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Red Pepper’s coverage of global politics provides in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements.

We prioritise writers on the ground, exploring political developments from Latin America to Palestine, from the US alt-right to radical voices rising in Asia, and investigating the critical trends shaping left-wing politics and the world.

Red Pepper’s coverage of global politics provides in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements.

We prioritise writers on the ground, exploring political developments from Latin America to Palestine, from the US alt-right to radical voices rising in Asia, and investigating the critical trends shaping left-wing politics and the world.

  • Police officers stand in front of a building occupied by activists from Palestine Action, some of whom are on the building's roof

    How Elbit was shut down

    Blyth Brentnall describes how a group of activists in the UK has managed to disrupt the activities of one of Israel’s biggest arms suppliers

  • A map of the world showing the CANZUK countries and dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) highlighted in blue

    Key Words: CANZUK

    Owen Hatherley uncovers the imperial nostalgia fuelling proposals for a new geopolitical union

  • A montage of illustrations showing trans rights activist alongside archive images of protest and legislative wins

    How trans rights activists changed Argentina

    Argentina’s groundbreaking gender identity laws were won through longstanding activist traditions, diverse tactics and solidarity. The experience has lessons for us all, write Alessandra Viggiano and Siobhán McGuirk

  • Rally at Sheffield Hallam University in response to the university's suspension of Shahd, featuring placards with slogans including 'Apartheid off campus' and the Palestine flag

    ‘I feel trapped in violence that extends from Palestine to the UK’

    Pádraig Ó Meiscill speaks to Shahd Abusalama about the enforced separation of her family, defeating smear campaigns and the cruelty of the Home Office

  • Philippine presidential candidate Leody de Guzman at a rally standing behind a banner with a raised fist

    The campaign for a democratic socialist Philippines

    Following the victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in this year’s Philippine presidential election, Walden Bello details how he and Leody de Guzman sought to forge a new path for a revitalised Philippine left

  • The Custom House in Dublin, Ireland with the River Liffey in the foreground

    Socialist world, where are you?

    Examining left movements in Ireland and elsewhere, Lorna Bogue suggests that the conditions created by neoliberalism may prove fertile ground for its downfall

  • A woman and a man pushing a bicycle laden with bags in front of bombed blocks of flats

    Ukraine and anti-imperialism: thoughts for the British left

    David Wearing discusses the geopolitical interests at stake in the Russia-Ukraine conflict – and how the left in Britain can meaningfully engage in anti-imperialist struggle