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
An apocalyptic revolutionary
19 Dec 2019
According to official Christian doctrine, Jesus was a man-god, born in a stable to a virgin mother. His first worshippers were three humble shepherds, followed by three kings from the east bearing fabulous gifts. As an adult Jesus performed serial miracles. Misunderstood by his closest disciples, betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the Jewish people collectively sought his death. Crucified by the innocent Romans, Jesus is entombed, but after three days rises from the dead. Finally, he ascends into heaven to sit on god’s right side. Jack Conrad offers a more probable version of the man and his times.
Outcome uncertain
06 Dec 2019
Looking at the latest polls, Eddie Ford concludes that it is not impossible for Labour to win the most seats.
Inconvenient truths
28 Nov 2019
Rather than the Labour Party, it is Christianity which is ‘institutionally anti-Semitic’, writes Eddie Ford.
Reason to be proud?
09 Nov 2019
While apartheid is long gone, writes Peter Manson, what do we say about the ‘rainbow nation’ that has replaced it?
Reactionary by nature
09 Nov 2019
The case of the 39 migrants from Vietnam who froze to death in the back of a refrigerated lorry, when trying to enter Britain, has once again highlighted the need for a principled working class response.
Problematic Tory assumptions
31 Oct 2019
Jonathan Sumption 'Trials of the state: law and the decline of politics' Profile Books, 2019, pp112; £9.99
Book they want to ban
31 Oct 2019
Greg Philo, Mike Berry, Justin Schlosberg, Anthony Lerman, David Miller 'Bad news for Labour: anti-Semitism, the party and public belief' Pluto Press, 2019, pp288, £14.99
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