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
Ireland abortion scandal: Scrap the eighth amendment
22 Nov 2012
The current storm that has erupted over abortion rights shows no sign of abating, writes Anne Mc Shane
Sex: Ethical porn and exploitation
15 Nov 2012
Sarah McDonald reviews: Anne G Sabo, 'After pornified: how women are transforming pornography and why it really matters'. Zero Books, 2012, pp245, £12.99
Anthropology: Imperialist abuse of science
01 Nov 2012
Simon Wells reviews: David H Price, 'Weaponizing anthropology: social science in service of the militarized state', AK Press (Counterpunch series), 2011, £12, pp208
Berlusconi: Another guilty verdict
01 Nov 2012
If past form is anything to go by, Silvio Berlusconi will not serve a day of his latest jail sentence, writes Toby Abse
Jimmy Savile: Establishment’s dirty little secret
18 Oct 2012
The establishment furore over the Jimmy Savile scandal has more to it than is being let on, reports Paul Demarty
Sex: Accepting assertion as fact
11 Oct 2012
Sarah McDonald reviews: Dr Brooke Magnanti The sex myth: why everything were told is wrong Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2012, pp272, £14.99
Obituary: Unrepentance of Eric Hobsbawm
11 Oct 2012
Harley Filben casts an eye over Hobsbawm's legacy
NUS: Unreason all the way down
11 Oct 2012
The National Union of Students no-platforms George Galloway, Galloway sues the NUS, the left talks nonsense throughout and Paul Demarty wonders what the hell is going on
Handling the truth
20 Sep 2012
Establishment mea culpas over Hillsborough have shocked many - but there are more skeletons in the closet, writes Paul Demarty
Supplement: Early human kinship was matrilineal
20 Sep 2012
Engels was right, says Chris Knight
Natural limits, sustainability and socialism
20 Sep 2012
Eco-socialists say we must urgently replace capitalism to prevent climate-change disaster. But, argues Gabriel Levy, fear is no way to build a movement for socialism. This is an edited version of the second part of his talk at the CPGBs Communist University11
Pushing the button
13 Sep 2012
The Julian Assange furore is about war, not sex, argues Paul Demarty
Scenes of collective confidence and heroism
13 Sep 2012
David Douglass reviews: Peter Tuffrey, 'Yorkshire people and coal', Amberley Publishing, Stroud 2012, pp128, £12.99
The trouble with economic growth
13 Sep 2012
Gabriel Levy calls for a rethink on scarcity and abundance. This is an edited version of the first part of the talk he gave to Communist University 2012
A textbook paranoid narcissist
06 Sep 2012
As Julian Assange divides a confused left, Paul DeMarty seeks clarity