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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
Dignity in life and death
23 Jun 2011
The desire to end your life as a fully sentient being is a perfectly honourable and legitimate one. Eddie Ford argues for the 'right to die'
The Red Mist descends
17 Jun 2011
James Turley introduces a new cultural website
Democracy against 'privacy'
26 May 2011
The wooden spoon goes to the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, writes James Turley
Truth, memory and distortion
26 May 2011
Ben Lewis reviews Peter Watkins's (director) 'La Commune' 2000, DVD
Hacks versus celebrities
19 May 2011
James Turley argues that a whole cultural-ideological system needs to be overcome
Male-bonding cretinism
28 Apr 2011
Will Mahan reviews Kevin Macdonald's (director) 'The eagle' - on general release
The direction of historical development
17 Feb 2011
Jairus Banaji History as theory: essays on modes of production and exploitation Historical Materialism books series, Vol 25, Leiden, 2010, pp406, £81
Philanthrocapitalist manifesto
10 Feb 2011
Giving money to the arts enables capitalists to launder their ideology. But, asks Gordon Downie, what effect does this have on creative output?
Comedy and tragedy
03 Feb 2011
Jim Moody reviews two RSC productions at the Roundhouse
Conversations with the sat-nav
27 Jan 2011
Mike Belbin reviews Jonathan Coe 'The terrible privacy of Maxwell Sim' Viking, 2010, pp344, £18.99 hardback (paperback £12.99)
More glasnost, less perestroika
13 Jan 2011
Maciej Zurowski interviews Circles Robinson of 'Havana Times', a web magazine that features critical writing from Cuba
Paradox of an anti-Stalinist
06 Jan 2011
Gareth Evans reviews Philip Bounds's 'Orwell and Marxism: the political and cultural thinking of George Orwell' IB Tauris Publications, 2009, pp253, £46
Jailbirds, extremists, and white power rock
06 Jan 2011
Maciej Zurowski argues that state bans only serve the ruling class. There must be freedom ... even for bad music and offensive lyrics
Old thinking and new bottles
06 Jan 2011
Paul Greenaway asks what the liberal media see in Laurie Penny and explains why Alex Callinicos is talking sense
The Pagan winter
16 Dec 2010
Charles Dickens and his 'A Christmas carol' are routinely represented as a conscience-pricking call for charity at this time of the year. But, argues Harley Filben, there is more to the novel than that