Activism Archives - Red Pepper

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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The Assange ruling has wide ramifications for journalism and whistleblowing

Kimon Daltas — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:02:11 +0000

At Julian Assange's extradition hearing, the right of all of us to expose what governments try to hide is at stake, writes Richard Norton-Taylor

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Inside Belgium’s supermarket strikes

Liam Kennedy — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:00:26 +0000

Ten thousand workers face wages cuts after Delhaize aims to franchise stores in Belgium. Red Pepper spoke to union members Rosetta Scibilla, Sacha Tenaerts, Eric Breugelmans, and Myriam Djegham

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Five years of the US’s futile FOSTA-SESTA sex trafficking laws

Kimon Daltas — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:00:06 +0000

The US law has inflicted enormous damage worldwide on sex workers, while doing nothing to fight exploitation, writes Marin Scarlett

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They are welcome here

Gerry Hart — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:00:19 +0000

The welcome given to refugees by local people in Folkestone undercuts the narrative that the public wants our borders to be closed, argues Bridget Chapman

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Dinners for debt justice

Ananya Bhattacharya — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:00:40 +0000

Sheffield activists Ci Davis and Darcy White explain their work in the Jubilee Movement, a mutual aid-based debt justice campaign

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My experience working in the gig economy

Ananya Bhattacharya — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 08:00:50 +0000

Joe Durbidge reflects on the changing experience of being a delivery driver in London

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The campaign for better buses

Gerry Hart — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:00:42 +0000

Matthew Topham and Alice Dann explain how the campaign that brought buses back into public control in Manchester can inspire similar action across the UK

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A working class hero is something to be: An interview with Willie Black

Gerry Hart — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 08:00:51 +0000

Lydia Hughes speaks to Willie Black, a lifelong trade union organiser, about why we need to build rank-and-file power

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After the deluge: the activists mobilising to help those affected by Pakistan’s devastating floods

Kimon Daltas — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 08:00:36 +0000

In the wake of the floods that devastated Pakistan last year, Sanaa Alimia interviews three left-wing activists on how they approached the relief effort

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