Red Pepper’s beginnings brought together socialist and environmentalist ideas, and this continues in our environment and climate section. As today’s climate emergency makes this ever more vital, we ...

The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues Yasser Louati ...

In December 1948, a group of prominent US Jews, including Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt, wrote a letter to the New York Times expressing concern over the emergence of ‘The Freedom Party’ (Tnuat ...

International development is in serious crisis. Charities are worried about the fact that public support for development is waning – that people just don’t seem to ‘buy it’ any more. According to a ...

In Singapore, elections are a curious beast to describe to outsiders. On the surface, everything looks above board. There aren’t any accusations of cheating or corruption, and politicians (especially ...

Red Pepper covers both the failing economic status quo and the growth of alternatives the section on economics, unions and work. While exploring how privatisation, globalisation, the gig economy, and ...

In 2025 I have resolved to escape the clutches of my smartphone, which has turned out to be no small task – it encroaches on every aspect of my day-to-day life, from communication and banking to two ...

Voices from Hungarian civil society Caught up in the government’s campaign of hate Zoltán Mester Since 2006, the Emberség Erejével (With the Power of Humanity) Foundation has been engaged in human ...

Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport. We cover a breadth of themes, from ...

The Palestinian struggle has long captured the imagination of oppressed South Africans. Israel held close ties with the apartheid state of South Africa, with relations dating back to the creation of ...

Technology has replaced humans in certain functions (eg manufacturing), enhanced their capabilities in others (eg microsurgery) and enabled them to do things that are entirely new (eg to fly). What ...

Red Pepper is a media project of left politics and culture. We publish regular content online, provide trainings, contribute to movement-building events, and has published magazines since 1994 . We’re ...