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
Trickle-down effect
16 Apr 2026
Evidence suggests that the El Niño phenomenon is of increasing frequency and intensity, with the possibility of a ‘super’ event any time soon. Anthropogenic global warming could easily be a big influence, writes Eddie Ford
No time to waste
09 Apr 2026
Far-right politicians and media outlets are peddling a delusional and reckless North Sea fantasy. Britain pays global prices for both gas and oil. Meanwhile, the planet continues to heat up and targets are being routinely missed, writes Eddie Ford
Back to reality
09 Apr 2026
Artemis II and the new space race do not represent a great leap in human progress, argues Paul Demarty.Instead what we have is a criminal refusal to take responsibility for the dire conditions here on Earth
Getting the right headlines
02 Apr 2026
James Meadway’s ‘DOGE of the left’ is very much about marketing and very little about substance. Despite the technocratic wonkery, there can be no escaping basic class and global realities. Paul Demarty assesses eco‑populism and finds it wanting
Getting ready to govern
02 Apr 2026
It is very telling that Zack Polanski missed his own party’s conference. He feared embarrassment. But he need not have worried. The Greens have plenty of checks and balances against democracy and the membership is largely passive, says Carla Roberts
Reform at the crossroads
26 Mar 2026
Have we reached ‘peak Farage’? Perhaps, argues Paul Demarty. But, whatever the fate of Reform, the drift to the right is likely to continue. Lining up with the centre is no answer - independent working class politics is needed
One-dimensional men
19 Mar 2026
Louis Theroux’s latest documentary has sparked perplexed commentary in the liberalosphere. Why is the tacky world of masculinist influencers so attractive to so many young men? Paul Demarty gives us his take
Selling the Torygraph
12 Mar 2026
Its readership remains stubbornly of pensionable age. Its journalism has become more and more stupid. With ‘AI transformation’ on the agenda, Paul Demarty expects a further descent into worthless slop
When Saturday comes
05 Mar 2026
As club owners have ceded control over the terms and conditions under which elite players sell their labour-power, they have tightened their grip over the labour process. Peter Kennedy discerns an ongoing class struggle
Sinking into the gutter
05 Mar 2026
Labour ran a low-life campaign against the Greens in Gorton and Denton, saying that under them playgrounds would be ‘turned into crack dens’. Eddie Ford takes a rather more principled position
Going beyond protest politics
19 Feb 2026
On the one side, almost exclusively made up of the right and far right, there are those who blindly argue that global heating is not happening, or if it is, it is no big deal. On the other side, almost everyone else. So what is to be done? Bill McGuire takes a look at Jack Conrad’s The little red climate book
Burn, baby, burn
19 Feb 2026
Yet another study shows the climate system rapidly approaching multiple tipping points, writes Eddie Ford. Meanwhile the US president is criminally chucking more fuel onto the fire
What’s up, doc?
12 Feb 2026
Doctors are leaving in droves. It is not just that Australia, New Zealand and Canada look more attractive. There is, says James Linney, the push factor too. Labour is proving to be little different from the Tories
Spreading panic and confusion
12 Feb 2026
Alex Callinicos is playing a cynical opportunist game when he compares the situation in Minneapolis with fascist terror in Italy. He wants to excuse the Together popular front, writes Eddie Ford
A little flame snuffed out
29 Jan 2026
Paul B. Smith reviews M Farrar and K McDonnell Big Flame: building movements, new politics Merlin Press 2024, pp356, £30