Global politics
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.
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Against crisis narratives: Return migration to Africa
Despite popular imaginaries in the global north, there are no archetypal migrants, writes Emma Abotsi.
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Bodies and bombs in Peshawar
Sanaa Alimia examines how repeatedly witnessing the body being ‘unmade’ in bomb blasts results in a sustained and collective trauma
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Greater than the Sum of Our Parts – review
Nada Elia’s book touches on a number of interesting themes, but fails to shift its focus from the academy to grassroots organising, argues Jeanine Hourani
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Youth disappointment as Nigeria chooses Tinubu
Peter Obi’s campaign had inspired a new generation hoping for change. Adaora Osondu-Oti explores how, instead, the incumbent party won a bitterly contested election
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Making a killing from the peace
The silver anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is being celebrated in Belfast this week, but a booming arms industry shows the habit of political violence is hard for some to kick, writes Pádraig Ó Meiscill
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Inside the Israeli panopticon
Israeli surveillance is used to crush Palestinian resistance and their model is being exported across the globe, explains Dr. Yara Hawari
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The colonial roots of the Metropolitan Police
The Met’s institutional racism is inevitable given its key inspiration: the policing model used to quell Irish anti-colonial resistance, argues Kate Bermingham
