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
Marxism, nature, and proposition one
08 Jul 2010
Why is the SWP commitment to ecological thinking doubted? Jack Conrad looks at the 'What the Socialist Workers Party stands for' column which appears every week in Socialist Worker
Endlessly plundering the Earth
01 Jul 2010
Fighting for a sustainable planet requires fighting for anti-capitalist revolution, argues Eddie Ford
Reclaim the game
24 Jun 2010
A festival of sporting genius, or an incitement to chauvinism? James Turley looks at the contradictions of the football extravaganza
Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' in social and historical context
24 Jun 2010
Chris Gray concludes his study of Homer's world-shaping epic.The full version will soon be available from the CPGB website in pamphlet form
Fighting for the planet
17 Jun 2010
There are no technological solutions to environmental destruction under capitalism, argues Eddie Ford
Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the Bronze Age collapse
17 Jun 2010
The full version of Chris Gray's study of the two seminal works of ancient Greek literature will soon be available from the CPGB's website in pamphlet form. Here we begin a two-part abridged version
Universities or business?
10 Jun 2010
Farzad Houshyar looks at the destructive role of the market in higher education
Burning up planet Earth
10 Jun 2010
BP's advanced technology exists purely to serve the destructive interests of capital, writes Eddie Ford
Victims of British justice
03 Jun 2010
Eddie Ford thinks prisoners should be treated as human beings, and children as children
Prostitution: decriminalise, not prohibit, not legalise
03 Jun 2010
Amidst talk of a 'new Yorkshire Ripper' James Turley calls for a principled approach to sex work
Integration and working class culture
13 May 2010
David Bates reviews Dave Renton's 'Colour blind? Race and migration in north-east England since 1945' University of Sunderland Press, 2008, pp286, £10.95
Agitprop anarchism
06 May 2010
Nick Rogers witnesses mock executions and maypole dancing
Rivalling the Romans
06 May 2010
Chris Gray reviews Richard Miles's 'Carthage must be destroyed: the rise and fall of an ancient Mediterranean civilisation' London 2010, pp521, £30
They all scapegoat migrants
06 May 2010
The reaction to Gordon Brown's attack on the 'bigoted' Gillian Duffy demonstrates the depth and breadth of the national chauvinist consensus, argues Eddie Ford
Griffin's eclectic manifesto
29 Apr 2010
BNP policies owe as much to the mainstream as they do to its leaders' fascist past, writes Eddie Ford