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
Handling the truth
20 Sep 2012
Establishment mea culpas over Hillsborough have shocked many - but there are more skeletons in the closet, writes Paul Demarty
Supplement: Early human kinship was matrilineal
20 Sep 2012
Engels was right, says Chris Knight
Natural limits, sustainability and socialism
20 Sep 2012
Eco-socialists say we must urgently replace capitalism to prevent climate-change disaster. But, argues Gabriel Levy, fear is no way to build a movement for socialism. This is an edited version of the second part of his talk at the CPGBs Communist University11
Pushing the button
13 Sep 2012
The Julian Assange furore is about war, not sex, argues Paul Demarty
Scenes of collective confidence and heroism
13 Sep 2012
David Douglass reviews: Peter Tuffrey, 'Yorkshire people and coal', Amberley Publishing, Stroud 2012, pp128, £12.99
The trouble with economic growth
13 Sep 2012
Gabriel Levy calls for a rethink on scarcity and abundance. This is an edited version of the first part of the talk he gave to Communist University 2012
A textbook paranoid narcissist
06 Sep 2012
As Julian Assange divides a confused left, Paul DeMarty seeks clarity
Comment is not always free
16 Aug 2012
Why did The Guardian censor Israeli anti-Zionist Moshé Machover? Tony Greenstein investigates
And they call this sport
16 Aug 2012
The establishment intends to use the legacy of the Olympics to consolidate British national chauvinist ideology and ruling class values, writes Peter Manson
Consciously political
09 Aug 2012
Gore Vidal, 1925-2012
Artistic engagement
09 Aug 2012
Lawrence Parker reviews: Philip Bounds British communism and the politics of literature 1928-1939 Merlin, 2012, pp322, £18.95
Rebelling against rural values in Warrington
09 Aug 2012
Shafilea Ahmeds honour killing, writes Eddie Ford, highlights the importance of rights and individual autonomy for young adults - especially women
Our sport and theirs
09 Aug 2012
Socialist Workers Party member Keith Flett contrasts todays corporate Olympics with the tradition of worker sport. This is an edited version of his speech to a CPGB London Communist Forum
Grasping the Olympic enigma
09 Aug 2012
The hype and nationalistic overkill is enough to put off even the keenest of sports lovers, writes Peter Manson. But the left needs to maintain a sense of balance
Establishment’s contradictory coup
02 Aug 2012
The Olympic opening ceremony represented another rearticulation of post-World War II British national identity, argues Eddie Ford