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Illegal abductions in #Venezuela signal a revival of old style US intervention. But juntas won't always be needed, or even obvious. Now live on our website, read Cameron Baillie's profile of the 'new right' leaders threatening to deluge the 2020s 'pink wave' for our latest print issue.
Interesting to discover that my short @redpeppermag.bsky.social "Keywords" piece on Rudi Dutschke and Raymond Williams has been cited in an academic paper on R.W. Fassbinder..! www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/15...
TWO TICKETS REMAINING for our Glasgow event tomorrow ‼️🚨 Spaces are free but sign up is required to secure your spot ⬇️ www.tickettailor.com/events/redpe...
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Red Pepper Media@redpeppermag.bsky.social · 2mo ago📓🏴 Glasgow University Media Group & Red Pepper Media present: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis 🏴📓 Join us for a special book launch as we discuss media power, resistance and the future of journalism with special guest, Laura Webster (Editor of The National). 24 JUNE, 6-7.30PM TIX LINK IN BIO
As the cost of living crisis rages on, so does war on #Iran. Jake Woodier of @taxjusticenet.bsky.social reports on the UK economic policies allowing the super-rich to make record profits from this moment. #ukpolitics #economics Read the full story 🌶️ ⬇️ www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
Ahead of tomorrow's expected signing of the US-Iran deal, @taxjusticenet.bsky.social 's Jake Woodier writes on how the super-rich profit from the war. #iran #iranwar Read the full story now 🔗 ⬇️ www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
Corporate profiteering and the war on Iran - Red Pepper
Amid fallout from the war on Iran, our economic policy allows the super-rich to profit while the public struggle with living costs
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Radical alternatives to capitalism are already being practiced across the world, as we speak. For Red Pepper this week, Grace Wright-Arora scopes out an emerging scholarly area of study: Real existing degrowth. Read the full story 🔗 ⬇️ www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Is it possible to live well with less, within planetary boundaries? Some of the answers may already exist. Researcher Grace Wright-Arora scopes out Real Existing #Degrowth - studying radical alternatives to capitalism unfolding right now. Read now 🌶️ ⬇️ www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Real existing degrowth - Red Pepper
Radical alternatives to capitalism are being practiced now across the world as everyday realities, not future possibilities
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Since 7 October 2023, settler pogroms and Israeli land grabs have increased in frequency and ferocity. International Solidarity Movement volunteers report on settlers' new weapon of choice: 'shepherding outposts.' Read the full dispatch now 🔗 ⬇️ www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit... #palestine
In their latest dispatch from the West Bank, International Solidarity Movement volunteers Farah, Calico & Noah report on evolving Israeli tactics for stealing Palestinian land. One of the newest developments? Shepherding outposts. Read the full story now 🌶️ 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
Are manfluencers like #HSTikkyTokky really the winners of the attention economy? Sociologist Alison Phipps reveals the real grift of the manosphere: mass data extraction at scale on behalf of cloud kings like Zuckerberg & Musk. Read the full story now 🌶️ www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
The political economy of the manosphere - Red Pepper
The online industry feeding off the anger of young men hides a deeper structure of digital capitalism and techno-feudalism
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"Manfluencers might be lords of the cyberculture thief, but a much more powerful class owns the digital land." Alison Phipps writes on the online industry feeding off the anger of young men, and the political economy of the #manosphere. Read the full story now🌶️ www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
🏴 Dissatisfaction with Welsh Labour is not flowing in a single political direction. Instead, its being split between competing populist, nationalist & progressive responses to devolved governance. Read Robin Mann's take on the latest shifts in #WelshPolitics ⬇️ 🌶️ www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...
Recent #Senedd elections confirmed a major shift in Welsh politics, with both #Reform UK and #PlaidCymru achieving their strongest results in history. @bangoruniversity.bky.social 's Robin Mann writes on the transformation of the Welsh political landscape. ⬇️ 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...
