Palestine and the Middle East Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:09:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-RP-Sq-Logo-32x32.jpg Palestine and the Middle East Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/ 32 32 Unions for Gaza https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/work-trade-unions/unions-for-gaza/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:09:23 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47745 Palestine is a live issue in the trade union movement, writes Bernard Regan, with eighteen unions are affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Here’s how they're taking action – and you can support them

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]]> Iran ’53: The coup that changed the Middle East https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/iran-53-the-coup-that-changed-the-middle-east/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:56:12 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47759 When Iran’s elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossaddegh tried to nationalise oil, Britain and the US helped overthrow him. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi traces how covert interventions continue to shape the region

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]]> In pictures: West Bank lives https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/in-pictures-west-bank-lives/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:52:36 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47747 With global attention on Gaza, an already grave situation in the Palestinian West Bank has intensified. A Solidus Collective photographer documents two years of change

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]]> Breaking the sword in occupied Palestine https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/breaking-the-sword-in-occupied-palestine/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47550 In the first dispatch of our series Breaking the Sword, three clandestine organisers working in the West Bank report on settler colonialism and ethnic cleansing

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]]> Is a left victory possible in Iran? https://www.redpepper.org.uk/political-parties-and-ideologies/socialism/is-a-left-victory-possible-in-iran/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47406 Despite brutal crackdowns against protestors, Iran's dictatorship is weaker than it has been in decades. Bahram Soroush examines how the left might chart a path to power

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]]> Shaking up the sector: an interview with Art Workers for Palestine Scotland https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/shaking-up-the-sector-an-interview-with-art-workers-for-palestine-scotland/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47401 A coalition of culture industry workers are refusing to let the Scottish Arts sector stay silent on Palestine, an organiser tells Red Pepper

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]]> From Scotland to Gaza: solidarity through copwatching https://www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-justice/policing/from-scotland-to-gaza-solidarity-through-copwatching/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47232 Police monitoring organisations are exposing Scotland's repression of Palestine solidarity movements and challenging a 'supportive' national self-image, says Betsy Barkas

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]]> Brian Eno on tenacious solidarity and a lullaby for Gaza https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/music/brian-eno-on-tenacious-solidarity-and-a-lullaby-for-gaza/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=46956 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

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]]> Moving music: an interview with Hamsaz Ensemble https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/moving-music-an-interview-with-hamsaz-ensemble/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=46791 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

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]]> No neutral ground: sport is political in Israel’s war on Gaza https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/no-neutral-ground-sport-is-political-in-israels-war-on-gaza/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=46605 Nicola De Martini Ugolotti and Max Mauro report on campaigns to ban Israel from international sports – and to interrupt the normalisation of genocide

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