The Spark Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:40:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-RP-Sq-Logo-32x32.jpg The Spark Archives - Red Pepper https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/ 32 32 Shaking up the sector: an interview with Art Workers for Palestine Scotland https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/shaking-up-the-sector-an-interview-with-art-workers-for-palestine-scotland/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=47401 A coalition of culture industry workers are refusing to let the Scottish Arts sector stay silent on Palestine, an organiser tells Red Pepper

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]]> Moving music: an interview with Hamsaz Ensemble https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/moving-music-an-interview-with-hamsaz-ensemble/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=46791 A 15-strong group fuses traditional Iranian instruments with contemporary stories of diaspora, community and hope. For member Freesia, folk music can build connection and understanding across difference

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]]> Telling our own stories: An interview with Jen Deerinwater https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/telling-our-own-stories-an-interview-with-jen-deerinwater/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=45844 Empowerment comes from fighting marginalisation and discrimination on multiple fronts, says Jen Deerinwater

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]]> Local, independent, anti-racist: An interview with Shezan Renny https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/local-independent-anti-racist-an-interview-with-shezan-renny/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=43987 Shezan Renny recalls her experiences of becoming politically aware and involved in local organising - from Hyderabad to Haringey

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]]> Camping for Palestine: An interview with Sahar Awadallah https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/camping-for-palestine-an-interview-with-sahar-awadallah/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=43629 Sahar Awadallah describes her experiences of activism in Palestine and the UK – and what led her to set up a women’s protest camp in Sheffield in January 2024

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]]> Unofficial unionising: an interview with Wilf Sullivan https://www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-unions-work/work-trade-unions/unofficial-unionising-an-interview-with-wilf-sullivan/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=42743 The former Trades Union Congress race equality officer reflects on decades of black workers' organising within unions

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]]> Radical reels: an interview with Reel News https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/radical-reels-an-interview-with-reel-news/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=42818 An anonymous activist from the video collective Reel News describes how it has supported various campaigns since the pathbreaking rise of indie media

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]]> Our right to justice: an interview with Zlakha Ahmed https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/our-right-to-justice-an-interview-with-zlakha-ahmed/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=42211 The founder of Apna Haq reflects on nearly 30 years of activism and advocacy for women facing domestic violence in Rotherham

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]]> Breaking borders: an interview with Sarli Nana https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/breaking-borders-migrants-organise-solidarity-detention-hostile-environment-interview/ Sun, 18 Jun 2023 07:00:50 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=34836 Cameroonian migrant organiser Sarli Nana reflects on his experience of the UK asylum system and his decades spent fighting for migrants' rights

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]]> Dinners for debt justice https://www.redpepper.org.uk/the-spark/dinners-for-debt-justice-mutual-aid-sheffield-solidarity-free-meal-interview/ Sat, 25 Mar 2023 08:00:40 +0000 https://www.redpepper.org.uk/?p=34385 Sheffield activists Ci Davis and Darcy White explain their work in the Jubilee Movement, a mutual aid-based debt justice campaign

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