Woolley and everyone at Red Pepper