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
Online Communist Forum, Sunday November 3 5pm
31 Oct 2024
Crunch time for real
31 Oct 2024
Latest UN report shows that we are on course to massively overshoot climate targets. Reaching between 1.9°C and 3.8°C threatens catastrophic consequences for human civilisation, writes Eddie Ford
A monotheism sponsored in Persia
31 Oct 2024
Historical research, biblical studies and archaeology reveal a complex picture of royalist nationalism, opposition prophets and class struggles. Jack Conrad investigates the origins of Judaism
Racists against racism
31 Oct 2024
Marching with Zionists in opposition to racism in general and marching against Zionism over Israeli state racism is a circle that cannot be squared. Beset by internal divisions, the central committee is under increasing pressure, reports Paul Demarty
Nine lives of Manifesto man
24 Oct 2024
From drunken apprentice to EDL street fighting, from apology tour to Cypriot exile. Paul Demarty charts the career of Tommy Robinson and warns that the main danger comes not from this celebrity far-right influencer, but the increasingly reactionary Lab-Con elite
Can we meet the challenge?
17 Oct 2024
Milton and Sahara flooding are extreme weather events triggered by human-induced global warming, writes Eddie Ford. The danger is that they will become the norm
Nothing clean about it
10 Oct 2024
Labour is pouring billions into over-hyped CCS technology as part of an effort to prolong the life of fossil fuel capitalism, writes Eddie Ford. Lobbying by oil companies has paid off handsomely
Hiding the hack
03 Oct 2024
Even though the odds are too close to call, why are US media outlets so unwilling to use leaked material about Trump’s running mate? Paul Demarty investigates
Desire utopia but neglect politics
03 Oct 2024
Mike Belbin remembers Fredric Jameson, April 14 1934-September 22 2024
No illusions in greens
03 Oct 2024
Under the leadership of Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, the Green Party has moved considerably to the right. Despite that there are some on the left who want to sign up. Carla Roberts is unconvinced
They worshipped many gods
03 Oct 2024
What Christians call the Old Testament depicts the ancient Hebrews being dedicated to the Yahweh cult, but also erecting altars on high places and sacrificing to Baal. Jack Conrad explores the origins of Judaism
Missing a trick
19 Sep 2024
Gaby Rubin reviews Paul du Toit (writer/director) The unlikely secret agent Marylebone Theatre
Another useful innocent
12 Sep 2024
Nuclear power should be supported because it is conducive to trade union organisation and because it is a way of dealing with all that weapons-grade plutonium. So argues Leszek Karlik, a member of Poland’s soft-left Razem party
Fiction: utopian and scientific
12 Sep 2024
We all have our ways of weighing up the probabilities, of orienting our moral sense. In his intriguing talk to Communist University 2024, Paul Demarty examines the changing face of utopian literature and the role it, and science fiction, can play in Marxist politics
Ethos of punishment
12 Sep 2024
Overcrowding is at an all-time high, showing yet again that prison does not work. Eddie Ford argues that we should help damaged people recover, not damage them further