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Justice for Nahel

18 July 2023 The killing of unarmed teenager Nahel by French police has rightly caused outrage. A collective of artists, academics, writers and activists are demanding justice

Inside Belgium’s historic supermarket strikes

12 July 2023 Around ten thousand workers face lower wages as a result of Delhaize’s decision to franchise stores in Belgium. Red Pepper spoke to striking workers about their fightback.

Bad news from Greece: round one

7 June 2023 Former Syriza member Marina Prentoulis examines the results of the first round of the Greek elections and explains the party's continued decline

From colonialism to fascism: A history of Spain’s elite forces

21 May 2023 Uma Arruga i López explains how the violence used by Franco’s forces during the Spanish Civil War was shaped by their earlier colonial endeavours.

The ongoing battle for French pensions

28 January 2023 Once again the French state is trying to cut pension entitlements. As millions take to the streets, Sylvestre Jaffard reports on this renewed battle across the nation.

A new Italian era

23 November 2022 Can the newly elected postfascist Italian leader Giorgia Meloni last, asks Andrea Pisauro

10 years after ‘the squares’

15 November 2022 Giorgos Venizelos interviews Cristina Flesher Fominaya on participation, institutionalisation and the right-wing backlash to the squares movements of 2011-12

A very real culture war

8 August 2022 Russia's deliberate targeting of Ukraine's museums follows a pattern of imperial powers looting and despoiling cultural wealth, argues Siobhan McGuirk

Zvenigora: Looking back at a Ukrainian cinema marvel

2 August 2022 The current war in Ukraine gives a new significance to the work of the Soviet-era Ukrainian film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, writes Juliet Jacques

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Ukraine and anti-imperialism: thoughts for the British left

26 April 2022 David Wearing discusses the geopolitical interests at stake and how the left in Britain can meaningfully engage in anti-imperialist struggle today

The growing threat of French fascism: Where next for the left?

21 April 2022 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

Hungary’s illiberal education

3 April 2022 Victor Orbán’s far-right government in Hungary sees higher education as critical to the consolidation of the ruling Fidesz party’s grip on society. Dorit Geva reports

Why we need to unite for peace and human rights across the old divides

1 March 2022 Dmitri Makarov and Mary Kaldor call for solidarity and dialogue between anti-war movements across the divides of the Cold War

Ukraine and the Cold War that didn’t end

28 February 2022 Hilary Wainwright explores the history of the military industrial complex and how we can build an international peace movement in the face of the current crisis

Review: Free: Coming of Age at the End of History

4 January 2022 Hannah Proctor explores how political upheaval and historical shifts can change ideas and assumptions about freedom

Little Amal, Channel deaths and cruelty by design

26 November 2021 People cross the channel in small boats because we give them no other choice, says Zrinka Bralo

Solidarity with Domenico Lucano

2 October 2021 Alena Ivanova reports on the former mayor's achievements in rebuilding the Italian town of Riace - and the right-wing backlash he continues to face

The Socialist Olympics of 1936

23 July 2021 Radical workers’ sporting organisations and the 1936 People’s Olympiad illustrate the role of sport in fighting oppression, writes Uma Arruga i López.

From the Commune to communalism

18 March 2021 March–May 2021 marks 150 years since the Paris Commune. Mathijs van de Sande and Gaard Kets explore its legacy and enduring relevance for today’s left

How business benefits from Brexit

1 February 2021 Brexit was declared done a month ago, the complex process of EU trade deal negotiations has just begun. In the second of a two-part series, Jamie Gough and John Kirby analyse why business will benefit from Brexit

Food for thought

7 November 2020 Leander Jones looks at the role of community supported agriculture as a 21st-century antidote to the destructive and increasingly fragile corporate agricultural model

Killing the Northern Ireland peace process

5 November 2020 Forget Brexit, argues Odrán Waldron, the British and Irish governments are undermining the peace process by trying to ignore their legacies in the North.

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Liberté, égalité, anti-racisme

22 October 2020 Anti-racist movements in France are challenging both the state and the traditional left, writes Selma Oumari

UK, hun?

9 October 2020 Materially, the UK is not a nation – with fewer common experiences than ever before, from schools and policing to borders and governance – argue Medb MacDaibheid and Brian Christopher

Municipalist France!

