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Higher! Further! Faster! More!

19 March 2019 Captain Marvel is Marvel's first blockbuster with a female lead. Miriam Kent asks what we should make of it all these female superheroes taking over the big screen.

A new civilising mission

18 March 2019 The treatment of Muslim women shows that French feminism has not shed some imperialist and racist practices, argues Malia Bouattia

It’s time to overhaul the House of Lords

18 March 2019 When even Peers are rising up for reform, something’s in the air, writes Nancy Platts. Our movement should get behind it

Climate Striker: We must take on capitalism if we want to avert chaos

14 March 2019 Failure is not an option, writes Zoe Rasbash

The treatment of Shamima Begum should worry us all

13 March 2019 The government played fast and lose with fundamental rights, endangering children's lives in the process, argues Anita Hassan.

Reporting conditions for migrants are excessive and punitive

12 March 2019 They make the Hostile Environment even more hostile, writes Mishka

Feminist Futures

11 March 2019 'We will win because we have to'. Amy Hall introduces the brand new Spring Issue of Red Pepper.

Our bodies, our choice

8 March 2019 Joni Alizah Cohen explains what the battle for ‘bodily autonomy’ is about – and why it’s so important.

‘Balance for Better’ does little to address issues facing women

7 March 2019 This International Women's Day, we need to prioritise defending the rights of working women, writes Rosie Urbanovich from War on Want

Diversifying the police won’t end institutional racism

7 March 2019 Twenty years after the Macpherson report, Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly explain why more BAME representation won't solve the structural failures of the police.

On International Women’s Day, sex workers are going on strike

6 March 2019 They're demanding decriminalisation and full workers' rights, reports Ava Caradonna

A hostile environment for EU citizens?

5 March 2019 As Brexit rolls on, we are quickly losing hope for a decent, rights-based approaches towards our country’s world citizens, writes Emma Taylor

We still have time to stop a Tory Brexit

27 February 2019 A second referendum is on the cards, writes Ana Oppenheim. Let’s talk now about the benefits of staying in Europe, and not shy away from fighting a battle of values.

Their internationalism and ours

26 February 2019 As Brexit looms, Paul O’Connell explores the vexed question of internationalism and the nation-state

“What’s a nice girl like you doing in a job like this?”

25 February 2019 A new study compares working conditions in sex work with other jobs disproportionately done by women. By Niki Adams and Tamsin Wressel

Work less, play more

21 February 2019 David Frayne writes that the shorter working week promises more freedom and

Climate strikers: ‘Save the world by changing the rules’

20 February 2019 Tamar Singer and Hannah Ffytche explain how they walked out of school to demand action on climate change.

Hunger striking for peace in Turkey

19 February 2019 Dougie Gerrard reports on the people taking extreme measures to protest Erdogan’s continued assault on Kurds.

The global networks of neofascism

15 February 2019 Phil Hearse explores the worldwide allegiances which bind rising fascist movements across the world into a coordinated force.

‘We are confronted by the threat of civil war’

14 February 2019 Edgardo Lander talks to Red Pepper about the mounting tensions in Venezuela

Gilets Jaunes and the security state

13 February 2019 Olly Haynes reports on the violent crackdown on protesters on the streets of France

Criminalising political opposition in Catalonia

12 February 2019 Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte explain why the political trials this week only reveal the tip of the iceberg.

The age of environmental breakdown

12 February 2019 There is only a small window of opportunity to prevent further catastrophic change, writes Lesley Rankin.

Zero-tariff Brexit: Another step towards Singapore-on-Thames?

11 February 2019 Liam Fox's Brexit plans are a continuation of Thatcher's plans to decimate industry and agriculture, writes Nick Dearden

Russia normalises torture in case against anti-fascists 

9 February 2019 Gabriel Levy reports on the fallout from the notorious "Network" case

Who is worthy of grief? Emiliano Sala and the normality of Black death

7 February 2019 The media coverage of Emiliano Sala's tragic death shows how little our society cares about the death of Black and Brown people. By Tanzil Chowdhury and Remi Joseph-Salisbury

Stansted 15 activist: ‘We have been found guilty of upholding our democratic right to protest’

7 February 2019 Having a terror conviction will seriously impact our lives, but the real disgrace here is the treatment of people who face deportation, writes Laura Clayson from the Stansted 15.

