Michael Calderbank
Labour and the cuts: beyond the ‘dented shield’ January 2013The scale of coalition cuts means the very future of local public services is in jeopardy. Michael Calderbank asks whether Labour councillors can do more than offer verbal protest and practical acquiescence
Radicals at the table – Natalie Bennett interview December 2012Natalie Bennett, the new Green Party leader, speaks to Andrew Bowman and Michael Calderbank
One Nation, or, Ed Miliband’s Utopia October 2012Why are Labour now claiming to speak in the "one nation" tradition of 19th Century Tory PM Benjamin Disraeli? Michael Calderbank reflects
Shedcasting in Surbiton September 2012Michael Calderbank visits the suburban garden of radio broadcaster and DJ Mark Coles, an unlikely location for an internet-based radio show
Northern soul: Socialism with a Northern Accent September 2012Socialism with a Northern Accent, by Paul Salveson. reviewed by Michael Calderbank
Atos sponsors the Paralympics? It’s enough to make you scream August 2012The role played by disabled groups, far from being one of passive victims, is exemplary for collective resistance, writes Michael Calderbank
What if loyalty hadn’t drained Ken of his maverick energy? May 2012Michael Calderbank examines the reasons behind Ken Livingstone's defeat in the London mayoral elections
Audio: May elections – Jenny Jones interview April 2012Jenny Jones, the Green Party candidate for London mayor, speaks to Red Pepper's Tim Hunt and Michael Calderbank
Neither Hattersley nor Miliband: why today’s left must ‘re-think’ differently February 2012Does Labour Old or New have what it takes to ‘re-think’ the project of social democracy? asks Michael Calderbank
Bashing the fash January 2012An extended interview with Red Action activists on how they fought the fascists - literally
Pensions: Keep united and step up the fight January 2012Michael Calderbank reports from PCS Left Unity's organising conference on the pensions fight.
Police and the student protests November 2011Overkill or deliberate misinformation? Either way it looks they are starting to worry...
Tribune RIP? October 2011Michael Calderbank on the threat to a long-standing fixture of British left publishing
Explanation not excuses October 2011It’s not just the looters that need to be brought to justice, writes Michael Calderbank
In the revolutionary warm-stream September 2011Michael Calderbank reviews Magical Marxism: subversive politics and the Imagination, by Andy Merrifield
Reconstructing Marx July 2011Michael Calderbank reviews Why Marx was Right by Terry Eagleton
The ladder of escape June 2011Michael Calderbank considers utopian dreaming and political engagement in the Joan Miró exhibition at Tate Modern
Back to ‘normal’? April 2011Extraordinary displays of resistance are only the beginning, says Michael Calderbank
‘Don’t blame us, guv!’ Can councillors resist the cuts? February 2011Do councillors have no choice but to deliver the cuts hammer blow, or can they fight back? Michael Calderbank investigates
Netroots UK: New wine into old bottles? January 2011Michael Calderbank on the challenges ahead for the online left.
A new kind of angry brigade August 2010The coalition could be making a massive mistake if it believes that resistance will be confined to an isolated rump of beleaguered union activists and 'usual suspect' protesters, writes Michael Calderbank
Fierce urgency July 2010Beyond the Tipping Point? Director: Stefan Skrimshire ‘That it goes on like this is the catastrophe,’ the German critic Walter Benjamin once wrote, a comment all the more prescient given that our present lifestyles threaten to change the climate beyond the point of reversability. This film is not about the climate science behind the suggestion [...]
After the deluge June 2010With BNP councillors wiped out on Barking council, Michael Calderbank considers the local Labour party's chances of keeping them out for good
Not flocks or herds January 2010‘To inherit a government,’ wrote Tom Paine in Rights of Man, ‘is to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and herds.’ Paine was referring to the evils of hereditary succession, but the remark seems apt with David Cameron expecting to be handed power by default. Our political system means that – whichever party [...]
The inner Other December 2009Michael Calderbank reviews Angels of Anarchy, a major exhibition of women surrealists at Manchester City Art Gallery
Editorial: A new political space August 2009Michael Calderbank, one of Red Pepper's new co-editors, on the need for greater democracy and accountability