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🌶 Spicing up the left since 1994. Issue #244 ‘30 Years of Red Pepper’' is out now! ✊

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🌶️ RED PEPPER 30TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE OUT NOW 🌶️ When we launched Red Pepper, we were warned we’d last 30 days. Now, 30 years later, ‘Never give up’ remains our motto. ✊ With contributions from @lolaolufemi_ , @lynne_segal , @KeirMilburn , @jemgilbert , @garyyounge & more!
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Right wing: let's kill people Left wing: let's help people Centrist: let's be sensible here, we'll help some people and kill the rest
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4 years ago @jeremycorbyn wrote this article for us. It's about tenants' rights in the face of landlords' neglect
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If you're rude on Twitter, they'll write a Daily Mail article about you. If you're really unspeakably nasty, they'll give you a column
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If you're angry at the Lib Dems for missing a Brexit vote, wait until you hear what they got up to from 2010-2015
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So @OwenJones84 accused the media of suffering from groupthink, and then loads of mainstream commentariat types attacked him all at the same time and in exactly the same ways 🤔
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In 1948, US Jews including Arendt & Einstein wrote to @nytimes warning against an Israeli political party they described as ‘a terrorist, right-wing, chauvinist organisation in Palestine’ That party became Netanyahu’s ruling Likud By @andrewfeinstein
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BREAKING NEWS: Jeremy Corbyn is under attack from MPs who never liked him in the first place, reports newspaper that never liked him in the first place
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Hope all the Corbyn-haters who have spent years smearing @Rachael_Swindon as a 'fake' and all the rest of it will read this – and then maybe, for once, admit they were spouting nonsense. She is a working class woman at the sharp end of austerity:
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Trump wanted to visit parliament and 10 Downing Street, but has run away scared. Instead, #TrumpBaby is flying in Parliament Square. Protest works.
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The 'exit poll moment' will be remembered for decades to come, because it was at that very second that the ghost of 1983 - the idea that left wing ideas are always unpopular in elections - was laid to rest. #labsummer
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Red Pepper has been shaping the debate on the left for over 25 years. Today more than ever we need radical, independent media. Big thanks for your support over the years @jeremycorbyn #TWT21 @TWT_NOW
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There is unfortunately some abuse on both left and right. The difference is that on the right, they give the abusers newspaper columns
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The #labsummer documentary stands as a monument to the way the media pointed its cameras, microphones and notebooks at non-entity MPs and so utterly missed the real story of the election
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The piece that pissed off the UK's millionaire 'satirists' is our #2 most read of 2020: 'How Corbyn unmasked comedy' by @zinovievletter takes comedian elites to task for speaking platitudes to power. First published in our Summer issue, #228
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2015: he can't do it 2016: he can't do it 2017: he can't do it 2018: he can't do it again
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Corbyn ran a brilliant election campaign last year – but he can't do it again. My Sunday article @IndyVoices
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😂
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Good evening! We are live at the #UnseatBoris rally and canvassing session in South Ruislip with Labour candidate @ARMilani_ alongside @ayocaesar , @OwenJones84 and several hundred people on a dark cold Tuesday night! #KickOutBoris #FckBoris #GE2019
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We're going to keep repeating 'bung parliament' until it catches on. Please help with this important effort
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Whatever the result of today's debates, Labour Party conference has changed beyond recognition: pre-2015 it was an endless parade of minor shadow ministers making speeches no one cared about, now we're spending the day hearing from delegates. Democracy in action 🌹
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We're hearing the new £50 million centrist party will make use of an OMOV system: One Millionaire One Vote.
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Roads blocked on Parliament Square and Whitehall today #schoolstrike4climate #ClimateStrike
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Lord Sugar thinks the House of Lords is democratic. Who voted for you Alan?
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I don't follow your logic. I am a member of the HOL . It is good and democratic that I can move to the cross bench .
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'If Theresa May won't get rid of Boris Johnson, we must.' The #UnseatBoris campaign gathers pace
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Remember that time when Jeremy Corbyn was pushed over and over to say he'd press the nuclear button, but he held out
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The Fabians predicted Labour would drop to 150 MPs in the election. It's time they stopped giving out advice
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Corbyn's Labour must become more "patriotic" to win the next election, says Fabian chief Andrew Harrop.
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Tougher #lockdown measures are imminent–but not because too many people went to the park. In the midst of #coronavirus scandals, we're being primed to blame the public for repeated government failures. Don't fall for it, says @s_mcguirk
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The sadness in his eyes.
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Media transphobia is currently rife, from BBC-quoted Lily Cade's shocking rantings to the demonising of trans activists over Kathleen Stock's resignation. We look back at @RozKaveney 's powerful warning to transphobes #FromTheArchives #TransWomenAreWomen
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"Kensington must be at the very heart of a courageous Labour experiment to drag this country out of the rich-get-richer neo-feudalism into which it has descended in the post-Thatcher years" - @brianeno on why he's backing @emmadentcoad in #GE2019
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Hey Blairite hypocrites: not only has Alan Johnson admitted he wanted Labour to do badly, he said it on Russia Today. Will you condemn him?
