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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
Artistic engagement
09 Aug 2012
Lawrence Parker reviews: Philip Bounds British communism and the politics of literature 1928-1939 Merlin, 2012, pp322, £18.95
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
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
Manifesto for disobedient writers
21 Jun 2012
Simon Turley reviews: Lisa Goldman, 'The no rules handbook for writers', Oberon Books, 2012, pp256,
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
Sport solidarity, not Sport relief
29 Mar 2012
Sarah McDonald and other comrades will be running the Vienna marathon to raise money for Iranian Workers, here she explains why you should show support
The function of Dickens
23 Feb 2012
The English literary establishment fully mobilised for the Charles Dickens bicentenary. But, wonders Harley Filben, why is it so in need of heroes?
Forgotten heroism
09 Feb 2012
Dave Douglass reviews Jonathan Symcox, 'The 1984-1985 miners strike in Nottingham: if spirits alone won battles - the diary of John Lowe' Pen and Sword Books, 2011, pp176,
Choose your conspiracy
02 Feb 2012
Dave Douglass reviews Robert Green's A thorn in their side: the Hilda Murrell murder Rata Books, 2011, pp208,