The Soviet Union, in the 74 years of its existence in one form or another, was a society that was all about building. The Soviets claimed in the 1970s to have ‘built’ socialism, and while they never ...

The left in the UK has a fatal attraction to shortcuts. In 1906 the left-wing Independent Labour Party (ILP) joined the Labour Representation Committee, the trade union dominated committee that ...

Nakba means Catastrophe – the word Palestinians use to describe the events of 1948 when paramilitary Zionist organisations unleashed Plan Dalit (Plan D) – one of a series of operations designed to ...

Coined by Jacques Derrida in 1993 to oppose Western liberalism’s declaration of the ‘end of history’ after the collapse of the Soviet Union, hauntology later became a quasi-genre of music and ...

The Corbyn era inspired a new wave of socialist publications, including New Socialist. Here, its editors Tom Gann and Josie Sparrow reflect on the challenges, ambitions and necessities facing left ...

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Red Pepper is published by Socialist Newspaper (Publications) Ltd (Reg. No. 02644973, VAT No. 577 5026 20) and printed by Zenith Print & Packaging Ltd.

Red Pepper is published by Socialist Newspaper (Publications) Ltd (Reg. No. 02644973, VAT No. 577 5026 20) and printed by Zenith Print & Packaging Ltd.

Red Pepper is published by Socialist Newspaper (Publications) Ltd (Reg. No. 02644973, VAT No. 577 5026 20) and printed by Zenith Print & Packaging Ltd.

Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, I had lived with a contradiction. I opposed the annexation and war in Donbas but like many, I did not think Russia’s course could be changed. Instead, I ...

In a gallery in Brixton Village, there’s a large black and white photograph of a woman with an Afro and a sign. It reads ‘I refuse to be silent’. It’s not from the 1970s; the photo was taken in June ...

In April 2025, a Labour government announced they would jail water bosses who ‘cover up sewage dumping’. In what appears to be a radical reform, penalties under the Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 ...