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What to expect in 2026?
As the new year clicks into gear, Red Pepper editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026
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As the new year clicks into gear, Red Pepper editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026
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What to expect in 2026? - Red Pepper
Red Pepper Media editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026
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January 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
What to expect in 2026?
As the new year clicks into gear, Red Pepper editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026
www.redpepper.org.uk/society/educ...
As the new year clicks into gear, Red Pepper editors look back on the surprises and under the radar moments of 2025 – and share predictions and hopes for 2026
www.redpepper.org.uk/society/educ...
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January 17, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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"Only one officer has ever been successfully prosecuted for murder or manslaughter post-1986"
After years of waiting for change, loved ones of people who ‘died in police custody’ are coming together to demand justice from the police writes James Whitfield
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After years of waiting for change, loved ones of people who ‘died in police custody’ are coming together to demand justice from the police writes James Whitfield
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Inside The People's Tribunal on Police Killings - Red Pepper
After years of waiting for change, friends and family of people who 'died in police custody' are demanding justice, writes James Whitfield
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January 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM
"Only one officer has ever been successfully prosecuted for murder or manslaughter post-1986"
After years of waiting for change, loved ones of people who ‘died in police custody’ are coming together to demand justice from the police writes James Whitfield
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After years of waiting for change, loved ones of people who ‘died in police custody’ are coming together to demand justice from the police writes James Whitfield
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Join RPM editors at Declassified UK’s first summit ‘Challenging the War Machine’ at EarTH in London on Saturday 31st January 2026. For anyone interested in understanding the structures and systems that underpin the drive to war, and how we challenge it.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Join RPM editors at Declassified UK’s first summit ‘Challenging the War Machine’ at EarTH in London on Saturday 31st January 2026. For anyone interested in understanding the structures and systems that underpin the drive to war, and how we challenge it.
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From the archive:
"Never in the history of the Islamic Republic’s 43-year existence have protesters been this fearless, united and organised"
Women are leading an increasingly noisy revolution against Iran’s theocracy, writes Ahou Koutchesfahani
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"Never in the history of the Islamic Republic’s 43-year existence have protesters been this fearless, united and organised"
Women are leading an increasingly noisy revolution against Iran’s theocracy, writes Ahou Koutchesfahani
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Mahsa Jina Amini's death sparked an ongoing feminist revolution in Iran - Red Pepper
Women, and particularly young women, are leading an increasingly noisy revolution against Iran’s theocracy, writes Ahou Koutchesfahani
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January 10, 2026 at 8:38 AM
From the archive:
"Never in the history of the Islamic Republic’s 43-year existence have protesters been this fearless, united and organised"
Women are leading an increasingly noisy revolution against Iran’s theocracy, writes Ahou Koutchesfahani
www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...
"Never in the history of the Islamic Republic’s 43-year existence have protesters been this fearless, united and organised"
Women are leading an increasingly noisy revolution against Iran’s theocracy, writes Ahou Koutchesfahani
www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...
From the archive:
"The systems which are supposedly delivering justice now have failed countless others"
After another civilian was murdered by law enforcement, a look at Lauren Pemberton-Nelson's call to abolish the police after George Floyd's murder.
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"The systems which are supposedly delivering justice now have failed countless others"
After another civilian was murdered by law enforcement, a look at Lauren Pemberton-Nelson's call to abolish the police after George Floyd's murder.
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Justice is a world without police - Red Pepper
A guilty verdict for a murderous cop is not a ‘victory’. It’s time to abolish the police, says Lauren Pemberton-Nelson
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January 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
From the archive:
"The systems which are supposedly delivering justice now have failed countless others"
After another civilian was murdered by law enforcement, a look at Lauren Pemberton-Nelson's call to abolish the police after George Floyd's murder.
www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-j...
"The systems which are supposedly delivering justice now have failed countless others"
After another civilian was murdered by law enforcement, a look at Lauren Pemberton-Nelson's call to abolish the police after George Floyd's murder.
www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-j...
From the archive:
"[The opposition's] purpose is not to correct the errors of the Bolivarian Revolution, but to put an end to it"
A democratic and non-violent solution can be reached free from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
"[The opposition's] purpose is not to correct the errors of the Bolivarian Revolution, but to put an end to it"
A democratic and non-violent solution can be reached free from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
Venezuela can solve its own problems - the US only cares about oil - Red Pepper
The people could reach a democratic and non-violent solution if they were freed from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
www.redpepper.org.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
From the archive:
"[The opposition's] purpose is not to correct the errors of the Bolivarian Revolution, but to put an end to it"
A democratic and non-violent solution can be reached free from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
"[The opposition's] purpose is not to correct the errors of the Bolivarian Revolution, but to put an end to it"
A democratic and non-violent solution can be reached free from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
What did your family do in the General Strike?
For our annual print edition, Red Pepper will be covering the centenary of the 1926 strike and we want to include some personal experiences.
Please send contributions of 50-100 words to editors@redpepper.org.uk by the end of January.
For our annual print edition, Red Pepper will be covering the centenary of the 1926 strike and we want to include some personal experiences.
Please send contributions of 50-100 words to editors@redpepper.org.uk by the end of January.
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
What did your family do in the General Strike?
For our annual print edition, Red Pepper will be covering the centenary of the 1926 strike and we want to include some personal experiences.
Please send contributions of 50-100 words to editors@redpepper.org.uk by the end of January.
For our annual print edition, Red Pepper will be covering the centenary of the 1926 strike and we want to include some personal experiences.
