The Socialist Olympics of 1936
Radical workers’ sporting organisations and the 1936 People’s Olympiad illustrate the role of sport in fighting oppression, writes Uma Arruga i López.
Failure to deliver
Major financial institutions have cited Deliveroo’s employment practices for its disastrous public share launch. Alice Martin and Tom Powdrill look at what went wrong and what it might mean for workers’ rights
Power on the picket line: remembering the Burnsall Strike
Almost 30 years on, Sarbjit Johal recalls supporting the strike, which consisted of mostly Punjabi women workers
Review – The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain
Laura Pidcock, former MP for North West Durham, reviews the new book by Huw Beynon and Ray Hudson in the shadow of Brexit and deindustrialisation
The uses and limits of celebrity solidarity with Palestine
Famous voices can shape public opinion on Palestine, argues Raoul Walawalker, but walking back solidarity statements does more harm than good
What’s at stake for the left in Unite’s General Secretary election? An interview with Steve Turner and Sharon Graham
As the election of a new General Secretary for Britain's biggest trade union gets underway, Red Pepper speaks to left candidates Steve Turner and Sharon Graham.
Prevent strategy funding Birmingham theatre
The government’s Prevent strategy is funding productions that will damage community relations, argues Keith McKenna
The working-class voices publishing against the grain
Luke Charnley reports on the new publishing houses getting working-class writers onto the printed page.
Between the posts
From Twitter takeovers to the European Super League, Neville Southall talks to Jake Woodier about politics and sport
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