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
Establishment impotence fuels climate denial
18 Feb 2010
Capitalism and sustainability do not mix, says James Turley
When the sweets were taken away
18 Feb 2010
Craig Wilson reviews David Douglass's The wheel's still in spin : Read and Noir : 2009, pp466, £12.95
Who will build the nation?
18 Feb 2010
Alan Fox reviews Clint Eastwood's 'Invictus' (on general release)
Motherhood and apple pie
11 Feb 2010
Laurie McCauley reports on last Saturday's surprisingly positive conference of leftwing student activists
Right to a dignified life - right to a dignified death
11 Feb 2010
The comfort and self-respect of the incurably ill and the dying must be ensured, writes Eddie Ford
Anti-Marxist myth of our time
04 Feb 2010
Chris Knight examines Noam Chomsky's 'scientific' fairy tales about language and its origins
Dawkins and Dennett defended
28 Jan 2010
Bob Potter takes issue with Jack Conrad and dismisses primitive communism as make-believe
Demonisation by deranged media pack
28 Jan 2010
Eddie Ford argues against the demonisation of children
Ecology and economism
21 Jan 2010
Ben Lewis reviews Martin Empson's Marxism and ecology: capitalism, socialism and the future of the planet Bookmarks, pp32, £1.50
In the very fabric of art
21 Jan 2010
In his rejection of practice that prioritises cooperation over competition, Hans Werner Henze conspires with a system he claims to oppose, writes Gordon Downie
Johnson's bans are an attack on us all
21 Jan 2010
Oppose the ban on Islam4UK, writes Eddie Ford
Delusion, distractions, dialectic
14 Jan 2010
Mike Belbin reviews James Cameron's new blockbuster 'Avatar'
Apocalypse: cop-out or engagement
07 Jan 2010
Jim Moody reviews 'The day of the Triffids' (BBC1, December 28-29, Roland Emmerich (director), 2012 general release; Nick Copus (director)
Blind, dumb logic of capitalism
07 Jan 2010
James Turley reviews Mark Bould's and China Miéville's new book 'Red planets: Marxism and science fiction' (Pluto, 2009, pp293, £19.99)
Coming out for Wales
07 Jan 2010
In 2010 we might just see a sporting world where homosexuality is at least less of a taboo, and for this we must thank Alfie Thomas, writes Ben Lewis