Society & Culture
Günter Grass and the German neurosis
19 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski looks at a literary scandal and the bourgeoisie's attempt to cope with its past
Film festival: Documented truths
27 Jun 2013
Jim Moody reports from Londons global documentary festival and gives a smattering of reviews
Surveillance state: What we knew already
27 Jun 2013
Yassamine Mather surveils the recent UK-US electronic spying scandal
Ireland: No ifs, no buts a woman’s right to choose
13 Jun 2013
Controversy over abortion continues to reverberate throughout Irish society, writes Anne McShane
Porn and crime: Causative or correlative link?
06 Jun 2013
In the wake of the April Jones case Christina Black looks at the role, or not, of 'violent' and 'hardcore' porn in violent crime and murder, and the ensuing media moral panic
Mars expedition: Symptom of systemic decline
06 Jun 2013
There is nothing truly utopian or universalist in capitalist space programmes, says Yassamine Mather
Anti-Semitism: Churchill and the Jewish question
30 May 2013
Paul Flewers replies to Eddie Ford
Youth: A rounded view of sexuality
30 May 2013
Do children need to be protected from pornography? Christina Black looks at the latest official report
Latin America rebels against war on drugs
23 May 2013
Communists fight for the real game-changer, writes Eddie Ford - the legalisation of all drugs
Alex Ferguson: Icon of football’s big money
16 May 2013
The departure of Alex Ferguson from football management has generated more column inches than a royal wedding. Harley Filben asks why
Climate change: Entering the danger zone
16 May 2013
Capitalisms growth for growths sake is putting humanity at grave risk, argues Eddie Ford
Safe spaces: Fear and harassment as the norm
09 May 2013
As Stuart Hall reminds us, writes Eddie Ford, bourgeois society and its institutions are far less safe for women and children than any far-left group
Second International: Imagination, inspiration and betrayal
09 May 2013
Ben Lewis reviews: Kevin Callahan, 'Demonstration culture: European socialism and the Second International, 1889-1914' Troubador Publishing, 2010, pp324, £24.95
Alexandra Kollontai: Emancipation through the Russian Revolution
02 May 2013
Alexandra Kollontai kept on fighting for women against overwhelming odds. Anne McShane completes her examination of the role of this inspirational Bolshevik leader
Women and socialism: Bebel’s forgotten legacy
25 Apr 2013
Ben Lewis reviews: Anne Lopes and Gary Roth, 'Mens feminism: August Bebel and the German socialist movement', Amherst, 2000, pp261, £28
Women and revolution: Alexandra Kollontai, a leading fighter for women’s liberation
25 Apr 2013
In the first of two articles, Anne McShane looks at the Bolsheviks most famous writer on the womens question