Jenny Nelson

Video: The Battle of Cable Street remembered September 2013

In 1936, over 100,000 anti-fascists barricaded the streets and fought the police in the Battle of Cable street.

Interview: Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) September 2013

This month DPAC converged on Westminster to defend disabled people’s rights and freedoms. We spoke to activist Andy Greene in the run up to the event.

Anti-fracking camp in pictures August 2013

Over the weekend hundreds of people converged on the village of Balcombe in West Sussex to protest against exploratory drilling for oil and gas.

10 ways to support Red Pepper August 2013

Whether you've been subscribed to Red Pepper for the last 18 years or have just found us, here are some simple ways you can help boost our impact.

No Dash for Gas responds to EDF’s call for dialogue July 2013

After threatening to sue them for £5m, EDF invite the campaign group No Dash for Gas to be stakeholders in their business. They received a frank reply

FREE copy of Beyond the Fragments latest edition July 2013

Get your copy of this much-discussed book when you become a Friend of Red Pepper today.

Anti-G8 action in pictures June 2013

You sent us your pictures of anti-G8 action this month in London

Fasting to support Guantanamo Bay hunger strikers May 2013

We spoke to Maya Evans during her fast over the weekend in solidarity with Guantanamo Bay hunger-strikers

South Africa’s poor resist home attacks May 2013

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.

Open House begins this weekend in London May 2013

A nine-day event bringing together people facing the housing crisis across London to organise and take action around our collective housing needs

Call to protect Colombian human rights defender May 2013

On 10 October 2012, a man pushed a gun into the chest of Alfamir Castillo and told her that both she and her lawyer were going to die.

Austerity bites hard in the North East March 2013

We chat to Clare Williams, Unison's Regional Convenor for the North, about the severe impact of austerity and what the resistance looks like.

Edge Fund opens to second round of applications March 2013

A new model for giving out money launched at the weekend when twenty-eight groups shared £40,000 in the first round of funding.

Climate activists fight £5 million lawsuit February 2013

Here are 5 ways you can help persuade energy company EDF to drop its legal action against campaigners of the group 'No Dash for Gas'.

Laurie Penny speaks on women and protest January 2013

In a public talk last night Laurie Penny argued that anger over sexism is mounting, the left is struggling to respond and there's more to feminist history than the Suffragettes. Jenny Nelson reports.

Beyond town and gown October 2008

The relationship between students and locals is fraught with long-held mistrust and resentment. Ex-student Jenny Nelson looks at the colourful history of these often segregated communities, and meets some of the student activists who are trying to break out of the ghettos they've inherited





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