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Political parties and ideologies

Red Pepper promotes inclusive and accessible debate, not dogma, covering a range of political parties and ideologies – from political history primers to analysing left parties and keeping tabs on the evolving far-right.

Red Pepper promotes inclusive and accessible debate, not dogma, covering a range of political parties and ideologies – from political history primers to analysing left parties and keeping tabs on the evolving far-right.

  • A scene from the movie Sinners

    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

  • A crowd protesting against the government in Iran, most with their faces covered

    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

  • A black and white photograph of several people and their belongings sheltering in the London Underground during the Second World War

    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

  • An illustration depicting anarchist assassin Leon Czolgosz (left) shooting US President William McKinley (right) while shocked onlookers try to intervene

    Key words: Propaganda of the deed

    In the 19th and 20th century, kings, prime ministers and ruling elites were felled by assassins aiming to foment revolution. Gregk Foley traces how such ‘propaganda of the deed’ continues shape political violence today

  • A group photo of members of Your Party's Tower Halmets group with anti-fascist banners

    Your Party, our roots

    Away from the Your Party inaugural conference, its seeds are growing into roots across the UK. John Stephens reports on the branch members forging their own paths to action

  • President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré (right) shaking hands with Russian president Vladimir Putin (right)

    Sahel: broken promises and empty anti-imperialism

    The junta regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger present themselves as revolutionary and anti-imperialist. Their hollow rhetoric masks authoritarianism and new forms of foreign influence, argues Joshua Shangobiyi

  • A black and white photograph showing the Petrograd Soviet in session, with crowds of delegates in a busy, semi-circular chamber taken from above

    Key words: Dual Power

    Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking on how to overthrow capitalism

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