{"id":44915,"date":"2025-03-06T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/?page_id=44915"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:52:59","slug":"the-last-issue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/archive\/the-last-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Issue?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:6vw;padding-left:0vw;flex-basis:60%\"><h1 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.629rem, 2.629rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.964), 5rem);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The Last Issue?<\/h1>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase\">Red Pepper #247 SPRING 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our final quarterly print edition surveys innovations and transformations in left media past, present and future \u2013&nbsp;providing inspiration for readers to guide where Red Pepper goes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bumper 80-page issue also explores new left political movements rising across the UK and looks behind international news headlines with reports from Syria, Rojava, Nigeria and Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With books, regular features, previews and more, <em>The Last Issue? <\/em>goes out with a bang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Cover-692x900.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44934\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Cover-692x900.png 692w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Cover-346x450.png 346w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Cover-173x225.png 173w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Cover-768x998.png 768w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Cover.png 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns preview-subscribe is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-left-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center current-issue-preview-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;padding-top:3vh;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:3vh;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.092rem, 1.092rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.76), 1.7rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reader.exacteditions.com\/magazines\/357\/issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preview the FULL 30-year archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/redpepper2023\/assets\/images\/digital-issue-white-on-red.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:3vh;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:3vh;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-grey-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.092rem, 1.092rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.76), 1.7rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe for print &amp; digital access<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/redpepper2023\/assets\/images\/arrow-white-on-red.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull issues-full-width has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-not-stacked-on-mobile issues-full-width-container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-00a22a97 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column issues-full-width-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:7.5vw\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top issues-full-width-central is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:85vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column in-this-issue-left-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:20%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">In this issue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns in-this-issue-lh-section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">The Last Issue?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Transition-time.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44893\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Transition-time.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Transition-time-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Transition-time-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Transition-time-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44962 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-media category-socialism tag-hilary-wainwright tag-siobhan-mcguirk\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Transition time for Red Pepper<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">After 31 years, Red Pepper is ceasing quarterly print production. Editors Hilary Wainwright and Siobh\u00e1n McGuirk explain why \u2013 and invite readers to shape what comes&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/culture-media\/media\/transition-time-for-red-pepper\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44965 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-feminism category-history category-media category-socialism tag-paula-lacey\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Hold the press: the rise, fall and rise again of left media<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In the ever-shifting landscape and viability of print media, left-wing publications can take many forms and directions. Paula Lacey spotlights a selection of trajectories taken in&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/political-parties-and-ideologies\/history\/hold-the-press-the-rise-fall-and-rise-again-of-left-media\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44960 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-media category-socialism category-technology tag-gerry-hart\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">What&#8217;s left online? Content vs clickbait<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Media producers on the left must work both in and against the online content economy, argues Gerry Hart<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/culture-media\/media\/new-left-media-content-vs-clickbait\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column issues-full-width-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-left-width:1px;flex-basis:7.5vw\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull issues-full-width has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-not-stacked-on-mobile issues-full-width-container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-00a22a97 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column issues-full-width-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:7.5vw\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top issues-full-width-central is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:85vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column in-this-issue-left-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:20%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">In this issue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns in-this-issue-lh-section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">Essay<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Essay-democracy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44908\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Essay-democracy.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Essay-democracy-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Essay-democracy-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Essay-democracy-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44958 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-capitalism category-democracy category-history tag-jenny-pearce\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The capitalist crisis of liberal democracy<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jenny Pearce considers how the left should respond to the failings of liberal democracy in the face of the new&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/political-parties-and-ideologies\/history\/the-capitalist-crisis-of-liberal-democracy\/\">Subscribe to 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style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:7.5vw\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top issues-full-width-central is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:85vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column in-this-issue-left-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:20%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">In this issue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns in-this-issue-lh-section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">Party Time?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Coalitional-Approaches.jpg\" alt=\"An illustration of two ribbons interweaving \u2013 one red and one green\" class=\"wp-image-44898\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Coalitional-Approaches.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Coalitional-Approaches-800x400.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Coalitional-Approaches-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/247-Coalitional-Approaches-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44975 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-work-trade-unions tag-connor-cameron\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Can the UK left get a new party started?<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Defeated and marginalised but resilient and unbowed. What does the left do next? Connor Cameron makes the case for a new UK party of the&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/economics-unions-work\/work-trade-unions\/can-the-uk-left-get-a-new-party-started\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44976 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-civil-liberties category-democracy category-race-racism tag-jonas-marvin tag-joshua-virasami\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">The only way left is always anti-racist<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Any new socialist organisation must put proletarian anti-racism at its heart and embrace utopian pragmatism, write Joshua Virasami and Jonas Marvin<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/society\/race-racism\/the-only-way-left-is-always-anti-racist\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44977 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-democracy category-labour-party category-socialism tag-naomi-wimborne-idrissi\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Meet the independent MPs and councillors shaking up local politics<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Local activists, disillusioned with the status quo, are forming political organisations independent of the Labour Party. Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi spoke to groups building connections locally and&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/political-parties-and-ideologies\/labour-party\/meet-the-independent-mps-and-councilors-shaking-up-local-politics\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column issues-full-width-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-left-width:1px;flex-basis:7.5vw\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull issues-full-width has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-not-stacked-on-mobile issues-full-width-container is-layout-flex 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wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">In this issue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns in-this-issue-lh-section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-karla-font-family\">International<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-right-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-right-width:1px;flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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Obiora Ikoku reports on the communities demanding reparation<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/global-politics\/africa\/crude-injustice-in-the-niger-delta\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query excerpt-subscribe-to-read is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-44950 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-neoliberalism tag-alex-scrivener\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Georgia: the people vs the billionaire<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Alex Scrivener explains why thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets in protest against the ruling Georgian Dream party \u2013 and why they need&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/political-parties-and-ideologies\/neoliberalism\/georgia-the-people-vs-the-billionaire\/\">Read now<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column issues-full-width-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:var(--wp--preset--color--pale-3);border-left-width:1px;flex-basis:7.5vw\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Pepper #247 SPRING 2025 Our final quarterly print edition surveys innovations and transformations in left media past, present and future \u2013&nbsp;providing inspiration for readers to guide where Red Pepper goes next. 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