Please send contributions of 50-100 words to editors@redpepper.org.uk by the end of January.
From the archive:
The history of denial is as long as the history of intervention – and that goes back to the first decades of the republic
Mike Marqusee looks at the long history of US politicians’ denial of their country’s imperial reach
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The history of denial is as long as the history of intervention – and that goes back to the first decades of the republic
Mike Marqusee looks at the long history of US politicians’ denial of their country’s imperial reach
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
America: an empire in denial - Red Pepper
Mike Marqusee looks at the long history of American politicians' willful denial of their country's imperial reach
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January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
From the archive:
The history of denial is as long as the history of intervention – and that goes back to the first decades of the republic
Mike Marqusee looks at the long history of US politicians’ denial of their country’s imperial reach
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
The history of denial is as long as the history of intervention – and that goes back to the first decades of the republic
Mike Marqusee looks at the long history of US politicians’ denial of their country’s imperial reach
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
PHOTOGRAPHER OPEN CALL!
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
PHOTOGRAPHER OPEN CALL!
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
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 editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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 editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
A US government desperate to topple Maduro is deploying military force alongside ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric. We must unite against the latest moves in a longstanding offensive, argues Francisco Dominguez
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Lies, false flags and extrajudicial murders: resisting US attacks on Venezuela - Red Pepper
The world must unite against the US government's latest tactic in a longstanding offensive against Venezuela, argues Francisco Dominguez
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January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
A US government desperate to topple Maduro is deploying military force alongside ‘war on drugs’ rhetoric. We must unite against the latest moves in a longstanding offensive, argues Francisco Dominguez
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
CALLING PHOTOGRAPHERS!
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
CALLING PHOTOGRAPHERS!
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
At the heart of movements who have a political visual story to tell – underrepresented stories to the front!
A chance for your photo essay to run in our upcoming print edition.
Please send a 100 word pitch + 2 sample links to editors@redpepper.org.uk
Amazon’s Black Friday-January Sales consumerism juggernaut is uniting campaigners. Robbie Gillett charts the corporation’s varied crimes from tax avoidance to exploitation
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Amazon and the cost of Christmas - Red Pepper
Amazon’s Black Friday-January Sales juggernaut of consumerism is uniting campaigners against the corporation's varied crimes
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December 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Amazon’s Black Friday-January Sales consumerism juggernaut is uniting campaigners. Robbie Gillett charts the corporation’s varied crimes from tax avoidance to exploitation
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Artist and songwriter Brian Eno reports on Together for Palestine and the campaign propelling an Arabic Lullaby into the charts – and raising vital funds for Gaza. Now reaching the top of the UK charts.
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Brian Eno on tenacious solidarity and a lullaby for Gaza - Red Pepper
Brian Eno reports from Together for Palestine and the campaign propelling an Arabic Lullaby into the charts – raising funds for Gaza
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December 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Artist and songwriter Brian Eno reports on Together for Palestine and the campaign propelling an Arabic Lullaby into the charts – and raising vital funds for Gaza. Now reaching the top of the UK charts.
www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...
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 editors@redpepper.org.uk by the end of January.
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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 editors@redpepper.org.uk 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 editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
Email editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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 editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
Email editors@redpepper.org.uk 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 editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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 editors@redpepper.org.uk with your story.
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The gift of Red Pepper keeps giving all year long…
All from just £30 for the 2025 holidays!
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December 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Spoil a socialist! Liberate a liberal! Convert a conservative!
The gift of Red Pepper keeps giving all year long…
All from just £30 for the 2025 holidays!
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The gift of Red Pepper keeps giving all year long…
All from just £30 for the 2025 holidays!
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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...
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...
Brian Eno on tenacious solidarity and a lullaby for Gaza - Red Pepper
Brian Eno reports from Together for Palestine and the campaign propelling an Arabic Lullaby into the charts – raising funds for Gaza
www.redpepper.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"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...
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)
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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 borders to prisons: the politics of abolition - Red Pepper
An abolitionist politics seeks to build towards a world without prisons or detention centres, write Ru Kaur and Ali Tamlit
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December 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
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)
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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)
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Words without action: Seven takeaways from the Paris climate deal - Red Pepper
The Paris Agreement has been hailed as a 'turning point for the world'. But it is short on real commitments, finds Oscar Reyes
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December 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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-...
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
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Key words: Propaganda of the deed - Red Pepper
Blood Work host Gregk Foley traces the ways propaganda of the deed continues to shape political violence over a century from its heyday
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December 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
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...
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...
Venezuela can solve its own problems - the US only cares about oil - Red Pepper
The people could reach a democratic and non-violent solution if they were freed from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
www.redpepper.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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...
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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A Red Pepper gift subscription delivers all year: exclusives, a spring bumper issue, full archive access, and membership in a vibrant radical community.
Special Xmas 2025 discount from £30 → www.redpepper.org.uk/gift-subscri...
Buy a Gift Subscription - Red Pepper
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December 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Looking for a gift with some political bite?
A Red Pepper gift subscription delivers all year: exclusives, a spring bumper issue, full archive access, and membership in a vibrant radical community.
Special Xmas 2025 discount from £30 → www.redpepper.org.uk/gift-subscri...
A Red Pepper gift subscription delivers all year: exclusives, a spring bumper issue, full archive access, and membership in a vibrant radical community.
Special Xmas 2025 discount from £30 → www.redpepper.org.uk/gift-subscri...