How can the left successfully challenge Reform in local and devolved elections?

Part two of our interview series with local elections candidates and canvassers ahead of the May polls is out now ⤵️
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In our latest #localelections coverage, candidates and campaigners debate local alternatives to Labour and Reform.

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Big thanks to @redpeppermag.bsky.social for highlighting my new book Postcapitalist Cities in the latest issue! It’s in some very esteemed company.

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An interview with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina - Red Pepper Maria Alyokhina speaks to Red Pepper Media on the power of music and political will at a time of war and rising authoritarianism

"Who are terrorists? What does it mean to call somebody one?"

Red Pepper interviews Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on the power of music and political will at a time of war, rising authoritarianism and right-wing radicalisation 🎙️✊️

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An interview with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina - Red Pepper Maria Alyokhina speaks to Red Pepper Media on the power of music and political will at a time of war and rising authoritarianism

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An interview with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina - Red Pepper Maria Alyokhina speaks to Red Pepper Media on the power of music and political will at a time of war and rising authoritarianism

Some may wonder where Trump gets his political inspiration from.

In an interview with Russian activist Maria Alyokhina, she gives us a hint: "Western regimes are happy to copy Putin's approach. If you look at Trump, he calls all of his opponents terrorists."

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Local elections part one: Think global, vote local - Red Pepper Ahead of polling day on May 7th, Red Pepper Media asks what the left can achieve in local and devolved government

In less than a month, local elections take place across the UK 🗳️

In this interview with Green, Labour & Independent candidates on their recent canvassing experiences, Red Pepper asks what it means for us to think global and vote local at the ballot box.

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Ahead of polling day on May 7th, Red Pepper asks what the left can achieve in upcoming local elections.

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Local elections part one: Think global, vote local - Red Pepper Ahead of polling day on May 7th, Red Pepper Media asks what the left can achieve in local and devolved government

How can the left make use of local & devolved government? 🧩

As part of our local elections coverage, we ask Beth Winter(Independent), Tim Hunt(Green Party), Jane Marshall(Broxtowe Alliance), Dave Kellaway(HISC) & an anonymous contributor for their thoughts 👀

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We interview Beth Winter, Dave Kellaway, Jane Marshall, Tim Hunt and an anonymous writer on their experiences of recent campaign canvassing.

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Local elections part one: Think global, vote local - Red Pepper Ahead of polling day on May 7th, Red Pepper Media asks what the left can achieve in local and devolved government

"I want to see power back in the communities we are elected to serve, with people having control over their lives, and over the wealth created." ✊️

Ahead of polling day on May 7th, Red Pepper asks what the left can achieve in local & devolved government ⤵️

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An interview with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina - Red Pepper Maria Alyokhina speaks to Red Pepper Media on the power of music and political will at a time of war and rising authoritarianism

"I am someone who always wants to fight back."🎙️

Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina co-founded investigative media outlet Mediazona to cover human rights abuses in Russia. She speaks to Red Pepper on the power of political will at a time of rising authoritarianism.

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Maria is a member of the anti-Putinist punk rock group Pussy Riot and author of Political Girl: Life and Fate in Russia (Penguin).

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An interview with Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina - Red Pepper Maria Alyokhina speaks to Red Pepper Media on the power of music and political will at a time of war and rising authoritarianism

"There is power in being a minority. Minorities make revolutions happen."

🌶️ NEW INTERVIEW with Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina on the power of music and political will at a time of war, rising authoritarianism and right-wing radicalisation.

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Selling DOPE - Red Pepper Rory Robertson-Shaw describes how DOPE magazine spreads radical left ideas while earning money for its financially precarious vendors

"Physical products can cut through in a way online tools can't."🗞️

DOPE magazine is a socialist street newspaper distributed for free to homeless & financially precarious people. Rory Robertson-Shaw breaks down how they spread radical left ideas to the masses ⤵️

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Selling DOPE - Red Pepper Rory Robertson-Shaw describes how DOPE magazine spreads radical left ideas while earning money for its financially precarious vendors

"Vendors have told us that the magazine has saved lives."🗞️

✏️ Graphic designer & illustrator Rory Robertson-Shaw describes how quarterly street newspaper DOPE spreads radical left ideas while earning money for its homeless and financially precarious vendors.

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Police arrest 523 including 87-year-old during mass protest in central London against ban on Palestine Action | LBC The force said 523 people aged between 18 and 87 were arrested for showing support for a proscribed organisation during the demonstration at Trafalgar Square.

Police arrest 523 including 87-year-old during mass protest in central London against ban on Palestine Action

“This is not policing. This is the state criminalising dissent.”

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SHOCKING

An elderly woman was manhandled by officers yesterday because she was unable to walk quickly enough or far enough following her arrest under the UK Terrorism Act.

Onlookers pleaded to the police to “leave her be” as they witnessed the insanity of arresting her.

Photo of magazine article entitled The coup that changed the middle east by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi

Prescient piece by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi in the March @redpeppermag.bsky.social about the US and UK engineered 1953 coup to oust an Iranian administration that planned to nationalize oil. Ghamari-Tabrizi explains how the operation served as a template for future US interventions across the globe.

Teaching in and against the state - Red Pepper Should fascists ‘fear’ US public school teachers? Potentially, argues Ranita Ray, but once we recognise complicity in upholding state racism

"While teachers have a long tradition of opposing injustice, we must not be afraid to ask how they have also functioned within oppressive institutions" Ranita Ray @redpeppermag.bsky.social on the ambiguities and contradictions of teachers and schooling

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