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
Right strikes at abortion right
12 May 2022
Sexual barbarism is about to return with a vengeance, but, Daniel Lazare insists, it would be profoundly mistaken to rely on the constitution to defend the gains made in a past generation
Understanding capitalist dynamics
12 May 2022
Ian Wright reviews 'How labor powers the global economy' by Emmanuel Farjoun, Moshé Machover and David Zachariah (Springer Publishing 2022, pp166, £90)
Two souls of big money
12 May 2022
Todd Boehly’s consortium and the deal to buy Chelsea FC for £4.25 billion reveals the menace threatening the beautiful game, argues Paul Demarty
Parliamentary and everyday sexism
05 May 2022
The current furore has produced a morally outraged cross-party consensus, but the last thing we need is yet more investigations, judge-led enquiries, quangos and powers to suspend or expel MPs, says James Harvey
Moral panic and blue checks
05 May 2022
Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion Twitter takeover should not be compared with the last days of the Weimar Republic. Nor will it strike a blow for free speech, writes Paul Demarty
Unintended consequences
28 Apr 2022
The calumnies against Shaima Dallali highlight the left’s errors. Paul Demarty calls for a principled defence of free speech
Accountable police?
28 Apr 2022
Dave Vincent reviews 'Deep deception: the story of the spycop network, by the women who uncovered the shocking truth' by Helen Steel (Ebury Press, 2022, pp400, £20)
Out of sight, out of mind?
21 Apr 2022
Rwanda deal is a cynical election ploy, writes Eddie Ford
No quick fix
14 Apr 2022
Mimicking the sun and producing power using nuclear fusion has long been a dream and it appears that will be the case for a long time to come. Yassamine Mather explains
Westminster is main culprit
17 Mar 2022
Anne McShane is appalled by the systemic institutional abuse that took place in the children’s homes of Northern Ireland over decades. But why has the UK government been let off the hook?
Working women find a voice
10 Mar 2022
Anne McShane looks at 'Rabotnitsa', first published by the Bolsheviks on February 23 1914 to mark International Women’s Day
An unsafe technology
10 Mar 2022
Russian shelling near the Zaporizhzhia plant is a stark reminder of the inherently dangerous nature of nuclear power, warns Eddie Ford
Get out of Zionist ghetto
24 Feb 2022
Communists say national liberation is a task of the working class. Tony Greenstein takes issue with the left Zionism of Daniel Lazare
Complex and chaotic
24 Feb 2022
It seems that freak weather events are becoming increasingly normal, writes Eddie Ford
Abstraction and obfuscation
10 Feb 2022
Paul Demarty reviews 'Anti-Postone', an essay written by Michael Sommer and translated by Maciej Zurowski (Cosmonaut Press, 2021, pp124, £11.99)