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


In the wake of the far-right massacres in Oslo and Utøya, Asbjørn Wahl describes how Norwegians responded in solidarity with the victims

Sami Ramadani considers the response to the Arab Spring from the region’s dictators and other reactionary forces, as well as the role of imperialism

Ingo Scmidt discusses the relevance of Rosa Luxemburg’s The Accumulation of Capital

Peter Hudis, editor of the newly published Letters of Rosa Luxemburg, speaks to Red Pepper

The left should praise the Lord for the Pope, says Terry Eagleton. The Catholic church is the best recruiting sergeant we could hope for

June 2009 marked the bicentenary of the death of Thomas Paine. Mike Marqusee celebrates the life, work and ideas of the great revolutionary who declared that ‘my country is the world and my religion is to do good’

Understanding Afghanistan today is only possible by looking at it in the context of the part played by the competing imperial powers in its past. Jane Shallice offers a guide





