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🌢️ Spicing up the left since 1995.

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Sinners sinks teeth into Irish settler colonialsim - Red Pepper Ryan Coogler's thriller highlights how Irish people were often complicit in colonial violence against black and indigenous peoples

I loved #Sinners and loved writing this piece for @redpeppermag.bsky.social !

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Western warmongering serves repression in Iran - Red Pepper Western aggression is a godsend for Ahmadinejad's oppressive, militarised regime, write Andreas Malm and Shora Esmailian

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A look back to Iranian President Ahmadinejad failing to deliver on his 2005 election promise to β€˜put the oil money on the people’s tables’. Western aggression is a godsend for his regime, write Andreas Malm and Shora Esmailian

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Pre-order the new print issue! - Red Pepper The Spring 2026 edition of Red Pepper magazine launches on 16 March. Order now to secure your copy!

"Coogler disrupts the cosy narratives of β€˜victimhood and sufferance’ associated with the Irish diaspora"

Ryan Coogler’s thriller highlights how Irish people were often complicit in colonial violence against black and indigenous peoples

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We're back lads, and with an absolute banger of an issue.

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Pre-order the new print issue! - Red Pepper The Spring 2026 edition of Red Pepper magazine launches on 16 March. Order now to secure your copy!

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Featuring Sara Ahmed, Gargi Bhattacharyya, Zrinka Bralo, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Juliet Jacques and more

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Featuring…
The roots, impacts and 100 year legacy of the 1926 General Strike
Radical new approaches to migration – and how to resist the far-right
New waves of repression in Latin America
How mid-century wars for oil shaped Nigeria and Iran
Photo essay from the West Bank and a year of Gen-Z protest

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Red Pepper returns to print. 'Striking back' explores 100 years since the 1926 General Strike, migration justice, repression in Latin America and wars for oil in Nigeria and Iran. Culture critics take on film, TV, music and books.

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27.02.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

A wonderful historical account if you want to know about the significance of US imperialism in Cuba today & also it's Latin American context 'Without Cuba, then, no Venezuela and without Venezuela, no Bolivia, no Ecuador, and no rebirth of Sandinista Nicaragua'

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Is a left victory possible in Iran? - Red Pepper Following mass protest against Iran's dictatorship, Bahram Soroush examines how the left might chart a path to power

"With a worsening economic situation and lack of political and civil liberties the fundamental issues behind the uprising remain"

Despite crackdowns, Iran’s dictatorship is the weakest in decades. Bahram Soroush examines how the left might chart a path to power

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The casualties of Mexico's war on drugs - Red Pepper Behind the headlines of Mexico’s war on drugs, creeping militarism and corruption is silencing dissent, write Siobhan McGuirk and Maria Felix

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Behind the bloody headlines of Mexico’s war on drugs, creeping militarism and corruption is silencing public dissent. Government policy failures are leading to social breakdown, writes @siobhan.bsky.social with Maria Felix

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25.02.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Keir Starmer's humiliation kink - Red Pepper Ben Smoke questions what is driving Prime Minister Starmer, as he blunders from gaffe to gaffe,Β from Mandelson to repeated policy reversal

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""A jellyfish with no shape, substance or sting – but for that reserved for attacking the left. Cucked by the right of the party, his enduring legacy is that of bankrupting Labour"

Ben Smoke questions what is driving the Labour leader

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24.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Pepper returns to print. 'Striking back' explores 100 years since the 1926 General Strike, migration justice, repression in Latin America and wars for oil in Nigeria and Iran. Culture critics take on film, TV, music and books.

Order by 28 February to guarantee pre-launch delivery to your door!

