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
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
Another American tragedy
26 Jul 2012
Paul Demarty takes a look at the confused issue of arms in the USA
From Team Sparta to Team GB
26 Jul 2012
The ancient Greek Olympic Games, just like the modern equivalent, were part and parcel of class politics, writes Chris Gray
Doing it better than our enemy
26 Jul 2012
Many on the left see sport as nothing else than another way for the bosses to dupe the workers. Ben Lewis disagrees, and argues for a workers sport movement
Faster, higher, stronger
26 Jul 2012
The Olympic spectacle is a celebration of corporate power and money-worship, writes Eddie Ford
Olympics and the perversion of sport
26 Jul 2012
Are the Olympics the high point of a sporting religion? Harley Filben investigates
Football through the looking glass
19 Jul 2012
The John Terry racism trial has made for a sorrier spectacle than the average England match, writes Harley Filben
Profound questions, no profound answers
19 Jul 2012
Maciej Zurowski reviews a play about the 2011 summer riots: Archie W Maddocks, 'Mottled lines' (director: Henry Bell)
Solidarity, morality and sex
12 Jul 2012
Simon Wells reviews: Gregor Gall An agency of their own: sex worker union organising Zero Books 2012, pp97, £9.99
Contours of green thought
29 Jun 2012
Greenism is hobbled by two fundamental faults. It cannot tame capitalism, nor does it offer a realistic way of superseding capitalism. Jack Conrad explores its limitations
The school as straitjacket
28 Jun 2012
Michael Gove's plans to ditch GCSE exams are socially regressive - but, writes Paul Demarty, so is the obsession with examinations itself
Manifesto for disobedient writers
21 Jun 2012
Simon Turley reviews: Lisa Goldman, 'The no rules handbook for writers', Oberon Books, 2012, pp256,
End harassment of sex workers
07 Jun 2012
Prostitutes are being targeted in the run-up to the Olympic Games. Simon Wells reports
The abuse of abuse
17 May 2012
It is the social decay caused by capitalism, not race, that leads to acts of horror, says Paul Demarty.
Antifa, nationalism and democracy
26 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski interviews Freerk Huisken - until his recent retirement a lecturer at the University of Bremen - about his new book