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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The war on the Uyghurs
Moazzam Begg joins the dots between his own experience of the ‘war on terror’ and the repression of the Uyghur people at the hands of the Chinese state
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Can Boric’s government end Chile’s Mapuche conflict?
The president-elect’s new cabinet lacks indigenous representation. Will his government also ignore Mapuche demands? Carole Concha Bell reports
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Israeli apartheid: an international consensus
Director of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ben Jamal explains the impact of Amnesty International naming Israel’s apartheid crimes
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Rejecting the new cold war
Western leftists must avoid short-sighted or ignorant support for the Chinese Communist Party, which is a far cry from a socialist regime, writes Brian Hioe
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What remains to be said about Bloody Sunday?
Fifty years on from the murder of innocent demonstrators by British troops, fighting for the living is the best way to remember the dead, says Pádraig Ó Meiscill
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Why football matters in Algeria
The Algerian national football team’s recent victory in the Arab Cup raises old and new debates on the question of national identity, writes Mahfoud Amara
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The global spectres of ‘Asian horror’
Bliss Cua Lim looks at how the female ghost subgenre illuminates efforts to globalise ‘Asian horror’
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