Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices

Following Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore politics across media, film, stage, screen, music, sport and play – prioritising creative grassroots voices


Despite the difficulties facing it, local TV holds tremendous potential. Andy Brain highlights several programmes that show what local television could be

Local TV promised a grassroots platform, but weak regulation and broken business models wrecked the sector. Andy Brain surveys the survivors reclaiming local video

Rob Faure Walker’s book highlights how Jungian ideas can help us navigate capitalism, ecological crisis and the search for collective repair, writes Craig Snelgrove

Women who have driven social change are often sidelined in movement histories. Esther Freeman highlights five capital rebels you should know

Red Pepper editors pick out the songs and albums that shaped their political imaginations

Exploring past examples of ‘revolutionary forgiveness’, D K Renton considers the socialist value of striving to repair harm

As the RPM team embraces socialist traditions with a summer break, we flag choice recent and archive reads and preview an exciting autumn to come
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