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
Towards a Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation
27 Jul 2017
The disclosure of the BBC list of highest paid ‘stars’ raises the question: what is the corporation for? William Kane investigates
Unbridled state power
20 Jul 2017
Esen Uslu reports on the first anniversary of the failed coup attempt
Overcoming misogyny
20 Jul 2017
Yassamine Mather tells the story of a woman whose achievements were made against all the odds
Born loser: is destiny biological?
20 Jul 2017
Did the notion of biological superiority bite the dust following the racism of the Nazis? In this first article in a four-part series, Mike Belbin traces the reformulation of an ancient idea of human character
Get used to it
20 Jul 2017
Attempts to insulate MPs from insults are laughable and doomed to failure, argues Paul Demarty
Brexit reality wall
20 Jul 2017
Eddie Ford does not find it impossible to imagine a national government emerging from an EU-induced crisis
Criminal law and class society
20 Jul 2017
Mike Macnair reviews: Robert Reiner Crime: the mystery of the common-sense concept Polity, 2016, pp246, £15.99
The walking dead
13 Jul 2017
The G20 only confirmed the sluggish nature of the global economy, writes Michael Roberts
Hegemon opts out
13 Jul 2017
We live in strange times. Eddie Ford looks at the G20 summit in Hamburg
Big Meeting gets bigger
06 Jul 2017
The 133rd Durham Miners’ Gala this Saturday will see some 150,000 march through the ancient city. Davie Douglass looks at the history and the ongoing significance
Racists and Islamophobes
06 Jul 2017
Following the triumph of the right in last month’s local elections, writes Toby Abse, the left appears more and more isolated
The Corbyn phenomenon
06 Jul 2017
It is important to know where we are and where we are going, argues Tony Greenstein
The war Israel planned
06 Jul 2017
Military action against Syria had been contemplated for several months prior to the Six-Day War of June 1967, writes Moshé Machover
Fossil fuel era continues
06 Jul 2017
Predictions of an imminent decline of oil are misplaced, argues Jack Conrad. Along with global temperatures, consumption is set to rise
A new generation
06 Jul 2017
After Saturday’s inspiring demonstration, Peter Manson asks what the next steps should be