Elections 2026: The political shifts reshaping Wales - Red Pepper
Robin Mann reports on how support for both Plaid Cymru and Reform is transforming the Welsh political landscape
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Trump and Rubio are set on regime change in Cuba by year's end. Today, Helen Yaffe asks: what could the revolutionary people of Cuba achieve if they were left in peace - and finally given the chance to prosper, not just survive? Read the full story 🌶️ 🇨🇺 www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
"Cuba's only threat to the United States is as a good example." As US government warmongering reaches a fever pitch unseen since the 1962 Missile Crisis, Helen Yaffe writes on Cuba's response to ongoing psychological warfare. Read in full now 🌶️ 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
Cuba stands firm - Red Pepper
Cuba continues to show the world an alternative mode of development even in the face of US regime change, argues Helen Yaffe
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I wrote about @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social's essential new book, and the importance of strategic pluralism, dealing with defeat, and talking to our elders, for @redpeppermag.bsky.social: www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
Deviants and trailblazers - review - Red Pepper
Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of trans peoples' fight for recognition is a valuable resource for activists, writes historian Kit Heyam
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24th June sees the launch of the latest Glasgow Media Group (@gu-mg.bsky.social) investigation, edited by @catherinehapper.bsky.social, @pauljreilly.bsky.social and Alison Eldridge. Organised with @redpeppermag.bsky.social, and with @lauraewebster.bsky.social as special guest. Sign up now!
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Come and hear about the #GUMG's latest research on media and the cost of living crisis with @redpeppermag.bsky.social and editor of the National @lauraewebster.bsky.social . 24th June at Glasgow University Union (GUU).
Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 2mo ago24th June sees the launch of the latest Glasgow Media Group (@gu-mg.bsky.social) investigation, edited by @catherinehapper.bsky.social, @pauljreilly.bsky.social and Alison Eldridge. Organised with @redpeppermag.bsky.social, and with @lauraewebster.bsky.social as special guest. Sign up now!
🔊 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🔊 Join us on June 24th for the launch of Glasgow University Media Group's new book: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis, where we'll be joined by guest Laura Webster, Editor of The National. Tickets are free - reserve your spot now! 🔗🎫: buytickets.at/redpepper/22...
📓🏴 Glasgow University Media Group & Red Pepper Media present: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis 🏴📓 Join us for a special book launch as we discuss media power, resistance and the future of journalism with special guest, Laura Webster (Editor of The National). 24 JUNE, 6-7.30PM TIX LINK IN BIO
"I'm worried for them. They don't know how to be defeated." Rebecca Jane Morgan's account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK offers important lessons for today's activists, writes Kit Heyam. Read in full now 🌶️ #transrights #lgbtq www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
“It takes a lot of time to understand defeat,” writes historian, heritage facilitator and educator Kit Heyam. He reviews a new @plutopress.bsky.social book on the history of trans activism in Britain, a timely resource for contemporary activists. www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
Deviants and trailblazers - review - Red Pepper
Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of trans peoples' fight for recognition is a valuable resource for activists, writes historian Kit Heyam
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The generational divide in British politics is often explained away as typical: young people lean left and grow conservative with age. Looking at the rise of #indie rock star Chloe Slater, John Newsham dives into the politics of young #Britain. www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
Chloe Slater's songs are addictive. But what sets her apart from other young songwriters is hinted, first, in her songs' titles. In our latest issue, John Newsham dives into political messaging, generational tensions & deepening class conflict. 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
Chloe Slater and the politics of young Britain - Red Pepper
Political messaging, generational tensions and deepening class conflict are fuelling Chloe Slater’s popularity, argues John Newsham
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What would happen if we moved beyond stigmatising addiction as an individual failure? Suspicion toward sobriety on the left often draws on its association with neo-liberal respectability. But these associations do not exhaust what sobriety can mean. 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/society/heal...
On the radical politics of sobriety - Red Pepper
Recognising addiction's structural underpinnings opens up routes towards a liberatory framing of sobriety, writes William Rayfet Hunter
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"Addiction doesn't sit outside politics," explains British-Jamaican writer William Rayfet Hunter. In our latest online story, Hunter opens up a vital conversation on the radical politics and potential of sobriety. Read in full now 🌶️ #sobriety #addiction #sober www.redpepper.org.uk/society/heal...
If you're worried about #AI, then subscribe to magazines so that they can pay more human writers. This month, Grace Byron speaks to Red Pepper on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump. Read the full interview now 🌶️ www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
Grace Byron on cultural criticism, transphobia and Trump - Red Pepper
Maria Alyokhina speaks to Red Pepper Media on the power of music and political will at a time of war and rising authoritarianism
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In a new interview, Red Pepper co-editor Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin speaks to writer Grace Byron about trans representation, artificial intelligence, and the role of criticism in an age of moral panic. Read in full 🌶️ #culture #trump #transphobia 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
The call for a general strike used to be heard often on the left. What would be required to build one today? In our latest print issue, Matthew Lee suggests organising the 'unorganised' and taking on the state. Read now 🌶️ #strike #boycott 🔗 www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