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This isn't even an argument, just abuse, calling Corbyn and his supporters 'Stalinists'. Shame that the Observer keeps publishing such rot
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"Left without a clue" Me in the Observer on the vacuity of the cult of Jeremy Corbyn
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BREAKING: Huge VICTORY to @SeemaChandwani & @BillyHayes_CWU Labour's Conference Arrangements C'ttee, big win for members!!! @PeoplesMomentum
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Labour is "preparing for about 35 pieces of legislation to be ready to go should it win an election... Proposals under consideration include abolishing zero-hours contracts, a mass housebuilding programme, nationalisation of key industries..."
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The @fckboris bus definitely caught the attention of Johnson’s constituents, with many of them responding positively to the idea they could make history and be the first to unseat a Prime Minister
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Vince Cable ➡️ Propped up Tories ➡️ Backed austerity ➡️ Sold Royal Mail ➡️ Tripled uni fees ➡️ Set up tribunal fees
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"Prepare yourself to argue again and again for a country without masters, without kings and queens and princesses, for a country where all human beings are created equal"
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Hi @ActivateBritain , you accidentally deleted these bios from your website. Luckily we made a backup. Phew!
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"We shouldn't spend our time on internal battles", say people who have spent two years desperately trying to get rid of Corbyn
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There's one anniversary today that has been sadly overlooked: it is now one year since the last time @saving_labour tweeted. Wonder what could have happened on 8 June 2017 to make them go so quiet?
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Will you join our digital revolution and catapult Red Pepper into the 21st century? We need your support to build the tools and resources needed to strengthen the movement and reach new audiences – both on and offline. Support our Crowdfunder today 🌶️
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Centrist: a person who says protests are "violent" but bombing other countries is "necessary"
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Radical publishers are under existential threat. Yet most are offering free or heavily discounted books to help us get through #coronvirus - & come out the other side inspired to build a better world Support their work with these choice #lockdown reads
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Centrism is the belief that in the great battle between good and evil, both sides make some valid points
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. @AyoCaesar : “This Election is not going to be easy. It’s cold as shit and the Tories have the money and the establishment press behind them.” #UnseatBoris #GE2019
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@OwenJones84 Because its much easier to blame sunbathers? (Better photos, too)
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'Mutual aid is and has always been a better strategy during times of crisis than any top-down organising or isolationism'. Margaret Killjoy ( @magpiekilljoy ) explores potential for a left approach to doomsday prepping. From Issue 237, 'Power in Unions'.
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A standing ovation for Ken Loach’s @SWMYfilm at the UK premiere in #Brighton for @TWT_NOW . Follow this thread for a summary of the panel discussion with @IWGBunion @IWGB_CLB #SorryWeMissedYou #GigEconomy
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Great to see @jeremycorbyn in Nottingham today, taking his message of hope to the people, stood beside a statue of Robin Hood 🏹 And now with his own copy of Red Pepper! #VoteLabour12December #GE2019 #VoteLabour
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Labour's NEC elections will decide the balance of power between those who supported Corbyn when it mattered, and those who tried to oust him, writes @alexnunns
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Conservative bias in the #BBC newsroom leads to 'mistakes' that are far more memorable than later corrections... #mudsticks Dawn Foster talks to Hilary Wainwright about 'fake news' tactics embraced by the Tories @DawnHFoster @hilarypepper #GE2019 #PepperVision
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Remember, Nazis are not people with 'a different view to you'. They are people who want to seize power, then kill you. Respond accordingly.
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'Tory Momentum' @ActivateBritain deleted its 'People' page earlier today. Luckily we kept a copy for them.
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2 million people have seen this. The right wing hate it because it skewers their most cherished myth: that they got rich by 'working harder'
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The video the right wing press just can't get enough of 😂 #FridayFeeling
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. @ChantayyJayy : “Let’s wake these students up, get them registered to vote and get Boris the Fck out of here!” Pumping out bangers and rave classics, they made their way to @bruneluni to get @brunelstudents on the electoral roll #unseatboris #registertovote #ge2019
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We’re outside Downing Street for the #SaveSheikhJarrah where chants of “shame on you” are being directed at a small number of counter-protestors bearing Israeli flags
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The 'cult of Corbyn' take is so boring. Just listen to how many times he talked about 'we', about the mass membership, about the people
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. @AyoCaesar “But do you know what we’ve got? We’ve got PEOPLE We’ve got IDEAS And we’ve got man like ALI MILANI!” @ARMilani_ #UnseatBoris #GE2019
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Number of times Jeremy Corbyn elected as Labour leader: 2 Number of times Lord Adonis elected as an MP: 0
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Labour peer calls for Jeremy Corbyn to be replaced as party leader
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If Hillary Clinton knew anything about how to stop rightwing populists then she'd be president right now
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Hillary Clinton: Europe must curb immigration to stop rightwing populists
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@ActivateBritain So which of his outdated views do you support?
