Society & Culture > Religion
Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion
23 Feb 2012
Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford
Fantastic reality - Marxism and the politics of religion
14 Dec 2006
Religion is back with a vengeance. George Bush and the US christian right, holy Tony Blair and Britain's islamophobia, Russia's reinstalled orthodox church and India's saffron communalism, the toxic evangelicalism sweeping Africa and Latin America, Saudi Arabia's puritanical wahhabism and al Qa'eda's terrorism of spectacle, the Iranian theocracy and everywhere, it seems, the escape into the trench warfare of religious identity. But what is religion? In this extract from the introduction to his new book, Jack Conrad shows that the answer is not as straightforward as it might first appear
Holy diplomacy amid coup rumours
07 Dec 2006
The pope's visit has laid bare the deep divisions in Turkish society. Esen Uslu of the Communist Party of Turkey reports
No bans on christian fundamentalists
23 Nov 2006
James Turley reports on the bureaucratic attempt to ban Exeter university's christian student society
Secular schools, not religious indoctrination
02 Nov 2006
Communists fight for the equality of believers and non-believers, says Jim Moody
Benedict XVI and the struggle for Europe
21 Sep 2006
There is more to the pope's Regensburg speech than a crude attack on islam. Jack Conrad investigates
Faith schools too hot for SWP
12 Jan 2006
The left must takes this issue seriously, says Michelle Euston. After all, faith schools are envisaged in the government's white paper on education as a wedge to break up comprehensive education system
Domination theology
12 Jan 2006
Paul Greenaway reviews Richard Dawkins's The root of all evil? (Channel 4, Monday January 9 and 16, 8pm)
Say no to faith schools
01 Dec 2005
Michelle Euston disagrees with Socialist Resistance's takes on faith schools and says that Marxists must take a stand on the issue
Why did they do it?
28 Jul 2005
Eddie Ford examines the motivation of the London bombers - who were neither simply 'mad' or 'evil', nor can the war on Iraq explain their actions
In their own words
22 Jan 2004
Doaa Al-Rani (19) took a leading role in the protests. Though not an MAB member, she led the chanting, rallying a group of women around her
Hijab: the protests ...
22 Jan 2004
Though we are critical, the OFWI still deserves the support of all socialists for its political opposition to the oppression of women through the imposition of sharia law in Iraq, says Manny Neira
Unsure what to think
15 Jan 2004
Alliance for Workers' Liberty sits on the fence
Jacques Chirac's Lutte Ouvri�re policemen
08 Jan 2004
'Marxists' front for the oppressors of Muslims, writes Peter Manson
Headscarves and the secularism of fools
18 Dec 2003
Under the guise of defending secularism in education, the French establishment is launching a cynical attack on muslims, young muslim women in particular, which, not accidentally, also strikes at the basic freedom of all.
Bible myths and modern Israel
18 Dec 2003
Jack Conrad looks at archaeological wars and bible myths