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
Calling a different tone
19 Jun 2020
Will Stratford of the US Platypus Affiliated Society explains why he thinks it is essential for the left to question the establishment’s hegemonic anti-racism
Racism and Covid-19
19 Jun 2020
Capitalism itself is the cause of structural social inequality, writes James Linney
An international explosion
11 Jun 2020
Protests against police violence and structural disadvantage have erupted in country after country, but what happens next, asks Paul Demarty
Race über alles?
11 Jun 2020
Daniel Lazare looks beneath the skin of Black Lives Matter and reveals the links with big business
What about the root causes?
04 Jun 2020
Rutger Bregman Humankind: a hopeful history Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020, pp496, £20
The old and the new
28 May 2020
A sharp decline in newspaper print circulation raises questions about the power of the media, argues William Kane
Rise of the Covidiots
21 May 2020
How can pandemic-sceptics deny the reality in front of their eyes? Paul Demarty investigates
Truth shall make you free
30 Apr 2020
According to the latest conspiracy theories, Covid-19 is a bioweapon leaked from a Wuhan laboratory, introduced into China by a US spy team or caused by electromagnetic radiation. There have been dozens of attacks on 5G masts and engineers in Britain. Why do people believe in such nonsense? Edmund Griffiths investigates
Nature and humanity
09 Apr 2020
Did Engels really seek to water down Marx’s concern for the environment? Quite the opposite, argues Michael Roberts
Forces for change
09 Apr 2020
What will be the long-term consequences of the current crisis? Mark Kosman looks at the possibilities
A barometer of progress
02 Apr 2020
NEP had profoundly negative results for the struggle for women’s emancipation, writes Anne McShane.
Surplus to requirements
26 Mar 2020
To say that the ANC’s response to the pandemic is ‘inadequate’ would be a total understatement, writes Peter Manson. As a result many thousands will pay the ultimate price.
Covid-19 and how to fight it
26 Mar 2020
Jack Conrad presents a communist response to the combined health and economic crisis
Responding to catastrophe
19 Mar 2020
Paul Demarty looks at the strengths, and limits, of the left’s response to the coronavirus.
Class and women’s liberation
12 Mar 2020
Like anti-racism, International Women’s Day has been colonised by the bourgeoisie, writes Eddie Ford.