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
Diana and the demagogues
27 May 2021
Why the furore over an ancient interview? Paul Demarty looks at the renewed attacks on the BBC
Nobody is safe till everybody is safe
06 May 2021
As the horrific situation in India proves, writes Eddie Ford, the pandemic is far from over
Drugs war bad
29 Apr 2021
With ever increasing numbers of desperate Latin American people fleeing for their lives, Daniel Lazare looks at those on the left who refuse to address the central problem
That was the league that wasn’t
29 Apr 2021
Defeat of the European Super League project is welcome, but redeeming football will take imagination, suggests Paul Demarty
American ‘Blue Labour’?
15 Apr 2021
Mike Macnair reviews 'Virtue hoarders: the case against the professional managerial class' by Catherine Liu
One year on
15 Apr 2021
Good state organisation, not the market, has proven to be the key to success. But globally the vaccination programme has barely got started, warns Mohsen Shahmanesh. This article is based on his April 11 Online Communist Forum talk
Grief at gunpoint
15 Apr 2021
The coverage of Philip Windsor’s death has reached new heights of absurdity, even for British royals, argues Paul Demarty
Nationalist dreams and nightmares
08 Apr 2021
Mike Macnair reviews 'Workers and nationalism: Czech and German Social Democracy in Habsburg Austria, 1890-1918' by JS Beneš and 'The Fiume crisis: life in the wake of the Habsburg empire' by DK Reill
Royalty and the Reich
08 Apr 2021
Eddie Ford reviews Channel 4's 'Queen Elizabeth and the spy in the palace', directed by Andy Webb
How to be gaslit
08 Apr 2021
Anger is an insufficient response to the Sewell report, argues Paul Demarty. The left needs its own critique of liberal anti-racism
Anti-racism as a straitjacket
01 Apr 2021
Boris Johnson's government boasts of its anti-racism, the UN boasts of its anti-racism, the SWP boasts of its anti-racism. Paul Demarty detects more than a whiff of popular frontism
Blasphemy laws old and new
01 Apr 2021
Freedom of speech includes the right to criticise, explain and even mock, insists Eddie Ford
Regime change MI6-style
18 Mar 2021
Torab Saleth reviews the online documentary 'Coup 53' which was written, produced and directed by Taghi Amirani
Lamb dressed as mutton
18 Mar 2021
Lawrence Parker reviews 'A centenary for socialism: Britain’s Communist Party 1920-2020' by the Communist Party of Britain, edited by Mary Davis
Uyghurs: why now?
18 Mar 2021
Are the Chinese guilty of ‘genocide’? Daniel Lazare looks behind the wall-to-wall propaganda