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
Apologists for mass murder
07 Sep 2017
The Morning Star is still in denial about the Marikana massacre, writes Peter Manson
Giving 1917 real meaning
31 Aug 2017
Chris Gray reviews: China Miéville, October: the story of the Russian Revolution, Verso, 2017, pp369, £18.99
Understanding the ‘populist moment’
31 Aug 2017
Populism has been used as a catch-all definition covering everyone from Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders to Evo Morales and Rodrigo Duterte. But what is populism and what is its historical background? Kevin Bean gives some answers
Our lady of the tabloids
31 Aug 2017
Twenty years on, Britain is still not over the death of Diana Spencer. Paul Demarty investigates the cult of the ‘people’s princess’
The social gradient
10 Aug 2017
Mike Belbin completes his series of articles on genetics, racism and human character
Lord of chaos
10 Aug 2017
Donald Trump’s reign is turning into a fiasco, writes Paul Demarty, who is concerned about his plans to regain the initiative
Witch-hunt continues
03 Aug 2017
As the Ken Livingstone case demonstrates, the right’s call for ‘party unity’ should not be taken at face value, argues David Shearer of Labour Party Marxists
What Zionists want suppressed
03 Aug 2017
Tony Greenstein reviews: Thomas Suarez, State of terror - how terrorism created modern Israel, Skyscraper Publications, 2016, pp418, £20
Record of resistance
03 Aug 2017
Christina Black went to see: Soul of a nation - art in the age of black power Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1. Ends October 22
Heritability - biological and social
03 Aug 2017
In the third article of a four-part series Mike Belbin discusses ‘inherent character’. Today this is no longer ascribed as racial, but is put down to a person’s genes
Rhetoric and political realities
03 Aug 2017
A ‘rule of law’ which protects property rights above all else guarantees nothing but authoritarian demagogy, argues Mike Macnair
Cruel and ignorant
03 Aug 2017
Eddie Ford examines the despicable role of the media and political right in the Charlie Gard case
Check out, but never leave
27 Jul 2017
The reality of Brexit is starting to become apparent, writes Eddie Ford. And the government is increasingly under pressure from big business
Racialism and eugenics
27 Jul 2017
In the second article in a four-part series Mike Belbin looks at the many and varied classifications of race
Opening up possibilities
27 Jul 2017
Leila Lilazi looks back at the Bernie Sanders phenomenon and can still feel the fire burning