Striking back<\/h1>\n\n\nRed Pepper #248 | SPRING 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Red Pepper returns with a new-look print edition. In\u00a0Striking back<\/em>, Joe Redmayne<\/strong>, David Howell <\/strong>and others explore the roots, impacts and 100 year legacy of the\u00a01926 General Strike<\/strong>, while Matthew Lee<\/strong>, the PSC<\/strong> and Valger\u00f0ur P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir<\/strong> examine the continued relevance of industrial action within movement for feminism<\/strong>,\u00a0Palestin<\/strong>e and workers rights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With\u00a0migration<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0militarism<\/strong>\u00a0among the most pressing issues of our time, Gargi Bhattacharyya<\/strong>, Zrinka Bralo<\/strong> and Iker Su\u00e1rez<\/strong> call for radical new approaches to justice, language and action while Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi<\/strong> and Joshua Shangobiyi<\/strong> explain mid-century\u00a0wars for oil<\/strong>\u00a0in Iran and Nigeria.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elsewhere, we hear from journalists in exile in Latin America<\/strong> while culture critics take on film<\/strong>, local TV<\/strong>, music<\/strong> and the latest books<\/strong>. Featuring Sara Ahmed<\/strong>, Roman Gressier<\/strong>, Juliet Jacques<\/strong>, Chloe Slater<\/strong> and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n BUY<\/a> | STOCKISTS<\/a> | SUBSCRIBE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Preview the FULL 30-year archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Subscribe for print & digital access<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n One hundred years ago, workers downed tools in Britain\u2019s first and only general strike. Red Pepper explores origins, memories and legacies of 1926<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 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<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Valger\u00f0ur P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir recalls the Icelandic women\u2019s strike in 1975 and assesses its continuing relevance today<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Matthew Lee asks what it would take to build a general strike today \u2013 and what impact the tactic might have<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Siobh\u00e1n McGuirk talks to Zrinka Bralo, founder and CEO of Migrants Organise, about the challenges and necessity of committed community organising in the fight for migration justice<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 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<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Understanding the massacre of migrants making their way to the global north is a key moment of class struggle, argues Iker Su\u00e1rez, and for halting Europe\u2019s march towards fascism<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 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<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Donald Trump has emboldened Salvadoran dictator Nayib Bukele in his onslaught against critical voices, including the independent press. Roman Gressier reports<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n When Iran\u2019s elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossaddegh tried to nationalise oil, Britain and the US helped overthrow him. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi traces how covert interventions continue to shape the region<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Local TV promised to platform grassroots politics and marginal voices, but weak regulation saw the sector thin out. Andy Brain surveys the survivors and asks: can communities reclaim the airways?<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Political messaging, generational tensions and deepening class conflict are fuelling Chloe Slater\u2019s popularity, argues John Newsham<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Juliet Jaques celebrates the work of Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, whose incisive social commentary prioritises laughter, substance and style<\/p> COMING SOON<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.redpepper.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/248-Striking-back-689x900.jpg\")
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General Strike<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Labour and the unions: a contentious alliance<\/h2>\n\n
Women\u2019s day off: feminist strike action since 1975<\/h2>\n\n
General strike now?!<\/h2>\n\n
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Migration<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Rethinking racism<\/h2>\n\n
The migrant genocide<\/h2>\n\n
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Global<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From newsrooms to exile in Central America<\/h2>\n\n
Iran ’53: The coup that changed the Middle East<\/h2>\n\n
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Books & Culture<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Chloe Slater and the politics of young Britain<\/h2>\n\n
Jude awakening<\/h2>\n\n