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
Future and present
24 Oct 2019
John Lanchester 'The wall' Faber and Faber, 2019, pp288, £14.99. Bernardino Evaristo 'Girl, woman, other' Hamish Hamilton, 2019, pp464, £16.99.
Avoiding extinction for real
17 Oct 2019
As the Met clamps down on Extinction Rebellion protests, Paul Demarty looks at the choices facing the movement
A game of thrones
20 Sep 2019
Harley Filben mourns the loss of Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet.
Direct vs representative democracy
12 Sep 2019
Raquel Varela: A people’s history of the Portuguese Revolution. Pluto Press, 2019, pp352, £19.99.
Russiagate and what it says about America
16 Aug 2019
The US is in decline, writes Daniel Lazare, and making matters worse it is saddled with an antiquated constitution.
Reject the IHRA
08 Aug 2019
The decision of Tower Hamlets council to refuse to host the Big Ride for Palestine is both cowardly and shameful, writes Tony Greenstein
No future in the past
27 Jun 2019
Jack Conrad concludes his series of articles by questioning both brutish and romantic images of pre-modern society
Fetishising the web
27 Jun 2019
The left needs a comprehensive, partyist approach to media, argues Paul Demarty
Drawn to the flame
20 Jun 2019
Jack Conrad shows why primitivists and other such deep greens are more than predisposed to the lures of ecofascism
Corbyn misses a trick
13 Jun 2019
While Labour prioritises blocking a no-deal Brexit, writes Eddie Ford, it has failed to respond in a principled way to Tory confessions of drug use
Colours, shades, limits
13 Jun 2019
In the second of four articles Jack Conrad explores the good, the bad and the ugly sides of green political thought
Malthus painted green
06 Jun 2019
In the first of four articles Jack Conrad affirms the reality of global warming, along with the pending danger of ecological disaster. But crude overpopulation theories are worse than useless. Each social formation has its own laws, including laws of population
Philosophy, Marxism and gender ideology
30 May 2019
Rex Dunn makes a contribution to our ongoing debate. He argues that genderism stems from working class defeats and poststructuralist subjectivism
Out of the dark ages
30 May 2019
While the divorce referendum has resulted in a marginal improvement, writes Anne McShane, the absence of a fighting working class is still making itself felt
Legalise cannabis
16 May 2019
The ‘war on drugs’ has very little to do with safeguarding the health of citizens, argues James Linney