Global politics
Our in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics around the world.
Our in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements prioritises writers on the ground, exploring the critical trends shaping left-wing politics around the world.
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Breaking the sword in occupied Palestine
In the first dispatch of our series, Breaking the Sword, three clandestine organisers working in the West Bank report on settler colonialism and ethnic cleansing
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Sinners sinks its teeth into Irish settler colonialsim
Ryan Coogler’s thriller highlights how Irish people were often complicit in colonial violence against black and indigenous peoples
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Is a left victory possible in Iran?
Despite brutal crackdowns against protestors, Iran’s dictatorship is weaker than it has been in decades. Bahram Soroush examines how the left might chart a path to power
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Shaking up the sector: an interview with Art Workers for Palestine Scotland
A coalition of culture industry workers are refusing to let the Scottish Arts sector stay silent on Palestine, an organiser tells Red Pepper
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Storming the Savoy: a communist history of the Blitz
During World War II, the Communist Party led efforts to secure shelter for ordinary Londoners amid the horrors of the Blitz. Fergus Lamb examines the impact and legacy of its success
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From Scotland to Gaza: solidarity through copwatching
Police monitoring organisations are exposing Scotland’s repression of Palestine solidarity movements and challenging a ‘supportive’ national self-image, says Betsy Barkas
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The long history of US intervention in Latin America
Grace Livingstone charts a centuries-old norm of land grabs and bloody intervention and asks: what’s next for Venezuela?
