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
Pope Francis: Silence equals complicity
21 Mar 2013
Far from being a new broom or reformer, writes Eddie Ford, the new pope is a reactionary to his marrow
Student manifesto: Taking a stand for communism
14 Mar 2013
Manifesto of Callum Williamson for University of Westminster Student Union
Women and liberation: Is feminism a dirty word?
14 Mar 2013
What would Marx and Engels think of recent events in the SWP, RMT and across the British left? Camilla Power of the Radical Anthropology Group takes to task dinosaur Marxists for refusing to treat rape as a deeply political issue
SWP and feminism: Rape is not the problem
14 Mar 2013
Red-baiting and feminist attacks on the SWP must be resisted, in spite of everything, argues Paul Demarty
Film review: Priced into dying
28 Feb 2013
Jim Moody reviews: Dylan Mohan Gray (director) 'Fire in the blood' (general release)
Zizek review: Going ‘beyond Marx’ - or regressing?
28 Feb 2013
Callum Williamson reviews: Slavoj Zizek, 'The year of dreaming dangerously'. Verso, 2012, pp142, £7.99
Vatican elections: Keeping up with modern world
21 Feb 2013
Whoever gets the top job in the Vatican, Eddie Ford strongly suspects that he will not be in any way progressive
Tarantino and Spielberg reviews: Abolition and emancipation
21 Feb 2013
Mike Belbin reviews: Steven Spielberg (director) Lincoln, Quentin Tarantino (director) Django unchained
Ireland Magdalene laundries: No to the theocratic state
14 Feb 2013
The release of the McAleese report has further opened debate on anti-female abuse by church and state in Ireland, reports Anne McShane
Women and capitalism: Double burden of oppression
14 Feb 2013
Is womens inequality endemic to capitalism? Yassamine Mather spoke to socialist feminist Bridget Fowler
SWP and the internet: Let a thousand blogs bloom
14 Feb 2013
Bureaucrats fear the dark side of the internet in the same way they previously feared the printing press and the photocopier, writes Eddie Ford
Phil Piratin review: Tragic consequences
07 Feb 2013
Lawrence Parker reviews: Kevin Marsh and Robert Griffiths, 'Granite and honey: the story of Phil Piratin, communist MP', Manifesto Press, 2012, pp256, £14.95
Gay marriage: Cameron: from hero to renegade
07 Feb 2013
For Eddie Ford, the gay marriage vote showed that the Tories are still the nasty party
Left press and the SWP: The dog that didn’t bark
07 Feb 2013
The silence of significant sections of the left on the Socialist Workers Party crisis is a symptom of sectarianism, argues Paul Demarty
Argo review: How to distract the masses
31 Jan 2013
Jim Moody reviews: Ben Affleck (director) 'Argo', 2012, general release