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
Football through the looking glass
19 Jul 2012
The John Terry racism trial has made for a sorrier spectacle than the average England match, writes Harley Filben
Profound questions, no profound answers
19 Jul 2012
Maciej Zurowski reviews a play about the 2011 summer riots: Archie W Maddocks, 'Mottled lines' (director: Henry Bell)
Solidarity, morality and sex
12 Jul 2012
Simon Wells reviews: Gregor Gall An agency of their own: sex worker union organising Zero Books 2012, pp97, £9.99
Contours of green thought
29 Jun 2012
Greenism is hobbled by two fundamental faults. It cannot tame capitalism, nor does it offer a realistic way of superseding capitalism. Jack Conrad explores its limitations
The school as straitjacket
28 Jun 2012
Michael Gove's plans to ditch GCSE exams are socially regressive - but, writes Paul Demarty, so is the obsession with examinations itself
Manifesto for disobedient writers
21 Jun 2012
Simon Turley reviews: Lisa Goldman, 'The no rules handbook for writers', Oberon Books, 2012, pp256,
End harassment of sex workers
07 Jun 2012
Prostitutes are being targeted in the run-up to the Olympic Games. Simon Wells reports
The abuse of abuse
17 May 2012
It is the social decay caused by capitalism, not race, that leads to acts of horror, says Paul Demarty.
Antifa, nationalism and democracy
26 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski interviews Freerk Huisken - until his recent retirement a lecturer at the University of Bremen - about his new book
World-historic defeat of women
19 Apr 2012
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group examines myths about a supposed "primitive matriarchy"
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.