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
Freedom to choose emancipation and dress
05 Aug 2010
To force a woman to remove her veil is just as subjugating as forcing her to cover up. Peter Manson replies to left and right criticisms
Holy water consecrates Cameron's big society
05 Aug 2010
The coalition government's programme of cuts has in effect been blessed by a whole range of Christian denominations and groups, reports Eddie Ford
Coal and Clausewitz
05 Aug 2010
Lawrence Parker reviews Nina Fishman's 'Arthur Horner: a political biography' (Vol 1 1894-1944; Vol 2 1944-68), Lawrence and Wishart, 2010, pp608, £22.50 each
Royalist nationalism, opposition prophets, and the impact of exile and return
05 Aug 2010
Jack Conrad concludes his survey of Ancient Israel (supplement III)
Why don't you call yourselves something different?
29 Jul 2010
Maciej Zurowski reports on some interesting exchanges at the 1234 music festival
Liquid research
29 Jul 2010
David Douglass reviews Mike Pentelow and Peter Arkell's 'A pub crawl through history: the ultimate boozers' Who's who' Janus, 2010, pp368, £16.99
Peasant socialism and the persistence of polytheism
29 Jul 2010
Jack Conrad continues his survey of Ancient Israel in Supplement II
Institutionalised child abuse
22 Jul 2010
Kenneth 'Revolution' Clarke has justified the official document authorising the brutal 'control' methods meted out to young offenders, notes Eddie Ford
Women bishops and secularism
22 Jul 2010
Jim Gilbert examines the Anglican hierarchy's hypocrisy
Religion, class struggles, and revolution in ancient Judea
22 Jul 2010
Jack Conrad examines Ancient Israel (supplement)
French burqa ban has nothing to do with women's rights
22 Jul 2010
The left in France has shown itself lacking, argues Peter Manson. We oppose state bans, just as we oppose the enforced veiling of women
Moat's paranoia and the community of women
15 Jul 2010
Communists fight to reassert the power of women, writes Eddie Ford
Philistinism of cuts
15 Jul 2010
Jim Gilbert warns of increased corporate involvement in the arts
Gerbils on a wheel
08 Jul 2010
Mike Macnair argues that the single tactic of 'No platform for fascists' merely recapitulates the errors of Dimitrov's popular front. This is an edited version of the speech he gave to the July 4 London Communist Forum fringe meeting during this year's Marxism
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