3 May 2020 Michael Calderbank and Ashish Ghadiali discuss the meaning of ‘national pride’ and ask if it can – or should – have a place in a truly radical left politics
13 December 2019 After knocking on so many doors, the movement built in support of Jeremy Corbyn needs to stay present particularly where people feel abandoned or under attack
14 October 2019 The ideas underpinning Corbynism are deeply embedded in the English radical tradition. Reclaiming this tradition can play a key part in reinvigorating our ambitions for the future. By MICHAEL CALDERBANK with HILARY WAINWRIGHT
24 October 2018 Michael Calderbank speaks to Marxist economist Costas Lapavitsas ahead of the publication of his provocative new book The Left Case Against the EU
1 October 2018 Michael Calderbank brings you a bite-sized guide to what went on at conference, and what that means for the future of the party.
22 September 2018 Michael Calderbank spoke to Chantal Mouffe about why she thinks the time is right for a left populism
22 June 2018 Encouraging Labour to block Brexit is tantamount to writing off the opportunity of a Corbyn-led socialist government. No wonder the Blairites are so keen, writes Michael Calderbank
4 May 2018 Media got you down about the local election results? Michael Calderbank finds the bright spots
2 December 2017 He was once a radical icon, but now he's a mouthpiece for racism and nationalism. Time to get off stage, writes Michael Calderbank
20 September 2017 The crunch executive meeting ahead of Labour conference agreed some welcome changes, writes Michael Calderbank, but there is still much further to go
3 September 2017 McDonald's workers are striking for the first time ever in Britain, reports Michael Calderbank
7 July 2017 Corbyn is riding high in the polls - so he can face down the secret malcontents among Labour MPs, writes Michael Calderbank
3 July 2017 A big rise in left nominations from constituency Labour parties suggests Corbynites are getting better organised, reports Michael Calderbank
28 June 2017 Michael Calderbank profiles Jeremy Corbyn's new supporters in parliament
5 May 2017 Michael Calderbank looks at the results of yesterday's local elections
21 March 2017 We need an anti-austerity alliance, not a vaguely progressive alliance, argues Michael Calderbank
20 March 2017 Paul O’Connell and Michael Calderbank consider the conditions that led to the Brexit vote, and how the left in Britain should respond
5 January 2017 The left should not tail-end the establishment Bremoaners, argues Michael Calderbank
4 August 2016 Michael Calderbank asks whether Labour's warring factions can ever be brought back together in a united party
16 June 2016 Michael Calderbank forsees a bright future for the left in the event of an Out vote in the referendum
30 May 2016 Marina Prentoulis and Luke Cooper (for in) debate Hannah Sell and Michael Calderbank (for out) in this episode of The Wedge, produced in collaboration with Red Pepper
8 May 2016 Labour's results are better than you'd know from the pre-prepared despair by the media and some internal critics, writes Michael Calderbank
19 April 2016 Hope Without Optimism, by Terry Eagleton, reviewed by Michael Calderbank
20 February 2016 You’ve joined the Labour Party – now how can you make your voice heard in its structures? Let Michael Calderbank guide you
18 September 2015 Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters now face the huge task of opening up the Labour Party and putting members genuinely in control. How can they do it? Michael Calderbank gives some ideas
10 September 2015 Michael Calderbank calls on Red Pepper readers to attend the 14 September protest to #killthebill
25 August 2015 Michael Calderbank revisits Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, by Mike Marqusee and Richard Heffernan, first published 1992
25 August 2015 Whatever the outcome of the Jeremy Corbyn campaign, it has shown that anti-austerity arguments have a wide resonance, writes Michael Calderbank
4 August 2015 Michael Calderbank reports from the central London rally for Jeremy Corbyn
8 June 2015 Michael Calderbank asks you to help get Jeremy onto the ballot paper for Labour leader
9 May 2015 The left must re-think its strategy and methods of organisation after the election, writes Michael Calderbank – not just throw ourselves back into the same schemes that aren't working
21 April 2015 Not even the most favourable electoral outcome is likely to deliver what is needed, writes Michael Calderbank
1 August 2014 Michael Calderbank says the ambition and imagination that fuelled 1970s radicalism needs to be reclaimed and renewed, not rejected
11 June 2014 The Failed Experiment, by Andrew Fisher, reviewed by Michael Calderbank
1 April 2014 Michael Calderbank reconsiders the context of Salford playwright Shelagh Delaney’s breakthrough as the National Theatre stages a revival of her debut A Taste of Honey
1 February 2014 Marx’s Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism, by Peter Hudis, reviewed by Michael Calderbank
19 December 2013 A two-year price freeze on energy bills, while welcome, is hardly sufficient, writes Michael Calderbank
2 September 2013 Defend Savas Michael-Matsas and Constantinos Moutzouris
23 May 2013 Michael Calderbank says nothing excuses the Woolwich killing - but the hands of our political classes are no less besmirched with blood
24 April 2013 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
20 March 2013 Michael Calderbank offers an alternative view of Ken Loach’s appeal to discuss a new party
18 February 2013 Michael Calderbank speaks to Tony Crowley, author of Scouse: A Social and Cultural History
31 January 2013 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
22 December 2012 Natalie Bennett, the new Green Party leader, speaks to Andrew Bowman and Michael Calderbank
2 October 2012 Why are Labour now claiming to speak in the "one nation" tradition of 19th Century Tory PM Benjamin Disraeli? Michael Calderbank reflects
26 September 2012 Michael Calderbank visits the suburban garden of radio broadcaster and DJ Mark Coles, an unlikely location for an internet-based radio show
2 September 2012 Socialism with a Northern Accent, by Paul Salveson. reviewed by Michael Calderbank
19 August 2012 The role played by disabled groups, far from being one of passive victims, is exemplary for collective resistance, writes Michael Calderbank
8 May 2012 Michael Calderbank examines the reasons behind Ken Livingstone's defeat in the London mayoral elections
10 April 2012 Jenny Jones, the Green Party candidate for London mayor, speaks to Red Pepper's Tim Hunt and Michael Calderbank