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
Labour’s migration wars
12 Jan 2017
Jeremy Corbyn cannot ‘triangulate’ between soft Brexit and hard Brexit, writes Eddie Ford
As good as his word
12 Jan 2017
Obituary: John Berger, November 5 1926-January 2 2017, Sarah Black remembers
Yalda - triumph of light
22 Dec 2016
Yassamine Mather explains the Zoroastrian winter solstice festival of light, Shabe Yalda, and how Iran’s ruling clerics have failed to extinguish it
Jesus: armed and dangerous
22 Dec 2016
Forget the virgin birth, the stable, the wondrous star, the shepherds and the wise men, the massacre of the innocents and the angel of the lord telling Joseph and Mary to flee to Egypt. All pure invention. Jesus was an apocalyptic revolutionary, says Jack Conrad
Election season is on
15 Dec 2016
Divisions are multiplying in the cabinet - but it would be foolish to underestimate the strength of Theresa May’s position, argues Paul Demarty
Quest for purity
15 Dec 2016
Is dubbing Israel a ‘racist state’ anti-Semitic? Tony Greenstein looks at the reality on the ground
Reaping the harvest
15 Dec 2016
Al Nusra are not brave rebels, writes Yassamine Mather. The jihadist group has been financed and directed by the west’s allies with the sole aim of bringing about regime change from above
A vote on Renzi, not Europe
15 Dec 2016
Toby Abse looks at the possibilities following the referendum defeat and subsequent resignation of the prime minister
Protecting the guilty
08 Dec 2016
As with Jimmy Savile, writes Eddie Ford, the sex abuse scandal reflects unequal power relations in society
An anti-militarist’s moral dilemmas
08 Dec 2016
Despite being employed by an institution responsible for advanced weapons research, writes Chris Knight, Noam Chomsky had a political conscience that refused to lie down
Gestures at top, gestures at bottom
08 Dec 2016
Donald Trump is lurching between conciliation and wild provocations, writes Paul Demarty
Cycles within cycles
01 Dec 2016
Nick Rogers reviews: Michael Roberts, 'The long depression: how it happened, why it happened and what happens next', Haymarket Books, 2016, pp360, £14.99
Integration and disintegration
01 Dec 2016
Hillel Ticktin outlines the political and economic forces at play in the European Union
An icon, but not a model
01 Dec 2016
Revolutionary, dictator - or both? Paul Demarty remembers Fidel Castro
Remainers begin to fight back
01 Dec 2016
The intervention of John Major and Tony Blair shows that Brexit does not have to mean Brexit, writes Eddie Ford