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
Machiavellian manoeuvres in the dark
12 Feb 2015
Peter Kosminsky (director) Wolf Hall BBC2, Wednesdays 9pm
What can chimpanzees teach us about human nature?
05 Feb 2015
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group explores the relationship between sex, language and culture
Green-tinted glasses
29 Jan 2015
Despite the membership figures and the hype, notes Micky Coulter, the Green Party's increased popularity is not a sign of good times to come for socialists
Business as usual
22 Jan 2015
Catastrophic climate change is very unlikely to be averted under capitalist conditions, says Simon Wells
Technology and terror
22 Jan 2015
State antsiness about the ‘dark web’ reveals profound contradictions, argues Paul Demarty
Nationalism and role of Pegida
22 Jan 2015
Tina Becker examines the impact of Germany’s new rightwing force
The artist must take sides
15 Jan 2015
Exhibition: Conscience and conflict: British artists and the Spanish Civil War Pallant House Gallery, Chichester until February 15, 2015; then Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from March 7 to June 7
Confusion abounds
15 Jan 2015
How has the left reacted to the Paris slaughter? Peter Manson has been taking a look
United front of the bourgeoisie
15 Jan 2015
Government leaders who gathered in Paris to express ‘solidarity’ with Charlie Hebdo are no friends of free speech, says Eddie Ford
Qui est Charlie?
15 Jan 2015
Paul Demarty asks, who exactly is Charlie?
The meaning of Jewish identity
08 Jan 2015
Shlomo Sand How I stopped being a Jew Verso, 2014, pp102, £9.99
Methods of social control
08 Jan 2015
In the age of ‘colour-blindness’, what accounts for the targeting of blacks by police? Jim Creegan critiques a recent influential book
Social mobility, my arse
18 Dec 2014
Recent propaganda in favour of grammar schools is nonsense, says Micky Coulter
The cauldron boils over
18 Dec 2014
Racial repression has provoked mass protest. Jim Creegan responds to the two high-profile killings by the US police
Neither meek nor mild
18 Dec 2014
Jesus was a rabbi, a communist and a brave revolutionary, argues Jack Conrad