Political parties and ideologies
Inclusive, accessible debate covering everything from political history primers to left party analysis to keeping tabs on the evolving far-right
Inclusive, accessible debate covering everything from political history primers to left party analysis to keeping tabs on the evolving far-right
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Meet the independent MPs and councillors shaking up local politics
Local activists, disillusioned with the status quo, are forming political organisations independent of the Labour Party. Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi spoke to groups building connections locally and nationally
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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
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Transition time for Red Pepper
After 31 years, Red Pepper is ceasing quarterly print production. Editors Hilary Wainwright and Siobhán McGuirk explain why – and invite readers to shape what comes next
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What’s left online? Content vs clickbait
Media producers on the left must work both in and against the online content economy, argues Gerry Hart
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Life in print: a history of socialist publishing
Former Red Pepper editor K Biswas reflects on the ebb and flow of media fortunes and how a drive to print continues to galvanise the left
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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
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Georgia: the people vs the billionaire
Alex Scrivener explains why thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in protest against the ruling Georgian Dream party – and why they need our solidarity
