Environmental justice Archives - Red Pepper

What to expect in 2026?

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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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Amazon and the cost of Christmas

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Amazon’s Black Friday-January Sales consumerism juggernaut is uniting campaigners. Robbie Gillett charts the corporation’s varied crimes – and explains the necessary response

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Anglo American and the greenwashed mineral rush

Gerry Hart — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The British mining giant paints itself as a ‘climate leader’ but boasts a history of violent extraction. Activists from London Mining Network and We Smell Gas identify a critical target for anti-imperialist solidarity

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Key words: The Pluriverse

Gerry Hart — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Pluriversal politics offer an eclectic, egalitarian and emancipatory alternative to capitalist modernity, writes Levi Gahman

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Party revitalisation? An interview with Greens Organise

Siobhan McGuirk — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Red Pepper speaks to Zoë Garbett, Robert Magowan and Ani Chowdhury, who are organising to put diverse working class voices at the forefront of the Green Party programme

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Crude injustice in the Niger Delta

Siobhan McGuirk — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:41:01 +0000

Transnational oil companies’ ‘divestment’ from Nigeria leaves behind a trail of destruction. Obiora Ikoku reports on the communities demanding reparation

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Battles for land and gender justice in Kenya’s Loita Hills

Siobhan McGuirk — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Stephanie Leah Simmons Wood speaks to the Loita Maasais fighting ‘demarcation’ and navigating threats to tradition, corporate interests and opportunities for women’s empowerment

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The Green Party: socialists on bikes

Gerry Hart — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

After making gains in the 2024 election, Philip Proudfoot spells out why the Green Party is a suitable political home for eco-socialists looking for a democratic vehicle for change

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Hard truths in Brazil’s Lithium Valley

Siobhan McGuirk — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 22:17:31 +0000

Inhabitants of regions like Brazil’s Jequitinhonha valley are confronting the global forces turning their lands into sacrifice zones for the ‘green transition’. By Alex Shankland, Anabel Marín, Bruna Viana De Freitas and Fabiana Soares Leme

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The GKN workers’ fight continues

Kimon Daltas — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:27:30 +0000

The struggle for an ecological transition from below by Florence’s ex-GKN workers is alive, writes Lorezno Fe

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