What did your family do in the General Strike? For our first annual print edition, Red Pepper will be covering the centenary of 1926 and we want to include some personal experience alongside the history. Please send contributions of 50-100 words to [email protected] by the end of January.

We would love to hear from anyone whose family or local community took part in the strike and have memories, thoughts or stories to offer – or even photos or news clippings from the time. Email [email protected] with your story.

What did your family do in the General Strike? For our first annual print edition, Red Pepper will be covering the centenary of 1926 and we want to include some personal experience alongside the history. Email [email protected] with your story.

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"Together, we hope Lullaby will also help keep Gaza very much in our hearts and minds" Artist and songwriter Brian Eno reports on Together for Palestine and the campaign propelling an Arabic Lullaby into the charts www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

From the archive: A look back at the Stansted 15. An abolitionist politics seeks to end the violence of the state in systems like prison and immigration detention, and build towards a world without them, write Ru Kaur and Ali Tamlit (30 December 2018) www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-j...

From the archive: It's the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of COP21, which saw the formulation of the Paris Climate Agreement. Here, a look at our coverage from that time by Oscar Reyes (14 December 2015) www.redpepper.org.uk/environment-...

In the late 19th and early 20th century, kings, prime ministers and the ruling class fell victim to assassins who hoped to foment revolution through ‘propaganda of the deed’. Blood Work host Gregk Foley traces how it shapes political violence today www.redpepper.org.uk/key-words/ke...

From the archive: The people could reach a democratic and non-violent solution if they were freed from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos. (8 August 2017) www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

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"Consecutive US governments have inflicted painful sanctions on Venezuela, aimed at asphyxiating the economy and causing horrific harm to its economy and to millions of people." We must unite against the latest offensive moves, argues Francisco Dominguez www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

A US government desperate to topple Maduro is deploying military force alongside ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric. The world must unite against the latest move in a longstanding offensive, argues Francisco Dominguez www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

From the Archive: Amid global economic crisis, business is booming in the gaming industry. It’s time to step up the fight for worker’s rights, Emma Kinema tells Marzena Zukowska (6 October 2020) www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

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From the archive: Keval Bharadia argues for a super-tax on financial markets to curb extreme inequality in the wake of Covid-19 (29 May 2020) www.redpepper.org.uk/society/heal...

Whatever happens at the Your Party inaugural conference, its seeds are growing into roots across the UK. John Stephens reports on the branch members forging their own paths to action www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...

Revisiting a modern classic ahead of its anticipated expanded edition, Darcy White explores the contours and applications of mutual aid, which for Dean Spade must be grounded in shared understandings of systemic injustice www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

A 15-strong group fuses traditional Iranian instruments with contemporary stories of diaspora, community and hope. For member Freesia, folk music can build connection and understanding across difference. www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/mo...

From the archive: Peace activists against the First World War were treated as enemies by their government, but left a legacy of perseverance writes Tim Gee (6 June 2014) www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

"Today many anarchists support consumer and producer co-operatives, bicycle shops, intentional communities, communes and bookshops." Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking www.redpepper.org.uk/key-words/ke...

I've recently joined the editorial board of the fabulous @redpeppermag.bsky.social which recently published this short, helpful explainer about dual power: www.redpepper.org.uk/key-words/ke...

Come to our launch on 21 November in London! Free entry - with the book’s editors James O’Nions and Daisy Pearson, plus contributors including Hilary Wainwright @redpeppermag.bsky.social and Hamza Hamouchene @tninstitute.bsky.social www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/book-l...

Following an extensive community consultation, the new look Red Peper Media has been guided by our readers – and is set to reshape the left media landscape www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

From the archive: Perceptions of bias at the BBC are on the rise. Natalie Fenton of the Media Reform Coalition puts forward the case for reform (1 October 2019) www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

The junta regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger present themselves as revolutionary and anti-imperialist. Their hollow rhetoric masks authoritarianism and new forms of foreign influence, argues Joshua Shangobiyi www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

Wayne Price unpacks a concept that lies at the heart of much of Marxist and anarchist thinking on how to overthrow capitalism www.redpepper.org.uk/key-words/ke...

From the archive: Mamdani’s impressive Democratic primary victory is a source of hope for transformative politics in NYC and the wider US, writes Dillon Delaune – one of 50,000 supporters who canvassed for his campaign www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

Richard Gott, a brilliant journalist with a life time commitment to resisting imperialism has died aged 87. We republish here the article he wrote for us on British Imperialism in 2021, based on the book in which he exposes the truths about its brutality.

Red Pepper Media mourns the loss of contributor Richard Gott. Here, an article from him in Red Pepper Magazine about British imperial violence. www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...

From the archive: "Capital, in this view, is a meatgrinder that crushes human lives into sellable commodities" Capitalism entails endless misery and violence writes Mark Steven. Can cinematic horror help us to understand and overthrow it? (31 October 2021) www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

"The abuse hurled at her by critics on the right take her back to the only childhood she knows, one rife with her mother’s insults." In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces which formed her writes Nandita Lal www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

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Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

"Activists have noted the targeted destruction of Gaza’s sporting infrastructure and killings of numerous athletes and coaches." Nicola De Martini Ugolotti and Max Mauro report on the movement to ban Israel from international sports www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

In her first memoir, Arundhati Roy grapples with the complex forces, both global and close to home, which formed her – including her remarkable and often-abusive mother, writes Nandita Lal www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

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Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

Remembering Sankara’s assassination, Nick Dearden argues we need to remember him to challenge dominant views of Africa and fight our own debt crisis in Europe (14 October 2012) www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

Labour claims that boosting military spending will produce employment growth. Far from it, argues Richard Norton Taylor, it funnels money to private contractors that should fund public services www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

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From the archive: Le Pen’s vote is now more geographically spread than ever before. An insular left needs to look beyond itself to respond, reports Selma Oumari (21 April 2022) www.redpepper.org.uk/society/race...

"Inaction only allows Israel to maintain a visible arena of international political legitimation amid its war in Gaza." Nicola De Martini Ugolotti and Max Mauro report on the movement to ban Israel from international sports www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

"Football, basketball, and Olympic representation are not just games; they are pillars of national identity and instruments to project the nation and its legitimacy abroad" Nicola De Martini Ugolotti and Max Mauro on efforts to ban Israel from sports www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

Following an extensive community consultation, the new look Red Pepper Media has been guided by our readers – and is set to reshape the left media landscape Read about how RPM is forging ahead into the future here: www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

TWT is back, with a new approach to galvanise the British left. Join us to shake off nostalgia, get organised and rise to meet growing threats, write Andrea Gilbert, Lydia Phillips and Isaac Rose The World Transformed starts tomorrow in Manchester www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...

A real treat to write about Jurassic Park as anticapitalist inspiration for the new @leftcultures.bsky.social (with brilliant illustration as ever) A great project celebrating radical politics in unexpected places

Jerry Iles speaks to Geoff Kirkwood about how a Tyneside Social Club became a cultural beacon – driven by cutting edge DJs, bingo nights, experimental orchestras and ‘open-minded collectivism’. Now, it’s reclaiming culture for everyone www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

"In an enthusiastically curated showcase of soft left thinking, more than a dozen opinions are offered on ways forward for Labour" A new collection from Mark Perryman asks some bold and urgent questions about dialogue on the left, writes Kevin Davey www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

Infighting over centralised power, corruption and economic crisis has led to defeat for a once-inspiring Indigenous leader and social movement party. Linda Farthing and Benjamin Swift report. The full article found in @NACLA www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...

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