Tapping the resistance in Greece
A combination of opposing privatisation and putting forward practical alternatives is helping water campaigners mount an effective challenge to austerity in Greece. Hilary Wainwright reports
A new party of the left comes one step closer Salman Shaheen of Left Unity, the group supporting Ken Loach’s call for a new left party in Britain, reports from its first national meeting
The Condition of the Working Class: what’s changed? Filmmakers Mike Wayne and Deirdre O’Neill discuss their new Engels-inspired documentary, The Condition of the Working Class, with Clive James Nwonka
Sexism and the left: Fight the (invisible) power Recent controversies over allegations of sexual abuse and violence raise urgent questions about the dynamics of power and authority in our own organisations, argues Zoe Stavri
The pay dispute at Brighton council: a Green view Davy Jones, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown, gives his view of a dispute that has caused huge debate among Green Party members in the city and across the country
'Never again!' says Germany’s anti-national movement Raphael Schlembach reviews Against the Nation: Anti-National Politics in Germany, by Robert Ogman
Right-to-buy in the great rip-off economy On the Woodberry Down estate in Hackney, all the council homes are being demolished in a £1billion regeneration project. It is a perfect illustration of why we have such a housing shortage says Koos Couvée
Confronting the Climate Crisis: Graham Petersen interview
On Saturday 8 June the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group is holding a conference bringing together climate scientists, trade unionists and environmental activists. Red Pepper's environment editor Kara Moses speaks to Graham Petersen, UCU environment and Greener Jobs Alliance co-ordinator
The seven faces of Michael Gove
Mike Peters looks at how the Tory education secretary uses the words and ideas of the left to win support for his policies
The Brighton pay dispute: the union view
GMB union organiser Rob Macey puts the workers' side of the argument
Jeremy Hardy thinks... about the right to exist
'We’d all say a person has a right to a home, but we wouldn’t say their home has rights.'
Back to the fragments
Lynne Segal, one of the authors of the seminal 1979 socialist-feminist text Beyond the Fragments, reflects on its lessons for today
Turkey: A people imprisoned
Once seen as a moderate party, the AKP government in Turkey is using anti-terrorism legislation to unleash a wave of repression against the left and the Kurdish movement. Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod spoke to activists in the country
Dawkins vs democracy
Leigh Phillips looks at Richard Dawkins’ proposal to put scientists instead of bishops in the House of Lords
The Spark of learning
Morten Thaysen Laurberg previews a week of workshops, skill shares, organising, and talks in London in the lead up to the G8
Fasting to support Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers
We spoke to Maya Evans during her fast over the weekend in solidarity with Guantanamo Bay hunger-strikers
Diary of a ‘wannabe MP’: local elections, UKIP and the left
Davy Jones is Green Party parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown at the next general election and a member of Red Pepper’s board. This is the second of a series of regular blogs on his campaign
South Africa's poor resist home attacks
Amid Britain's decision to cut aid for South Africa by 2015, Caroline Elliot hears from poor shack dwellers who vow to resist the destruction of their homes.
On Saturday 8 June the Campaign Against Climate Change Trade Union Group is holding a conference bringing together climate scientists, trade unionists and environmental activists. Red Pepper's environment editor Kara Moses speaks to Graham Petersen, UCU environment and Greener Jobs Alliance co-ordinator
The seven faces of Michael Gove
Mike Peters looks at how the Tory education secretary uses the words and ideas of the left to win support for his policies
The Brighton pay dispute: the union view
GMB union organiser Rob Macey puts the workers' side of the argument
Jeremy Hardy thinks... about the right to exist
'We’d all say a person has a right to a home, but we wouldn’t say their home has rights.'
Back to the fragments
Lynne Segal, one of the authors of the seminal 1979 socialist-feminist text Beyond the Fragments, reflects on its lessons for today
Turkey: A people imprisoned
Once seen as a moderate party, the AKP government in Turkey is using anti-terrorism legislation to unleash a wave of repression against the left and the Kurdish movement. Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod spoke to activists in the country
Dawkins vs democracy
Leigh Phillips looks at Richard Dawkins’ proposal to put scientists instead of bishops in the House of Lords
The Spark of learning
Morten Thaysen Laurberg previews a week of workshops, skill shares, organising, and talks in London in the lead up to the G8
Fasting to support Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers
We spoke to Maya Evans during her fast over the weekend in solidarity with Guantanamo Bay hunger-strikers
Diary of a ‘wannabe MP’: local elections, UKIP and the left
Davy Jones is Green Party parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown at the next general election and a member of Red Pepper’s board. This is the second of a series of regular blogs on his campaign
South Africa's poor resist home attacks
Amid Britain's decision to cut aid for South Africa by 2015, Caroline Elliot hears from poor shack dwellers who vow to resist the destruction of their homes.
red pepper writers
Mythbuster: Tall tales about welfare reform Ben Baumberg, Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney tackle some of the most common welfare myths
Can't pay, won't move: resisting the bedroom tax With a new raft of housing benefit cuts hitting this month, including the infamous ‘bedroom tax’, tenants are getting angry – and organised. Izzy Koksal meets some of them
Mythbuster: home truths about housing Red Pepper’s guide to the reality behind the housing crisis
Dispelling the Thatcher myths Alex Nunns offers an antidote to the media fawning over Thatcher – and argues her biggest victory was getting her opponents to buy into her mythology
Mythbuster: Immigration - the real story Isabelle Koksal counters the right wing myths with some facts and figures
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