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
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 interviewOn 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 GoveMike 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 viewGMB 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 fragmentsLynne Segal, one of the authors of the seminal 1979 socialist-feminist text Beyond the Fragments, reflects on its lessons for today
Turkey: A people imprisonedOnce 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 democracyLeigh Phillips looks at Richard Dawkins’ proposal to put scientists instead of bishops in the House of Lords
The Spark of learningMorten 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 strikersWe 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 leftDavy 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 attacksAmid 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.