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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
Review: Nation-states, globalised capital and a former Marxist
28 Mar 2013
Moshé Machover reviews, Nigel Harris: 'The return of cosmopolitan capital'. IB Tauris 2003, pp292, £24.50
Rome, empire and christianity: Politics of poverty and purity
28 Mar 2013
Mike Macnair reviews: Peter Brown, 'Through the eye of a needle: wealth, the fall of Rome and the making of Christianity in the west, 350-550 AD'. Princeton 2012, pp758, £27.95
Free Derry review: Freedom for a year
21 Mar 2013
David Douglass reviews: Adrian Kerr, 'Free Derry: protest and resistance'. Guildhall Press, 2013, pp224, £11.95
SWP and no platform: Meanwhile, in the real world ...
21 Mar 2013
The intensifying feminist offensive against the far left is the bitter fruit of our collective political mistakes, argues Paul Demarty
Pope Francis: Silence equals complicity
21 Mar 2013
Far from being a new broom or reformer, writes Eddie Ford, the new pope is a reactionary to his marrow
SWP and feminism: Rape is not the problem
14 Mar 2013
Red-baiting and feminist attacks on the SWP must be resisted, in spite of everything, argues Paul Demarty
Film review: Priced into dying
28 Feb 2013
Jim Moody reviews: Dylan Mohan Gray (director) 'Fire in the blood' (general release)
Zizek review: Going ‘beyond Marx’ - or regressing?
28 Feb 2013
Callum Williamson reviews: Slavoj Zizek, 'The year of dreaming dangerously'. Verso, 2012, pp142, £7.99
Tarantino and Spielberg reviews: Abolition and emancipation
21 Feb 2013
Mike Belbin reviews: Steven Spielberg (director) Lincoln, Quentin Tarantino (director) Django unchained
SWP and the internet: Let a thousand blogs bloom
14 Feb 2013
Bureaucrats fear the dark side of the internet in the same way they previously feared the printing press and the photocopier, writes Eddie Ford
Phil Piratin review: Tragic consequences
07 Feb 2013
Lawrence Parker reviews: Kevin Marsh and Robert Griffiths, 'Granite and honey: the story of Phil Piratin, communist MP', Manifesto Press, 2012, pp256, £14.95
Left press and the SWP: The dog that didn’t bark
07 Feb 2013
The silence of significant sections of the left on the Socialist Workers Party crisis is a symptom of sectarianism, argues Paul Demarty
Argo review: How to distract the masses
31 Jan 2013
Jim Moody reviews: Ben Affleck (director) 'Argo', 2012, general release
Film reviews: Artistic branding iron
20 Dec 2012
Jim Moody reviews: Kjell Sundvall (director) The hunters (1996); False trail (2011)
New Russian art: Accusing misery, celebrating resilience
13 Dec 2012
Mike Belbin reviews the art exhibition 'Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union: new art from Russia' at Saatchi Gallery, Duke of Yorks HQ, Kings Road, London SW3 ; admission free, ends May 5 2013