18 August 2020 The recent wave of local election victories in France demonstrates the potential of municipalism, argues Xavi Ferrer, Elena Arrontes and the Collective for Global Municipalism

Bedding down in the shadows of Belfast’s bonfires

4 August 2020 The bonfires of Belfast have a raw relevance. Pádraig Ó Meiscill reflects on an annual controversy.

Review – One Man’s Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA by Daniel Finn

17 June 2020 Connor Beaton reviews Daniel Finn's account of the politics and personalities which drove the IRA

Gender, class and cliché in Normal People

26 May 2020 The BBC hit drama shows the complexities of class mobility, but can’t avoid class and gender stereotypes, says Frances Hatherley

Do we really ‘all care now’? Time to expand our caring imagination

23 April 2020 In the midst of the pandemic, we are reconsidering what ‘care work’ entails. It’s time to demand a radically more caring world – towards both people and planet, say Andreas Chatzidakis and Lynne Segal

The politics of Covid-19: Europe’s rightwing leaders see opportunity in crisis

15 April 2020 With all eyes on the global pandemic, Poland’s ruling party is trying to limit women's rights and extend power. Marzena Zukowska reports

Now is the time to rise up for Rojava

25 October 2019 Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have been betrayed by the US, giving the Turkish state a green light to carry out atrocities in Northern Syria, writes Amber Huff and Patrick Huff

Pride in an Irish border town

18 October 2019 This summer, Irish LGBTQ campaigner Joseph Healy joined the Pride march in his home town of Newry. Here, he explains how life on the border has changed - and the stakes of Brexit installing a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic

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Taking on industrial agriculture

11 October 2019 As the XR International Rebellion continues, Katie Sandwell reports on the recent Free the Soil Action Camp which strengthened ties between food sovereignty and climate justice movements

Solidarity protest outside the Poland Embassy in London

Poland votes: Making diaspora voices count

7 October 2019 Poland faces a crucial test for its democratic values in the upcoming elections. Marzena Zukowska and Magda Oldziejewska explain why Polish activists in London are working to boost the diaspora vote

The radical potential of the Corbyn project

20 September 2019 Even worse than failing to win office would be winning it while unprepared for the realities of government. Christine Berry considers what Labour needs to do to avoid the fate of Syriza in Greece

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No shock doctrine for Britain: Stop Boris Johnson

29 August 2019 Director of Global Justice Now, Nick Dearden, calls for swift action to stop Boris Johnson shutting down Parliament

Hungary: Europe’s creeping fascism

12 July 2019 Luke Cooper reports on his recent visit to Hungary, an EU member state where democratic freedoms are no longer taken for granted

Is the UK prepared for a Super China and its global New Silk Road?

17 April 2019 China's industrial strategy poses new challenges for the UK, writes Dorothy Guerrero

A hostile environment for EU citizens?

5 March 2019 As Brexit rolls on, we are quickly losing hope for a decent, rights-based approaches towards our country’s world citizens, writes Emma Taylor

Their internationalism and ours

26 February 2019 As Brexit looms, Paul O’Connell explores the vexed question of internationalism and the nation-state

Hunger striking for peace in Turkey

19 February 2019 Dougie Gerrard reports on the people taking extreme measures to protest Erdogan’s continued assault on Kurds.

Gilets Jaunes and the security state

13 February 2019 Olly Haynes reports on the violent crackdown on protesters on the streets of France

Criminalising political opposition in Catalonia

12 February 2019 Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte explain why the political trials this week only reveal the tip of the iceberg.

What Europe wants

21 January 2019 Niccolò Milanese explains where the European Commission and its nation-states stand on Brexit's big questions.

The right’s looming challenge to democracy in Greece

15 January 2019 By Dionysia Pitsili-Chatzi, Aris Spourdalakis, Jodi Dean, Leo Panitch, and Hilary Wainwright,

Christmas with the gilets jaunes

24 December 2018 The 'yellow vests' revolt in France has targeted centrist president Macron, but left wing opinion has been divided over its unclear politics. Paul Cudenec reports from the protests – and finds a community spirit that bears little resemblance to the media's depictions

Italy’s far-right crackdown on migrants

13 December 2018 The new Italian Immigration Law represents a peak in the government’s hostility against migrants, writes Caterina Mazzilli

Picking the lesser evil

22 November 2018 With a seemingly bungled Brexit deal, the only options on offer are different forms of capitalism. The Left needs to pick its enemies wisely, writes Richard Seymour

There’s hope left for a Left Europe

21 November 2018 Don't believe the doomsayers, writes Luke Cooper - the deal is dead in the water. Now is the time to fight to defend free movement and a united Europe.

Building walls: fear and securitization in the European Union

13 November 2018 The report from Transnational Institute reveals that member states of the European Union and Schengen Area have constructed almost 1000 km of walls, the equivalent of more than six times the total length of the Berlin Wall. By European Alternatives



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