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
On the dark side
18 Nov 2021
Jack Conrad explores the commonalities and connections between greenism and the right and far right
Sit down and plan it
11 Nov 2021
School students and young women have been in the forefront. Tam Dean Burn reports from the Glasgow marches and meetings
They will not deliver
11 Nov 2021
Market solutions are no solution. Michael Roberts castigates the sham, the hollowness of climate finance
No saving graces
11 Nov 2021
Tony Greenstein reviews 'Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis: what the left got wrong and how to learn from it' by David Renton (Routledge, 2021, pp230, £19.99)
Rebels without the means
11 Nov 2021
Jack Conrad takes a hard look at the demands, principles and inherent limits of Extinction Rebellion
All workers lose out
11 Nov 2021
With the Democrats going downhill fast, Daniel Lazare looks at the role played by ‘critical race theory’
History and hagiography
11 Nov 2021
Saints and sinners. Paul Demarty assesses the Greta Thunberg phenomenon
Bitter fruit of imperialism
04 Nov 2021
Islamist jihadism is a modern, not an ancient, phenomenon. Yassamine Mather looks at causes, social roots and terrible consequences
Greenism: a rough guide
04 Nov 2021
Jack Conrad explores the organisations, history, business models, aristocrats, royal agendas and class limits
Malthus painted green
28 Oct 2021
Are there too many people? Jack Conrad attacks crude overpopulation theories. They are more than useless: they are extraordinarily dangerous
A 2.7 degree wake-up call
28 Oct 2021
The UK government’s response is woefully inadequate. So keep your expectations about Cop26 really low, advises a worried Eddie Ford
Long march of censorship
28 Oct 2021
Paul Demarty looks at recent attacks on free speech in the name of combatting offence, real or imagined
Delusions of techno-fix
21 Oct 2021
Today’s capitalist politicians are unlikely to agree, let alone implement, the measures needed to stop runaway climate change. Jack Conrad argues that the fundamental problem lies at the level of the system itself. Nonetheless, as shown by the Soviet Union, more than the mere abolition of capitalism is needed. The associated producers must take control
Prince over the water
14 Oct 2021
The takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia’s MBS highlights the contradictory position of fans in modern football, says Paul Demarty
The wealth of nature
14 Oct 2021
There are still those who merely offer a mirror image of bourgeois ideology, with the claim that workers create all the wealth. Jack Conrad argues that nature more than contributes: it is primary