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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
Mission Mars, or mission Earth?
23 Mar 2017
Donald Trump’s budget for Nasa contains no swingeing cuts. There will, though, be a change of focus - away from Earth and, instead, towards deep space and sending people to Mars. Jack Conrad says we would be well advised not to welcome such a hugely expensive diversion
Shift to hard right
23 Mar 2017
Jos Alembic and Richard Hoogstraten analyse the results of the Dutch elections and where they leave the Socialist Party
Self-determination for sake of unity
23 Mar 2017
The prospect of a second referendum on Scottish independence raises vital strategic questions, argues Eddie Ford
From guns to government
23 Mar 2017
Kevin Bean unravels the enigma of Martin McGuinness - IRA commander and deputy first minster of Northern Ireland
Hammond’s self-employed U-turn
16 Mar 2017
The Tories know that they have to preserve the middle classes, argues Paul Demarty
True fake news
16 Mar 2017
Perhaps there is another agenda lurking behind Trump’s travel ban, muses Mike Macnair
Divisions over unity
09 Mar 2017
Squabbles in the British anti-Trump campaign say much about the forces involved, reckons Paul Demarty - and little of it good
Toilet-paper labour
09 Mar 2017
Thomas Klikauer reviews: David Macaray, 'Night shift - 270 factory stories', CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2015, pp360, $17.99
Mayakovsky and the avant garde
09 Mar 2017
What was the truth about Soviet art? Rex Dunn looks at the real reasons behind its decay
Zionist attack on free speech
09 Mar 2017
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign must oppose bogus definitions of ‘anti-Semitism’, argues Tony Greenstein
Flee, die or receive baptism?
16 Feb 2017
Rex Dunn reviews: Mihail Sebastian, 'For two thousand years', Penguin Modern Classics, 2016, pp231, £9.99
It ain’t necessarily so
16 Feb 2017
Who fears ‘fake news’ - and what is their own relation to the truth? Paul Demarty pulls apart the current hysteria
Put not your trust in judges
16 Feb 2017
The fall of Michael Flynn involved not litigation, but threats of prosecution. But, if Trump is in fact brought down by the same scandal, it will not be leftwing litigation that does it, but the creation of a cross-party and inter-bureaucratic political coalition. And the result, if so, argues Howe Cheatem, will be president Pence and a new and rapid war drive
Slow moving car crash
16 Feb 2017
Support for article 50 is a failure of both principle and strategy, writes Tony Greenstein
Don’t shit where you eat
02 Feb 2017
Theresa May is only one of many people put in an awkward position by Donald Trump’s travel bans, argues Paul Demarty