When General Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende’s left-wing government in Chile, Mike Gatehouse was among the thousands of activists arrested. On the 40th anniversary of the coup he describes the hope and then the horror of the time
Homes of our own: the growing student co-operative movementSean Farmelo is part of a group of Birmingham students involved in setting up a new student housing co-op
Editorial: All power to the communityWe don’t have to just cross our fingers and hope for a revolution before the planet fries, writes James O'Nions
Persuading the unpersuaded - Frances O’Grady interviewAs Frances O’Grady prepares to give the first speech by a woman TUC general secretary to its annual Congress, Red Pepper spoke to her about the challenges facing the trade union movement today
Anti-fascism after WoolwichThe sudden resurgence of an apparently dwindling English Defence League after Lee Rigby’s murder at Woolwich suggests anti-fascists need to rethink their strategy, argue South London Anti-Fascists
Jeremy Hardy thinks... about the state'Not the state we like, which is about schools and hospitals, but the other one'
Us and them: how the far right feed off the racism of the mainstreamContrary to right-wing myth, Britain’s imperial past goes largely unexamined, so its assumptions remain active in forming our views, writes Mike Marqusee