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
Tailism cannot deliver
09 Mar 2023
By clearing away misconceptions and starting from our common class interests we can produce a workable approach. Mike Macnair concludes his series
Not a minor issue
02 Mar 2023
Marching with Zionists, excusing Zionism and standing in solidarity with Palestine. Tony Greenstein investigates the contradictions generated by crass opportunism
Ohio’s perfect storm
02 Mar 2023
Daniel Lazare warns that, with Trump skilfully championing poor whites, with weak trade unions and a ‘left’ intent on tailing Biden, the danger of a rightwing dictatorship grows
Effective collectivity is key
02 Mar 2023
Mike Macnair argues that we all - not least trans people - need democratic decision-making to ensure common actions and common goals
How not to win arguments
23 Feb 2023
Counterfire is in upheaval over the trans issue. Paul Demarty calls for serious debate, not heresy-hunting
Gender, class and capitalism
23 Feb 2023
Mike Macnair argues that the emancipation of trans people requires the overthrow of bourgeois rule
Moving towards the positive
16 Feb 2023
Tory culture wars have deep roots and deadly consequences. Mike Macnair digs down into history and links the oppression of women and trans people
Stoked by government ministers
16 Feb 2023
Kevin Bean reports on the Knowsley riot, its causes and the inadequacies of the economistic left’s responses
Hanging on the old barbed wire
09 Feb 2023
Jim Moody reviews All quiet on the western front, directed by Edward Berger (general release, 2022)
Truth must be silenced
09 Feb 2023
BBC2’s documentary about the 2002 Gujarat pogrom has caused a storm. Modi’s government and its friends abroad have made accusations of insensitivity, racism and colonial attitudes, reports Bill Goodridge
Clearing the ground
09 Feb 2023
Getting out of the ‘gender recognition’ trap requires breaking with the foundations of the arguments behind it, argues Mike Macnair
School for scoundrels
09 Feb 2023
Widely pictured as a supervillain, Andrew Tate is, suggests Paul Demarty, a banal symptom of atomisation
Centrality of involvement
02 Feb 2023
In light of the mass upsurge in Iran sparked by protests against the hijab, Yassamine Mather asked Anne McShane to speak about the lessons of history, in particular the fight against bourgeois feminism in the Second International and the role of Bolshevik women in Russia
Devolution non-recognition
02 Feb 2023
UK government uses the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill as an excuse to assert ministers’ right to micro-manage Holyrood legislation for Tory electoral advantage. Mike Macnair explores the issues
Farewell to an inspiration
26 Jan 2023
Obituary: Gustav (Schlacke) Lamche, director and producer for Cinema Action, August 25 1933-January 15 2023