Society & Culture
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
Arms and the Greens
28 Mar 2025
Seeking ‘electoral credibility’, Australia’s Green Party has adopted nationalist militarism, writes Marcus Strom. Meanwhile what passes for the left peddles a combination of economism, pacifism and liberalism
Three presidential ploys
28 Mar 2025
While Erdoğan is ever more unpopular, the opposition is divided and the left is weak and demoralised. Esen Uslu reports on the aftermath of Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest
Demise of NHS England
28 Mar 2025
The decision to scrap NHS England might look like a bureaucratic reorganisation, writes Ian Spencer, but public provision is about to be butchered by yet more privatisation
Cancer of capitalism
28 Mar 2025
James Linney looks at the shocking effects of social inequality on health and life expectancy … and Labour’s austerity cuts can only make things worse
Saluting those who went before
20 Mar 2025
There were plenty of illusions, but there can be no disguising the courage. Yassamine Mather pays tribute to the women who took up the cause of the working class and fought for revolution
Monistic and materialist
20 Mar 2025
Michael Roberts reviews MEG Smith and T Hayslip Thinking systematics: critical-dialectical reasoning for a perilous age and a case for socialism Nova Scotia 2024, pp356, £21
Great expectations
27 Feb 2025
One of the greatest achievements of capitalism is rising average life expectancy in developed countries. This has begun to stall, not because we have reached an upper limit - well, not yet, suggests Ian Spencer
Three Rs and no arts
27 Feb 2025
Rather than being trained to be wage slaves, Eddie Ford argues that we should demand the right to develop ourselves as fully rounded human beings
Rebels without a clue
27 Feb 2025
It’s all well and good being a dangerous, dissident rightist - but what if you win? Paul Demarty looks at the strange goings-on at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
Codes and latest buzz words
20 Feb 2025
Western countries and China are engaged in a race for domination. Yassamine Mather looks at the risks, as well as the potential of AI
Making Europe Great Again
20 Feb 2025
Riding high in the polls and brimming with confidence, the far right is being actively promoted by the US state - as JD Vance made clear in Munich, writes Eddie Ford
Flags on Mars
13 Feb 2025
In his inauguration speech Donald Trump talked of extending America’s “manifest destiny” into space and planting the “Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars”. Jack Conrad says the left would be well advised not to fall for the hype
Weaponising Covid
06 Feb 2025
CIA claims that Covid-19 emerged from a Chinese government-run lab have nothing to do with public health and everything to do with an attack on the poorest in the world, maintains Ian Spencer
Firewall and hot air
06 Feb 2025
Migration is the number one issue. While almost all parties are marching to the right ahead of the February 23 general election, Die Linke’s slight move to the left might well justify a critical vote, argues Carla Roberts
Truth is a malleable thing
30 Jan 2025
Pat Taylor reviews Erik Kahn Canned goods Southwark Playhouse (ends February 8)