The origins of Red Pepper magazine can be traced to the rainbow coalition that came together in towns across Britain to support the miners during the strike of 1984-85. At the third of these conferences in 1987, delegates decided to form the Socialist Movement (SM). Launch of Red PepperAfter a dramatic fundraising campaign in which nearly 200 people responded to an advert in the Guardian, and £135,000 was raised, Red Pepper launched in May 1995. Red Pepper todayRed Pepper seeks to be responsive to the needs of the left in the changing political situation in the UK and internationally as well as to be self-critical as we develop. It takes a community to keep Red Pepper, as all independent media, alive – and we could not do it without the support of readers like you.