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
Religion: Painfully detailed origins
26 Sep 2013
David Douglass reviews: John Pickard, 'Behind the myths: the foundations of Judaism, Christianity and Islam', AuthorHouseUK, 2013, pp492, £17.99
Technology: Stop worshipping false idols
12 Sep 2013
At Communist University 2012 Gabriel Levy took the 20th century left to task for indentifying technical progress with social progress
We’re all Luddites now
12 Sep 2013
Gabriel Levy spoke about technology and socialism at Communist University 2013. The left has tended to worship productionism and therefore dismiss the rich tradition represented by Luddism
Anthropology: Engels was right
12 Sep 2013
In April Sheila McGregors Marxism and womens oppression today was published in the Socialist Workers Partys International Socialism. The journal declined to carry this response from radical anthropologist and SWP member Lionel Sims
Left Unity: Playing it safe
12 Sep 2013
Everyone involved in producing Left Unitys proposed safe space policy should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves, argues Paul Demarty
Review: Parallel lives and irrational jealousy
05 Sep 2013
Paul Flewers reviews: David Caute, "Isaac and Isaiah: the covert punishment of a cold war heretic", Yale University Press, 2013, pp335, £19.99
South Africa: Maverick targeted
08 Aug 2013
Peter Manson reports on a case that has gripped the Johannesburg media
God of the gaps
01 Aug 2013
Justin Welby is a hypocrite, but his credit union plans are a symptom of the decline of the workers movement, argues Paul Demarty
Elaine Morgan: Debt of gratitude
01 Aug 2013
Chris Knight remembers the woman who saw off the savanna hypothesis
Overachieving at last
25 Jul 2013
The British have been surprised by a series of sporting successes. Harley Filben considers sports relationship to nationalism
Turing: Calculated pardon
25 Jul 2013
The Alan Turing case exposes both the flexibility of the political establishment and its hypocrisy, argues Eddie Ford
Oppression and opportunism
18 Jul 2013
Peter Manson looks at questions of race, sex and nation raised by SWP speakers at Marxism
SWP abuse: 'Delta' in dock again ... this time it’s comrade X
11 Jul 2013
Reject calls to no-platform SWP over handling of allegations of sexual misconduct, says Peter Manson
Anthropology and women: Genetic evidence is richer than the stale party line
11 Jul 2013
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group investigates the SWPs impoverished debate on the Marxist theory of womens oppression
Vatican: Rotten to the core
04 Jul 2013
The money-laundering scandal has confirmed that Vatican corruption cannot be put down to isolated individuals, writes Toby Abse