About this Archive

Administrative/biographical history

Red Pepper is a magazine (founded in 1984) and, later, a website of left politics and culture, drawing on socialist, feminist, green and libertarian politics, and seeking to be a space for debate on the left, a resource for movements for social justice, and a home for open-minded anti-capitalists.

Scope and content

Photographs and artwork from Red Pepper magazine, (1992-2001).

Quantity

3 boxes.

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Married in 1950, Chris and Betty Birch have been involved in political, trade union, and LGBTQ+ activism for over 60 years. Sharing similar interests, they were both Communist Party Members and involved with organisations such as the Aid to Spanish Youth Committee. After the death of his friend, Mark Ashton, Chris became involved in forming the Mark Ashton Memorial Trust, which was created to raise money for individuals living with HIV. The archive includes the truncheon taken from the police by Mark Ashton, correspondence, personal scrapbooks, press cuttings, and various other papers relating to the couples activism.

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About this Archive

Administrative/biographical history

Scope and content

Quantity

c1950-2010

(b.1943)

1933-2011

1934-1983

b 1929

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1944-2000

1900-1977

1833-1910

1907-2007

1918-2010

1930-2006

1929-2011

1910-2003

1918-2009

b.1932

1915-2010

1939-2012

1917-2014

(fl.1982-2010)

1912-1963

1927-2013

(b.1930–d.1994)

1887–1962

1947-1992

1942-2015

1913-1992

Founded in 1915

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