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  • A selection of magazine covers against a red background, including bitch, gal-dem, Tribune, Peace News, Spare Rib and Mukti

    Hold the press: the rise, fall and rise again of left media

    In the ever-shifting landscape and viability of print media, left-wing publications can take many forms and directions. Paula Lacey spotlights a selection of trajectories taken in the UK and beyond

  • An illustration shows a man in a suit wearing a crown with a dollar sign above it, looking down at small figures below

    The capitalist crisis of liberal democracy

    Jenny Pearce considers how the left should respond to the failings of liberal democracy in the face of the new capitalist authoritarianism

  • A 16th century woodcut depicting armed peasants surrounding a knight

    The German Peasants’ War: 500 years later

    A half a millennia ago, the peasants of Germany rose in rebellion against their lords. Martin Empson examines why the revolt is relevant today

  • The flag of Kanaky (New Caledonia)

    Kanaky Rising: A timeline of struggle

    A 250-year struggle to liberate Kanaky (New Caledonia) from French colonial rule continues today. Gerry Hart traces the history

  • One no, many yeses: tracing the anti-globalisation movement

    The anti-globalisation movement was born at much the same time as Red Pepper. James O’Nions reflects on its rise

  • A painting depicting Britannia riding in a chariot at sea, waiving the union jack alongside Neptune and surrounded by nymphs and other mythological creatures

    The Truth About Empire – review

    More than a mere rebuttal of colonial apologetics, The Truth About Empire is a vital tool against the rising tide of reactionary retellings of history, writes Peter Mitchell

  • A procession carrying banners representing different British trade unions, with a drummer in the foreground

    Another England – review

    The left has long been skeptical of embracing English identity, but Caroline Lucas offers a radical alternative vision of Englishness divorced from right wing nationalism writes Tommy Sissons

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