Civil liberties Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-justice/civil-liberties/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:58:16 +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 Civil liberties Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-justice/civil-liberties/ 32 32 From newsrooms to exile in Central America https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/latin-america/from-newsrooms-to-exile-in-central-america/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:58:15 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47758 Donald Trump has emboldened Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele in his onslaught against critical voices, including the independent press. Roman Gressier reports

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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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]]> 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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]]> Investigative journalism: A light in the darkness https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/media/investigative-journalism-a-light-in-the-darkness/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=46229 The most important function of investigative journalism is to hold power to account, writes Katie Mark

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]]> The only way left is always anti-racist https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/race-racism/the-only-way-left-is-always-anti-racist/ Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:29:44 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44976 Any new socialist organisation must put proletarian anti-racism at its heart and embrace utopian pragmatism, write Joshua Virasami and Jonas Marvin

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]]> Is rave culture political? https://www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-media/music/is-rave-culture-political/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:42:31 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44070 Despite facing state repression, rave culture continues to be a space for political expression and collective action, writes Alex Carter

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]]> Quotas, protests and political monsters in Bangladesh https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/asia/quotas-protests-and-political-monsters-in-bangladesh/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:35:32 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44066 Student power is resurgent in Bangladesh after the success of the antidiscrimination movement. Nafis Hasan questions what changes lie ahead

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]]> The view from student encampments for Palestine https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/the-view-from-the-encampments-for-palestine/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:27:38 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=44053 Students have taken sustained collective action against institutional complicity in the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Here, three activists reflect on the university encampments and the solidarity movement landscape

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]]> How the crackdown on squatting cramped British creativity https://www.redpepper.org.uk/society/housing-architecture/how-the-crackdown-on-squatting-cramped-british-creativity/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:00:03 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=43687 Ella Benson Easton explores how housing shapes the arts – and the impact of laws and funding cuts subtly killing alternative cultures

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]]> The tech bro president ruling by force https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/latin-america/the-tech-bro-president-ruling-by-force/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 15:23:30 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=43672 Hilary Goodfriend explains how El Salvador’s populist leader has retained power – and the implications of Nayib Bukele’s rise for neighbouring countries

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