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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

Slope really is slippery

28 Nov 2024

Legalisation of assisted suicide is not progress, argues Paul Demarty, but rather gives capitalism free rein to throw the seriously ill in the trash-can

Your health, comrade

28 Nov 2024

Physical and mental health is central to the communist project. Not only would people be healthier in a communist society, writes Ian Spencer, but such health would help deliver the full realisation of human potential

Continuing the decline

28 Nov 2024

After 14 years of Tory austerity the health service has been left broken. But can Wes Streeting fix things? James Linney lambasts his idea that league tables are part of the solution

Cabinet of curiosities

21 Nov 2024

Warmongers, kleptocrats, sex pests - but above all cronies. Paul Demarty looks ahead to an already fractious Trump front bench that will, in all probability, churn with remarkable speed

An unpalatable choice

21 Nov 2024

With a February 23 general election agreed, German society is set to move right, reports Carla Roberts

Drill, baby, drill!

14 Nov 2024

Trump wants to both max out oil production and pull out of the Paris Accords, writes Eddie Ford - bad news for a planet already experiencing record-high temperatures

His movement lingers on

14 Nov 2024

Widely presented in the west as a champion of ‘moderate’ Islam, within Turkey he was condemned as a terrorist. Esen Uslu looks at the life and times of Fethullah Gülen

Trans liberation and Marxism

14 Nov 2024

Ranging from sci-fi thought experiments to the latest theoretical disputes, Mike Macnair explains why class and building solidarity is vital

Online Communist Forum, Sunday November 3 5pm

31 Oct 2024

Crunch time for real

31 Oct 2024

Latest UN report shows that we are on course to massively overshoot climate targets. Reaching between 1.9°C and 3.8°C threatens catastrophic consequences for human civilisation, writes Eddie Ford

A monotheism sponsored in Persia

31 Oct 2024

Historical research, biblical studies and archaeology reveal a complex picture of royalist nationalism, opposition prophets and class struggles. Jack Conrad investigates the origins of Judaism

Racists against racism

31 Oct 2024

Marching with Zionists in opposition to racism in general and marching against Zionism over Israeli state racism is a circle that cannot be squared. Beset by internal divisions, the central committee is under increasing pressure, reports Paul Demarty

Nine lives of Manifesto man

24 Oct 2024

From drunken apprentice to EDL street fighting, from apology tour to Cypriot exile. Paul Demarty charts the career of Tommy Robinson and warns that the main danger comes not from this celebrity far-right influencer, but the increasingly reactionary Lab-Con elite

Can we meet the challenge?

17 Oct 2024

Milton and Sahara flooding are extreme weather events triggered by human-induced global warming, writes Eddie Ford. The danger is that they will become the norm

Nothing clean about it

10 Oct 2024

Labour is pouring billions into over-hyped CCS technology as part of an effort to prolong the life of fossil fuel capitalism, writes Eddie Ford. Lobbying by oil companies has paid off handsomely

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