'The working class is the essential subject that we have to make films about because it is the class that can make the changes'

For issue 243, hilary wainwright and Ken Loach & Sixteen Films on his long career dignifying the lives and struggles of ordinary people

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'Organised migrant workers are fighting back, demonstrating the impact of unity and determination in the ongoing fight for justice'

Ana Aguirre reports on CAIWU, who represent women at the sharp end of exploitation and oppression

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Helping to staff a Red Pepper stall is good fun and also good politics . Roll up! Roll up!

A very necessary , and practical , conference focusing on the otherwise marginalised role trade unionists could play in achieving a just transition . See you there! Look out for the Red Pepper stall! 🌶️✊

How Starmer seems to be turning the Labour Party into the Tory Party now that the Tories have abandoned ship, brilliant from David Edgerton in Red Pepper redpepper.org.uk/political-part…

Whatever you think of Roger Hallam or Just Stop Oil, he & the others involved do not deserve a life in prison.

This is just one more example of how draconian laws will treat climate activists here & into the future. They deserve our solidarity & support. juststopoil.org/2024/04/05/jus…

An important article from historian David Edgerton , putting today’s ever more diminishing Labour leader in historical perspective.

Greens likely to win second MP as Labour voters waver in Bristol

Poll predicts Green co-leader Carla Denyer will win Bristol Central by gaining support from disillusioned left voters

Labour is set for landslide, so it's safe to vote The Green Party

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Full support for these courageous civil servants.The Rome Statute covering war crimes is clear that following a superior’s instructions is not a defence when it comes to charges of war crimes. The government must come clean on the legal advice it has. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

1 in 10 of us face a 3 week wait for a GP appointment. With hundreds of GPs facing closure wait times could get even higher. The Government need a proper plan to save GPs from closure. Agree? Join me today & sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop… via 38 Degrees

Chuffed Renewal published Emma Montlake, Raphie Kaplinsky Victor Anderson 'Pragmatic Envirionmentalism' thoughts from Lewes Labour Party A Manifesto for Age of Environmental Breakdown event I helped organise. Read it here renewal.org.uk/pragmatic-envi…
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'All we have is our solidarity. Our determination. And our shared moral commitment to the preciousness of life. With that, we can build a world with no iron domes'

Read Naomi Klein's powerful speech from ‘Still We Rise’ festival (@WarOnWant) 🇵🇸

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When Rolls-Royce began firing workers due to the pandemic's market downturn,the union reps started searching for a way to keep their jobs while transitioning the company to sustainable production.

This is their story so far. tni.org/en/article/bea…

Today marks 10 years since the the first same-sex marriages took place in the UK🏳️‍🌈

In 2014, Red Pepper editor Siobhán McGuirk argued that LGBTQ equality was still a distant dream. How does her piece fare today?

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From Claire Mitchell: 'A meaningful process of all-island citizens assemblies could be transformational. It could set the island on a new trajectory.'

A top-down design for a new Ireland will alienate too many people. Division is best overcome by making something new, together.

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Please read ! You’ll be alarmed! And hopefully sufficiently angered to do all you/we can to expose and stop the secretive renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement later this year..

The worker-led experience of successful industrial conversion during the pandemic in the UK, offers a glimpse of the potential role of workplace trade unions in moving from a high-carbon to low-carbon economy without job losses, writes hilary wainwright. tni.org/en/article/bea…

I ‘ve just donated to this and urge you to do the same ! Workers decarbonisation Initiatives such as this are vital to for the transition to a low carbon economy : gofund.me/3ae7a677