Red Pepper (magazine)
Co-Editors | Sanaa Alimia, Malia Bouattia, Kimon Daltas, Gerry Hart, Lydia Hughes, Andrew Hedges, Liam Kennedy, Siobhán McGuirk, Amardeep Singh Dhillon ISSN 1353-7024 | |
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Red Pepper is an independent "
For the first half of its history it appeared monthly, but relaunched as a bi-monthly during 2007. In its current format, Red Pepper is published as a quarterly magazine, alongside original online content published on its website.Origins
Red Pepper was founded by the
Supporters of The Socialist were convinced that there was a demand for a regular green-left publication, published independently of any political party. After a fundraising drive, which raised an initial £135,000, Red Pepper launched as a monthly in May 1995.[6]
Its first editor was Denise Searle, who had also edited Socialist.
The magazine's reported circulation in November 1995 was 13,000 copies.[8] In 2004, it was reportedly 7,000 copies.[1]
Politics
Red Pepper's editorial charter commits it to 'Internationalism; sustainable, socially useful production; welfare not warfare; and self-determination and democracy.’
This charter claims it as: "a magazine of political rebellion and dissent. Influenced by socialism, feminism and green politics, it is a resource for all those who imagine and work to create another world – a world based on equality, solidarity, and democracy".
The magazine is unusual for the UK left, insofar as it is independent of any political party. Red Pepper has also collaborated in 'Eurotopia', a network of left and progressive European magazines which publishes a multilingual supplement. The magazine sees itself as closely aligned with the global justice movement and has taken part in the organising for the European Social Forum.[9] More recently it has supported Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Momentum festival The World Transformed.
References
- ^ a b c d e "If circulation is low, have a row". The Independent. London. 7 November 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ Independent News Collective
- ^ John O'farrell (15 June 1999). "Keep to the Left – for that feel-bad factor". The Independent. London. Retrieved 4 November 2009.("This month sees the fifth birthday of Red Pepper, the radical red and green magazine that has defied all predictions by surviving in a market...)
- ^ a b "Talk of the Trade: On your Marx". The Independent. London. 4 May 1994. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Free radical". The Guardian. London. 28 June 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ "Red Pepper magazine history page".
- ^ Younge, Gary (20 January 2009). "What Obama means to the world". Red Pepper.
- ^ Nick Cohen (12 November 2005). "While Labour blooms, radical journalism withers". The Independent. London. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "IPS news story on the European Social Forum".
External links
- Red Pepper website
- BBC Israel to expel detained Briton
- Tam Dalyell, Blair, the war criminal, The Guardian (27 March 2003) (shortened version of article run in Red Pepper)
- The Telegraph Obit of Adrian Mitchell, Red Pepper's "shadow poet laureate"