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
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
Racism as thoughtcrime
05 Apr 2012
In the light of the jailing of Liam Stacey for making racist comments on twitter about footballer and recent heart attack victim Fabrice Muamba , Paul Demarty takes a look at official ant-racism and the attitude of Marxists.
Sport solidarity, not Sport relief
29 Mar 2012
Sarah McDonald and other comrades will be running the Vienna marathon to raise money for Iranian Workers, here she explains why you should show support
Rowan Williams quits before next great schism happens
22 Mar 2012
Eddie Ford demands the immediate disestablishment of the Church of England
Police try to stop anti-fascist book launch
22 Mar 2012
Despite the clearly political intervention of the police, cowardly Quakers, and a handful of EDL youth, there was no stopping Tony Greensteins book launch in Brighton.
Eric Pickles puts in the knife
15 Mar 2012
Communists reject a British identity based on the crown and the imperial past, writes Eddie Ford
Secularism is hostile to state religion, not religion
23 Feb 2012
Separation of church and state is a basic democratic demand bitterly resisted by the British establishment, writes Eddie Ford
The function of Dickens
23 Feb 2012
The English literary establishment fully mobilised for the Charles Dickens bicentenary. But, wonders Harley Filben, why is it so in need of heroes?
Primitive communism, barbarism and the origins of class society
09 Feb 2012
Socialist Workers Party member Lionel Sims identifies both errors and the profound truths discovered by Engels in his 'Origins'
Forgotten heroism
09 Feb 2012
Dave Douglass reviews Jonathan Symcox, 'The 1984-1985 miners strike in Nottingham: if spirits alone won battles - the diary of John Lowe' Pen and Sword Books, 2011, pp176,
Choose your conspiracy
02 Feb 2012
Dave Douglass reviews Robert Green's A thorn in their side: the Hilda Murrell murder Rata Books, 2011, pp208,
Normalised duplicity
02 Feb 2012
Yassamine Mather reviews new film A separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, on general release.
Science and the square wheel
26 Jan 2012
James Turley is not impressed by the resurfacing of 'male aggression' myths
Sex, symbolism and neanderthals
19 Jan 2012
Not only did the neanderthals interbreed with our ancestors. These close cousins help shed light on what it is to be human, argues Camilla Power of the Radical Anthropology Group
Islamists courted by imperialists
19 Jan 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood has shown itself to be the biggest political force. Meanwhile the left is under attack. Yassamine Mather gives her impressions following a recent visit to Egypt