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Just in case you were thinking of voting for him for Labour's conference arrangements committee 👇
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For the record, calling me a Blairite I do not consider an insult. I am proud to be associated with my friend Tony Blair, & his leadership.
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Just a reminder that Corbyn supporters are winning in Labour's internal elections. Keep it up!
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We regret to inform you that award-wining, sensible journalist @Orwell_Fan has been cancelled. Thankfully he has a significant media platform and following to tell us about it.
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. @ARMilani_ : “This is the most incredible thing I have ever seen. 300 people out here on a cold, wet Tuesday night. But we’re all here to get a Labour Government!” #UnseatBoris #GE2019
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It's two years ago today that Jeremy Corbyn got onto the ballot for Labour leader - with just seconds to spare
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Once upon a time you had to go to the House of Commons bars to watch MPs embarrassing themselves. Now you can see it on Twitter every day
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Excellent reworking of a #UKIP billboard http://t.co/JfJPEtaket
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It's going to be a broad alliance of the haves and the have-yachts
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If the MPs on #labsummer had gone along to one of the huge Corbyn rallies, they might have had an inkling of the result that was coming. But no - too tied up plotting
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Congratulations Ken Loach - - (image via @Angry_Voice )
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🙌 🏠🏠 "We will put a levy on those with second homes. Think of it as a solidarity fund for those with two homes to help those without any home at all." - @jeremycorbyn #lab18
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'New centrist party' talk is getting boring now. Stop the handwringing and go join the Lib Dems in the warm embrace of obscurity
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Will Jeremy Corbyn condemn this
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It’s going to rain for the next three days while Europe enjoys a heatwave
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"Calls for a ‘return’ to a non-existent past are seductive precisely because it did not exist." @GoingMedieval on the rise of the so-called tradwife and how to combat their nonsensical nostalgia
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'If BAME & Muslim people didn't vote for the Labour Party I probably wouldn't have got elected. We can't take anyone for granted & the working class is the working class - it's not just white' - Newly elected MP for Coventry South @zarahsultana at #WhatDoWeDoNow
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Abuse in politics.
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We too are very concerned about fake news websites. One of the biggest fake news sites, the Daily Mail, publishes hundreds of articles a day
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The next generation does not want to be the last generation and they want justice #schoolstrike4climate #climatestrikes
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Some MPs go into parliament to pal around with Tories, hang out in the bars and feel special. Others go to represent working class people.
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With over 1 million young people registered to vote since #GE2019 was called, a generation that has grown up under austerity could decide this election. @youthvoteuk2019 are providing tools and resources to help register young people in your area
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It’s vital people don’t leave the party but we also need to be working in community and social movements too says newly elected MP @zarahsultana
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'Corbyn saved the Labour Party'. Gary Younge and Hilary Wainwright on how complacency crushed the established left in Europe - and the challenges ahead if @UKLabour wins on Dec 12. @garyyounge @hilarypepper #GE2019 #PepperVision
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With @hilarypepper in Parliament this afternoon speaking to two fantastic newly-elected MPs @zarahsultana and @NadiaWhittomeMP , setting out their priorities and the challenges facing the Left. Forthcoming in our next print edition so watch this space!
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"The best hope by far for imposing limits on Trump is citizen activism" @tjAmandla interviews @ggreenwald
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This election saw the most biased disinformation campaign from legacy media including the public broadcaster, the BBC. Impartiality is a bad joke. To counteract these narratives, we must build stronger independent media. Subscribe to Red Pepper today:
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To-do list: Sack Priti Patel ✓ Sack Boris Johnson Sack Damian Green Sack Theresa May
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They tell you there's no 'magic money tree' - while they hide billions in ill-gotten gains in the Cayman Islands. #paradisepapers
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'A huge portion of responsibility for rising anti-trans moves lies at the national and popular media’s door'. Jamie Jewkes traces the normalisation of transphobia in Britain - from bans on trans athletes to physical and legal violence @Mermaids_Gender
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All of us at Red Pepper are devastated to hear of the death of David Graeber. A true movement intellectual who contributed both his thoughts and actions. His thought will continue to shape us #restinpower
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Alisha: “I’m here because I think getting out on the doorstep is the way that we ensure the NHS isn’t privatised, stop child poverty and end food banks and homelessness” #UnseatBoris #GE2019
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Then and now. Solidarity with Jeremy Corbyn.
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If Nigel Farage stops paying the licence fee, surely it's only fair to ban him from Question Time etc.
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If the BBC do not apologise for saying I have blood on my hands, I will stop paying the licence fee.
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