2 June 2016 Siobhán McGuirk writes about scapegoating and anti-immigrant sentiment in the EU referendum debate

20 August 2015 A video report from the demonstration against the immigration detention centre, by Siobhan McGuirk

1 December 2014 Siobhan McGuirk celebrates the solidarity – and humour – of a film about when lesbians and gay people backed the miners

12 September 2014 US-based Red Pepper commissioning editor Siobhan McGuirk compiles a round up of coverage and commentary on the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson and subsequent reactions.

12 September 2014 US-based Red Pepper commissioning editor Siobhan McGuirk collates commentary following the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson and explores the necessity of an enduring movement to fight for racial equality.

10 August 2014 Siobhan McGuirk spoke to Anabel Hernández, the investigative journalist whose book Narcoland brought international attention to Mexican politicians’ collusion with drug cartels – and led to a wave of threats against her

3 April 2014 Prossy Kakooza and Siobhán McGuirk report on the recent Anti-Homosexuality Act passed in Uganda, and the UK’s own draconian approach to LGBT asylum seekers.

1 January 2014 The same-sex marriage campaign has been successful, but LGBTQ equality is still a distant dream. It’s time to reassess our priorities, argues Siobhan McGuirk

19 June 2013 Siobhan McGuirk experiences Oil City, an immersive, site-specific play produced by campaign group Platform

12 April 2013 Commentators on both sides of the political spectrum say Thatcher ‘death parties’ are the thoughtless, tasteless products of a bandwagon-jumping youth. They should have more imagination, writes Siobhán McGuirk. This is an iconoclastic moment

9 March 2012 Siobhan McGuirk speaks to John Akomfrah about his new film – and the 2011 riots

17 December 2011 Siobhan McGuirk visits the Occupy camp in Washington DC

4 August 2011 Siobhan McGuirk on the way inspiring new documentary Just Do It was made

4 July 2011 Siobhan McGuirk reviews ‘Cocaine Unwrapped’, a documentary that asks good questions but avoids too many answers

19 June 2011 Siobhan McGuirk traces the history of social realism in British cinema as the genre starts to make a comeback

11 April 2011 Maria Felix and Siobhan McGuirk report on the growing protest backlash against the war on drugs in Mexico.

8 February 2011 Behind the bloody headlines of Mexico’s war on drugs, creeping militarism and corruption is silencing public dissent. Government policy failures are leading to social breakdown, writes Siobhan McGuirk with Maria Felix

27 September 2010 Siobhan McGuirk talks to the Adbusters Media Foundation

27 September 2010 Siobhan McGuirk meets collaborative art and architecture practice muf

25 July 2010 The feminist fightback against cuts needs to come from the grassroots, says Siobhan McGuirk

25 July 2010 Siobhan McGuirk reports on the fight to reclaim Pride in Manchester and beyond

5 July 2010 The BBC has barely been out of the headlines in recent months, not least since the publication of its major strategy review. Siobhan McGuirk asked trade unionists and industry figures what they think needs to change at the corporation

11 December 2009 The film Burma VJ brings Burma's struggle for freedom into close proximity to its audience and is generating new solidarity efforts as a result. Siobhan McGuirk investigates

9 June 2009 A revitalised left needs to consider what exactly it wants before it can determine how to achieve it, says Siobhan McGuirk

15 April 2008 Campaigners are exposing the conditions that predominantly women workers suffer in Kenya to bring cheap cut flowers to western Europe, writes Siobhan McGuirk

6 March 2008 Siobhan McGuirk talks to Kim Longinotto about the growing interest in documentaries, their potential power to move and stir people and explores what kind of documentaries give people a sense of agency

24 March 2015 Red Pepper is rooted in national and international movements for radical social and environmental change. A typical Red Pepper article offers background and context to political issues, challenges dominant intellectual/political thinking or mainstream media framings, addresses important issues that haven’t been covered elsewhere, or provokes debate on pressing topics for the left. We are not a […]

18 June 2011 Social realism was a strong tradition in British cinema. Clive James Nwonka argues that we need it as much as ever

5 August 2010 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

1 January 2007 Red Pepper is rooted in national and international movements for radical social and environmental change. A typical Red Pepper article offers background and context to political issues, challenges dominant intellectual/political thinking or mainstream media framings, addresses important issues that haven’t been covered elsewhere, or provokes debate on pressing topics for the left. We are not a […]