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Labour’s last stand in Wisconsin - Red Pepper Rahul Mahajan on the fightback against Governor Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill, which would outlaw collective bargaining in Wisconsin

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Following the 15 year anniversary of the ban on collective organising, Rahul Mahajan looks at the fightback against the Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill in Wisconsin

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Shaking up the sector: an interview with Art Workers for Palestine Scotland - Red Pepper A coalition of art workers are refusing to let the Scottish Arts sector stay silent on Palestine, an organiser tells Red Pepper

"It’s [the cultural boycott] about manifesting a united cultural front against genocide and imperialism"

A coalition of artists, gallery employees, and other culture industry workers are refusing to let the Scottish Arts sector stay silent on Palestine, an organiser tells Red Pepper

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Why Cuba is still important - Red Pepper Diana Raby argues that those who deny the legitimacy of the Cuban system will never understand why the revolution is still an ongoing reality

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Following the US escalation of its blockade against Cuba, a look back from Diana Raby in 2008 about those who deny the legitimacy of the Cuban system will never understand why, after 50 years, the revolution is still an ongoing reality

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Storming the Savoy: a communist history of the Blitz - Red Pepper 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

"In our era of compounding crises and state abandonment, there are a lot of lessons we can take from the Blitz"

The Communist Party led efforts to secure shelter for Londoners amidst the Blitz. Fergus Lamb examines the impact and legacy of its success

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The much-missed Jeremy Hardy died seven years ago. In addition to his Radio 4 work, he had a column for @redpeppermag.bsky.social - here are some highlights:

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12.02.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Algorithms vs the welfare state - Red Pepper Concerns about misleading AI and influencer β€˜content’ on health, welfare and civil rights miss a wider issue, argues Sophia McHardy

Concerns about misleading AI and influencer β€˜content’ on health, welfare and civil rights miss a wider issue, argues Sophia McHardy. They fill a human-made gap that risks becoming an austerity-shaped chasm

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08.02.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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University should not be a debt factory - Red Pepper Sheldon Ridley reports from the United for Education march in London, speaking to students taking part in their first national demonstration.

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"β€˜You can’t make a commodity out of a basic human right. We have a government that tries to maximise profit from what they see as a human resource to drain"

Sheldon Ridley spoke to students demonstrating over the student debt crisis.

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03.02.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From Scotland to Gaza: solidarity through copwatching - Red Pepper Police monitoring organisations expose harsh repression of Palestine solidarity movements in Scotland argues Betsy Barkas

Police monitoring organisations are exposing Scotland’s repression of Palestine solidarity movements and challenging a β€˜supportive’ national self-image, says Betsy Barkas

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31.01.2026 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Challenging the War Machine I'm attending the first ever Declassified UK summit - you should too!

Tomorrow!

Join RPM editors at Declassified UK’s first summit β€˜Challenging the War Machine’ in London on Saturday 31st January 2026. For anyone interested in understanding the structures and systems that underpin the drive to war, and how we challenge it.

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Join RPM editors at Declassified UK’s first summit β€˜Challenging the War Machine’ at EarTH in London on Saturday 31st January 2026. For anyone interested in understanding the structures and systems that underpin the drive to war, and how we challenge it.

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The police are not here to protect you - Red Pepper The police are not here to protect you. They spend little time making arrests, and most crimes are not solved, writes Alex Vitale.

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In the face of mounting murders by ICE a look at this excerpt from The End of Politicking .

The police spend little of their time making arrests, and most crimes are not solved, writes Alex Vitale – their real purpose is social control

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β€˜Now is the time of monsters’: The future at a crossroads in Rojava - Red Pepper Patrick Huff, Amber Huff and Salima Tasdemir reflect on the future of the revolution in Rojava after the fall of Afrin.

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With a new assault on Rojava by the western-backed Syrian government, a look back at the reflection by Patrick Huff, Amber Huff and Salima Tasdemir on the future of the revolution in Rojava after the fall of Afrin.

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How the United States subjugated Latin America for centuries - Red Pepper Grace Livingstone charts US violence, land grabs and bloody intervention in Latin America and asks what’s next for Venezuela?

"Since proclaiming the Monroe Doctrine in 1923, the United States has intervened militarily in Latin America more than 80 times"

Grace Livingstone charts the norm of US land grabs and intervention in Latin America and asks what’s next for Venezuela?

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What to expect in 2026? - Red Pepper Red Pepper Media editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026

What to expect in 2026?

As the new year clicks into gear, Red Pepper editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026

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