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
Socialism or extinction
17 Sep 2020
Wildfires in Oregon and California point towards catastrophe in the near future, writes Eddie Ford
Incoherent mosaic
17 Sep 2020
Mike Macnair reviews 'Degrowth in movement(s): exploring pathways to transformation', essays edited by Corinna Burkhart, Matthias Schmelzer and Nina Treu
Arguing against the wrong ‘Marxism’
17 Sep 2020
Despite commonly believed myths, writes Chris Gray, Marx and Engels saw human emancipation as linked to the protection and enhancement of nature
A very unlikely story
10 Sep 2020
Can anyone really believe that the US government is run by Satanist paedophiles? Paul Demarty investigates the QAnon phenomenon
Positive and negative
10 Sep 2020
Daniel Lazare reviews Christian Parenti's "Radical Hamilton: economic lessons from a misunderstood founder"
Defeat of syndicalism
10 Sep 2020
David Douglass reviews Ian Wright's "God’s beautiful sunshine: the 1921 miners’ lockout in the Forest of Dean"
Great questions of our time
10 Sep 2020
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group discusses David Graeber’s ideas and activism
Worse than useless
04 Sep 2020
Too little, too late. James Linney takes apart the Tories’ so-called ‘obesity strategy’
Prom and prejudice
04 Sep 2020
As the BBC finally agrees to allow a select group of vocalists to sing ‘Rule, Britannia!’ and ‘Land of hope and glory’, Harley Filben takes stock of musical nationalism
Racism and jealous gods
13 Aug 2020
Overweening taboos on certain slurs do nothing to aid our understanding of racism, argues Paul Demarty
Prodigal son departs
06 Aug 2020
James Murdoch’s departure from his father’s media empire puts the spotlight once again on its political evolution, writes William Kane
Lost Tribe of Judah
30 Jul 2020
We have to learn to live with offensive ideas and statements, argues Eddie Ford - whether they originate from Wiley and the Black Hebrews, mainstream Zionism or Judeo-Christianity
Wrongly overlooked thinker
23 Jul 2020
David Broder reviews Pietro Basso's 'The science and passion of communism: selected writings of Amadeo Bordiga (1912-1965)'
Without it we can’t breathe
23 Jul 2020
Anne McShane explains why the ‘cancel culture’ is so badly misdirected
Roll call of shame
16 Jul 2020
Huge numbers have died unnecessarily, writes Eddie Ford, yet still we have the rightwing ideology of Covid denial