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10/07/2025

The disability community is the largest and most diverse of all marginalised communities, yet there’s rarely any media by us

Empowerment comes from fighting marginalisation and discrimination on multiple fronts, says Jen Deerinwater

Empowerment comes from fighting marginalisation and discrimination on multiple fronts, says Jen Deerinwater

08/07/2025

"If or when another New Left emerges, it will have political ethics and values, neighbourhood and networking features in common with Big Flame"

Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell’s book demonstrates how much Big Flame has to teach the modern left, writes Kevin Davey

Max Farrar and Kevin McDonnell's book demonstrates how much Big Flame has to teach the modern left, writes Kevin Davey

03/07/2025

"Western gender frameworks remain deeply embedded in a simplistic, dualistic logic"

Pride is exported globally and trapped in limited Western ideals. For liberation, we must look to Indigenous and Asian cultures, argues Sunil Pant

By flattening global q***r expression into one Western script, q***r people in the global north close their minds to older, more fluid and more inclusive ways of thinking about gender and sexuality.

24/06/2025

Richard Kuper describes how 972 magazine provides a journalistically brilliant lone Palestinian-Israeli voice in a sea of hostile media

Richard Kuper describes how +972 magazine provides a journalistically brilliant lone Palestinian-Israeli voice in a sea of hostile media

18/06/2025

From the archive:

"The oil worker as a solitary man standing up to power has been replaced by figures aligned with the resisting women now symbols of revolution"

The latest spate of industrial action is rallying support for Iranian women, writes A.N.

15/06/2025

Jake Thompson details how physical media is once again integral to modern media operations – with a new purpose in the digital age

Jake Thompson details how physical media is once again integral to modern media operations – with a new purpose in the digital age

09/06/2025

"The region’s resource wealth has been harnessed for the benefit of a distant or external elite"

Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

Roshaan Khattak and Thomas Jeffrey Milley examine the causes of the violence between Baloch insurgents and the Pakistani government

03/06/2025

Writers, editors and artists from the global south must be part of left media futures, writes Sanaa Alimia

Writers, editors and artists from the global south must be part of left media futures, writes Sanaa Alimia

02/06/2025

"Moscow’s grand projects under Putin’s increasingly nationalist and violent regime were based on a reimagining of the architecture of the early communist vanguard"

Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union

From the corrupt to the inspired, Owen Hatherley charts the architecture that followed the fall of the Soviet Union

31/05/2025

"[Nakba] is now frequently used to describe the continuing denial of the rights of the Palestinian people"

Bernard Regan documents the brutal history of Britain’s role in driving the Palestinians from their land

The brutal history of Britain’s role in driving the Palestinians from their land from 1948 to today

29/05/2025

"Any realistic discussion about forming a new political party in the UK today must start from an acknowledgment of the graveyard of dead parties."

We need to build an independent politics from below, argues Hilary Wainwright

We need to build an independent politics from below, argues Hilary Wainwright – and look to longer-term organising, not quick answers

27/05/2025

Join Red Pepper at the Media and Democracy Festival on 31 May in London!

We will be hosting a session on fight far-right media dominance.

Register here ⤵️

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