Economics, unions and work - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:50:35 +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 Economics, unions and work - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/ 32 32 Rethinking racism https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/race-racism/rethinking-racism/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:30:26 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47805 The left has forgotten our traditions of anti-racist analysis and organising. We must abandon liberal analyses, says Gargi Bhattacharyya, and see racism as an exercise of power

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]]> 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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]]> Women’s day off: feminist strike action since 1975 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/europe/womens-day-off-feminist-strike-action-since-1975/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:08:58 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47743 Valgerður Pálmadóttir recalls the Icelandic women’s strike in 1975 and assesses its continuing relevance today

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]]> General strike now?! https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/work-trade-unions/general-strike-now/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:08:20 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47746 Matthew Lee asks what it would take to build a general strike today – and what impact the tactic might have

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]]> Labour and the unions: a contentious alliance https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/work-trade-unions/labour-and-the-unions-a-contentious-alliance/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:07:57 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47741 David Howell traces union-Labour Party relations from the aftermath of the general strike, through shaping the 1945 government, tensions under Harold Wilson to Thatcher-era marginalisation

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]]> Striking back: 1926-2026 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/work-trade-unions/striking-back-1926-2026/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:04:35 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47735 One hundred years ago, workers downed tools in Britain’s first and only general strike. Red Pepper explores origins, memories and legacies of 1926

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]]> The migrant genocide https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/migration/the-migrant-genocide/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:03:31 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47752 Understanding the massacre of migrants making their way to the global north is a key moment of class struggle, argues Iker Suárez, and for halting Europe’s march towards fascism

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]]> Militarisation makes us all less secure https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/war/militarisation-makes-us-all-less-secure/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47728 As wars escalate and military spending booms, Karen Bell surveys alternatives to militarisation and explains the real meaning of security for workers and communities

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]]> Selling DOPE https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/media/selling-dope-magazine/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47622 Rory Robertson-Shaw describes how DOPE magazine spreads radical left ideas while earning money for its homeless and financially precarious vendors

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]]> What to expect in 2026? https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/education/what-to-expect-in-2026/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47092 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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