Michael Calderbank
Michael Calderbank is co-editor of Red Pepper.
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Defend Savas Michael-Matsas and Constantinos Moutzouris
Michael Calderbank says nothing excuses the Woolwich killing - but the hands of our political classes are no less besmirched with blood
The question of what new political formation is possible or necessary must always begin from the daily experience and needs of working class communities, writes Michael Calderbank
Michael Calderbank offers an alternative view of Ken Loach’s appeal to discuss a new party
Michael Calderbank speaks to Tony Crowley, author of Scouse: A Social and Cultural History
The 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
Natalie Bennett, the new Green Party leader, speaks to Andrew Bowman and Michael Calderbank
Why are Labour now claiming to speak in the "one nation" tradition of 19th Century Tory PM Benjamin Disraeli? Michael Calderbank reflects
Michael Calderbank visits the suburban garden of radio broadcaster and DJ Mark Coles, an unlikely location for an internet-based radio show
Socialism with a Northern Accent, by Paul Salveson. reviewed by Michael Calderbank
The role played by disabled groups, far from being one of passive victims, is exemplary for collective resistance, writes Michael Calderbank
Michael Calderbank examines the reasons behind Ken Livingstone's defeat in the London mayoral elections
Jenny Jones, the Green Party candidate for London mayor, speaks to Red Pepper's Tim Hunt and Michael Calderbank
Does Labour Old or New have what it takes to ‘re-think’ the project of social democracy? asks Michael Calderbank
An extended interview with Red Action activists on how they fought the fascists - literally
Michael Calderbank reports from PCS Left Unity's organising conference on the pensions fight.
Overkill or deliberate misinformation? Either way it looks they are starting to worry...
Michael Calderbank on the threat to a long-standing fixture of British left publishing
It’s not just the looters that need to be brought to justice, writes Michael Calderbank
Michael Calderbank reviews Magical Marxism: subversive politics and the Imagination, by Andy Merrifield
Michael Calderbank reviews Why Marx was Right by Terry Eagleton
Michael Calderbank considers utopian dreaming and political engagement in the Joan Miró exhibition at Tate Modern
Extraordinary displays of resistance are only the beginning, says Michael Calderbank
Do councillors have no choice but to deliver the cuts hammer blow, or can they fight back? Michael Calderbank investigates
Michael Calderbank on the challenges ahead for the online left.
The 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
Beyond 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 […]
With BNP councillors wiped out on Barking council, Michael Calderbank considers the local Labour party's chances of keeping them out for good
‘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 […]
Michael Calderbank reviews Angels of Anarchy, a major exhibition of women surrealists at Manchester City Art Gallery
Michael Calderbank, one of Red Pepper's new co-editors, on the need for greater democracy and accountability