The Stansted 15 are free – but the fight for migrant justice is far from over

6 February 2019 We cannot claim victory until the hostile environment has ended, writes Annahita Moradi.

Criminalising social movements helped Bolsonaro win power

5 February 2019 Left-wing resistance was crushed before long before Bolsonaro's infamous election, writes Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

“History is repeating itself”: A Duterte resistor speaks

4 February 2019 Tom Sykes speaks to Gene Alcantara about Duterte's dictatorship, and what it means for Filipino citizens in the diaspora.

A four-day working week is within our grasp

1 February 2019 A new report from Autonomy proposes a radical set of policies to boost the economy and improve quality of life by shortening the working week, writes Eleanor Penny

Brexit or no Brexit, Labour must stand up for migrant rights.

31 January 2019 The moment the left in any way concedes that foreigners are to blame, we let the right win the argument, writes Ana Oppenheim.

Vampire finance sucks the lifeblood out of the economy

30 January 2019 We need democratic control of the financial sector. An interview with Saskia Sassen

How to finance our future

30 January 2019 We can harness the power of public finance to bankroll a better future, writes Lavinia Steinfort

Fast food fighters

29 January 2019 The bakers’ union president Ian Hodson spoke to Red Pepper about the new forms of organising that have enabled the union, founded in 1847, to begin to grow again.

Domestic workers across the world are organising to defend their rights

23 January 2019 Queer and trans domestic workers are organising against discrimination. Karina Muñiz-Pagán reports.

Dreams of a No-Deal Nation

22 January 2019 Tom Kibasi argues that those who want to avoid crashing out of the EU need to offer hope, not just cautionary tales.

The migration system isn’t ready for Brexit – and EU citizens will suffer.

21 January 2019 The future is uncertain for the three million EU nationals living in the UK, writes Jack Gevertz

What Europe wants

21 January 2019 Niccolò Milanese explains where the European Commission and its nation-states stand on Brexit's big questions.

What does Brexit mean for migrants?

21 January 2019 We could face a turbo-charged version of racist migration policy: free movement for the few and a hostile environment for the many. By Ana Oppenheim and Alena Ivanova.

Mayday for Britain

18 January 2019 The prime minister is digging in despite her inability to govern, writes Nick Dearden. Where next for the left?

The right’s looming challenge to democracy in Greece

15 January 2019 By Dionysia Pitsili-Chatzi, Aris Spourdalakis, Jodi Dean Leo Panitch, and Hilary Wainwright,

Rout and rebellion

15 January 2019 Until the bicentenary neared, generating a successful campaign for a memorial, Peterloo had little purchase on popular memory, writes Tom Hazeldine. Mike Leigh’s new film will help change that.

There is power in a union

14 January 2019 A fast-growing grassroots union is shaking up the way trade unions organise among the lowest paid and most marginalised workers. Shiri Shalmy reports

The Red Pepper guide to Brexit

14 January 2019 From trade to migration, from Labour's hopes to Theresa May's despair, we bring you the best coverage to cut through the chaos and confusion.

The rise of the student worker

10 January 2019 The student population today is unrecognisable from that of a generation or more ago, writes Matt Myers. And it is central to any socialist project for the future.

Brazil shows us how capitalism stamps out democracy

9 January 2019 With the rise of Bolsonaro and big corporations cannibalising the countryside, Brazil is living proof of Thomas Piketty’s assertion that capitalist accumulation in the 21st century is not compatible with democracy. By Sue Branford

Confronting extinction

8 January 2019 What next for the Extinction Rebellion movement? Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik writes that we need to shake up the economic and political systems driving the climate crisis.

Welcome to the crowd

17 December 2018 Six Silberman writes on the new horizons of digital platform labour

Housing cooperatives are more than an economic no-brainer. They offer our a communities a better future.

14 December 2018 They give us the opportunity to put power in the people's hands, writes Joe Barson.



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