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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
California über alles
28 Sep 2017
Uber’s troubles in London are indicative of the brittleness of the Silicon Valley tech elite, argues Paul Demarty
Macron exposes divisions
28 Sep 2017
The unions are split over the new laws. René Gimpel reports on the compromises and the protests
Poisoned fudge
28 Sep 2017
Mike Macnair explains why NEC concessions to the JLM will only serve to whet the right’s appetite
‘I’m not an anti-Semite!’
28 Sep 2017
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, delegate from Chingford and Woolford Green CLP and media officer of the newly founded Jewish Voice for Labour, received a standing ovation following this speech
Conference didn’t buy it
28 Sep 2017
Delegates identify with the Palestinian cause and reject the smears, writes Kat Gugino
Strange battle lines
14 Sep 2017
David Sherrief says that the Tories are acting against the interests of big capital. Expect compromises and gruelling late-night sittings
Dirty Des bows out
14 Sep 2017
As Trinity Mirror prepares to buy the Express and Star titles, William Kane looks at the state of the press
Not enforcing juche
14 Sep 2017
In the last analysis North Korea’s ‘rogue state’ status results from US strategic requirements, writes Mike Macnair
First Harvey, now Irma
07 Sep 2017
How many times must the American south be flooded before the political class drops its ecological complacency? A few more yet, worries Ira Wiseman
Don’t abandon Palestinian cause
07 Sep 2017
The National Policy Forum wants to end Labour’s opposition to the occupation, writes Tony Greenstein
Computer says no
07 Sep 2017
Paul Demarty asks why we insist on treating our computers like gods
Possibilities and challenges
07 Sep 2017
Are Donald Trump, Jeremy Corbyn and Marine Le Pen from the same mould? Kevin Bean completes his analysis
Apologists for mass murder
07 Sep 2017
The Morning Star is still in denial about the Marikana massacre, writes Peter Manson
Understanding the ‘populist moment’
31 Aug 2017
Populism has been used as a catch-all definition covering everyone from Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders to Evo Morales and Rodrigo Duterte. But what is populism and what is its historical background? Kevin Bean gives some answers
Our lady of the tabloids
31 Aug 2017
Twenty years on, Britain is still not over the death of Diana Spencer. Paul Demarty investigates the cult of the ‘people’s princess’