Regulars

Beyond the ballots

CONTENts

3 Editorial Siobhán McGuirk

6 Letters On the web

8 Snapshots The world in struggle

25 The Spark Shezan Renny

30 Keywords Innovation

4 RED PEPPER 245 Autumn 2024

12 Labour after the landslide What the 2024 election tells us about new parties rising, the cracks in Labour’s electoral machine and potential future strategies for the left. By HILARY WAINWRIGHT

15 Rogues’ parliament Scoundrels and charlatans in the class of ’24

16 Right questions and wrong answers

The French left is as responsible as President Macron and the right for the rise of the National Rally, argues YASSER LOUATI

20 An avatar of reaction The rise of El Salvador’s populist leader

22 India rising How collaboration between civil and political society shaped the 2024 Indian election – and provides hope for democracy

Cover illustration by Oskar Hasiuk www.oskarhasiuk.com