Economics, unions and work
Red Pepper covers both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives the section on economics, unions and work.
While exploring how privatisation, globalisation, the gig economy, and changes to working life after Covid-19 have generated new forms of exploitation, we also hear from workers organising and fighting back both in and beyond trade unions.
Red Pepper covers both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives the section on economics, unions and work.
While exploring how privatisation, globalisation, the gig economy, and changes to working life after Covid-19 have generated new forms of exploitation, we also hear from workers organising and fighting back both in and beyond trade unions.
-
Love Island and emotional labour
Love Island is not just a reflection of the dominant model of love, but part of its ideological reproduction, writes Jaswinder Blackwell-Pal
-
No gender justice without climate justice
Iolanda Fresnillo and Leia Achampong report on the new debt crises bringing fresh waves of austerity to the global south – and hitting women hardest
-
Credit due: the fight to save debt advice services
Cutting funding to debt advice services is an attack on working-class households. Unite for a Workers’ Economy is striking back, reports Michael Agboh-Davison
-
Key words: Alienation
Daniel Newman explains a key Marxist concept for understanding how labour under capitalism denies workers their humanity
-
Inside Belgium’s supermarket strikes
Ten thousand workers face wages cuts after Delhaize aims to franchise stores in Belgium. Red Pepper spoke to union members Rosetta Scibilla, Sacha Tenaerts, Eric Breugelmans, and Myriam Djegham
-
Debtors of the world, unite!
Jayati Ghosh tells Liam Kennedy about deepening debt crises in the global south, the IMF’s affinity for austerity and the need to confront financial capital
-
The future is now: rethinking public ownership
Hilary Wainwright introduces ‘prefigurative politics’ and Ursula Huws explains how community ownership can encourage a fruitful rethink of public ownership amid a cost-of-living crisis