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Red Pepper’s coverage of global politics provides in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements.

We prioritise writers on the ground, exploring political developments from Latin America to Palestine, from the US alt-right to radical voices rising in Asia, and investigating the critical trends shaping left-wing politics and the world.

Red Pepper’s coverage of global politics provides in-depth analysis of worldwide events, campaigns and movements.

We prioritise writers on the ground, exploring political developments from Latin America to Palestine, from the US alt-right to radical voices rising in Asia, and investigating the critical trends shaping left-wing politics and the world.

  • From bystander to peacebuilder

    Vlad Sakovich describes the importance of People First, a recently launched campaign to release thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian political prisoners and thousands of forcefully transferred Ukrainian children

  • A photograph of a blue blaque reading 'Amy Ashwood Garvey, 1897-1969, Feminist, Human Rights Campaigner, Pan-Africanist and first wife of Marcus Garvey, lived here between 1934 and 1960'

    Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives – review

    In documenting the life and work of Amy Ashwood Garvey, Nydia A. Swaby offers a window into the inspiring and overlooked story of black womens’ history, writes Panya Banjoko

  • A large procession of people parading through an open square carrying flags and banners, the majority of them red

    The Soviet enigma and its tragic aftermath

    Boris Kagarlitsky’s The Long Retreat provides a necessary Marxist analysis of the Soviet tragedy, says Walden Bello

  • A Nigerian man in a yellow shirt holds up his hand, covered in crude oil, while looking seriously into the camera

    Crude injustice in the Niger Delta

    Transnational oil companies’ ‘divestment’ from Nigeria leaves behind a trail of destruction. Obiora Ikoku reports on the communities demanding reparation

  • A huge crowd of people waving Syrian flags

    Syria’s turbulent transition

    Mazen Gharibah reports on the aftermath of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and how grassroots, civilian-led peacebuilding efforts are crucial to Syria’s future

  • 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

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