Political parties and ideologies
A founding aim of Red Pepper was to offer a platform for inter-left discussion, focusing on inclusive and accessible debate, not dogma, and covering a range of political parties and ideologies.
Today, we’re continuing this tradition, providing primers on political history and contemporary ‘keywords’, analysing the left’s relationship with the Labour Party, and keeping an eye on the evolving far-right.
A founding aim of Red Pepper was to offer a platform for inter-left discussion, focusing on inclusive and accessible debate, not dogma, and covering a range of political parties and ideologies.
Today, we’re continuing this tradition, providing primers on political history and contemporary ‘keywords’, analysing the left’s relationship with the Labour Party, and keeping an eye on the evolving far-right.
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Compulsory voting: the debate
Judith Brett outlines Australia’s experience with – and makes the case for – compulsory voting, whilst Daniel Chavez shows how, for the left in Uruguay, compulsory voting is an essential foundation on which more direct forms of democracy have been built
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Mali protests highlight French influence
While sanctions imposed by ECOWAS have triggered protests, a deeper rejection of French control is surfacing in Mali, writes Fanny Pigeaud
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The Dilemmas of Northern Independence
Building a new country is not a straightforward task, argues Gerry Hart
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Young, left and marginalised
Emma Frith explores how young activists are regularly ignored and dismissed in politics – and why those on the left must not fall into this pattern
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Simon Hedges’ credibility question
As Labour doesn’t scare the establishment, they’ll probably get in by default at some point. That’s the beauty of Britain’s advanced democracy, writes Simon Hedges
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Diving into history
Over 1.8 million people died on trans-Atlantic slave ships, including on hundreds that sank. Tara Roberts reports on the divers excavating the wrecks of a terrible trade
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Clive Lewis on the UK’s crumbling democracy
After two years of Boris Johnson’s government, Clive Lewis and Marzena Zukowska discuss growing authoritarianism and sources of hope for the future
