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
Lock up the thugs
29 Sep 2016
Once more, the SACP finds itself on the wrong side of the class divide, writes Peter Manson
Where next for Farage?
22 Sep 2016
It is clear that Ukip has no future beyond that of a protest party, writes Peter Manson
Strong on analysis, but …
22 Sep 2016
Simon Wells reviews: Ian Angus, 'Facing the Anthropocene: fossil capitalism and the crisis of the Earth system', Monthly Review Press, 2016, pp280, £14.40
Democracy, not meritocracy
15 Sep 2016
What lies behind Theresa May’s grammar school wheeze? Charlotte Black says it has nothing to do with equality of opportunity
Media: old and new
15 Sep 2016
What is the impact of technology on the mass media? How can the left overcome its marginality in the public discourse? Should we trust Google searches? Paul Demarty addressed the past, present and future of the media at this year’s Communist University
Skewered by moralism
15 Sep 2016
An old-fashioned tabloid scandal? Harley Filben looks at the Keith Vaz affair
Ethnic cleansing?
15 Sep 2016
Binyamin Netanyahu’s video might have caused outrage, but Zionism still has friends in high places. Tony Greenstein comments
Apologists for Zionism
08 Sep 2016
Tony Greenstein introduces his open letter to Labour MP Joan Ryan
Time running out fast
08 Sep 2016
Capitalism is a system unfit to cope with the ecological crisis, writes Eddie Ford
An Open Letter
08 Sep 2016
Tony Greenstein addresses Labour MP Joan Ryan
For the love of god, go
08 Sep 2016
Ed Balls urges the right not to split - but Paul Demarty wonders if they have a choice
Abstraction in style
01 Sep 2016
George Monbiot How did we get into this mess? Politics, equality, nature Verso Books, 2014, pp352, £16.99
Two Noam Chomskys
01 Sep 2016
Chris Knight discusses his new book, where he contrasts Chomsky, the principled political activist, with Chomsky, the military researcher
Pseudo-secularism on the beach
01 Sep 2016
The petty cruelty of the French burqini bans stems from an elite looking for scapegoats, writes Paul Demarty
Burying the scandal
01 Sep 2016
The western media has shown little interest in new revelations about the slaughter of political prisoners in 1988, reports Yassamine Mather