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
SWP "relative autonomy"
25 May 2007
James Turley reviews Alex Callinico's Universities in a neoliberal world (Bookmarks, 2006, pp41, ?2)
Less than charitable
17 May 2007
The Independent ran an intriguing story on May 12 centred on the expulsion of Mike Squires from membership of the Marx Memorial Library. Unfortunately, the paper dropped a clanger by stating that the Communist Party of Great Britain was at the centre of an attempted 'takeover' of the library. Lawrence Parker reports
Mainstream 'solutions'
17 May 2007
The Campaign Against Climate Change held what seems to have become a regular event, its annual International Climate Conference, over the weekend of May 12-13, with over 350 people - mainly white, but a mixture of young and old - attending its plenaries and individual sessions. Tony Stevens reports
No individual solutions
11 May 2007
Simon Wells comments on the plans to introduce congestion charges in Manchester
Legitimating racism
11 May 2007
Dave Landau of the No One is Illegal campaign makes the case for open borders
Irish left must champion women's rights
10 May 2007
On May 9 the Irish high court finally ruled that a 17-year-old woman, 'Miss D', may travel to Britain, where she will have her pregnancy terminated. The case has been one of the most inhumane and shocking episodes in the struggle for abortion rights in Ireland. Anne Mc Shane reports
Out of the closet?
03 May 2007
Lawrence Parker reviews Florian Henckel's The lives of others (Das Leben der Anderen)
Propaganda and ideology
26 Apr 2007
The most remarkable thing about the sword and sandals epic 300 is that there have been no pickets organised outside the local Odeon and no fatwahs issued against director Zack Snyder and executive producer Frank Miller, says Jeremy Butler
Ken Loach's use of Irish history
19 Apr 2007
US communist Jim Creegan revisits the controversy over a film that has at last reached New York
More bad climate news
12 Apr 2007
Jim Moody on the irrationality of carbon offsetting and carbon credits
Right tightens grip
05 Apr 2007
Communist Students
05 Apr 2007
Whatever happened to student radicalism?
05 Apr 2007
The National Union of Students annual conference was held from March 27-29. Ben Lewis and Dave Isaacson report on the consolidation of rightwing control
Being called a 'black bastard' should not be normal
15 Mar 2007
In a certain sense, the recent comments by the now disgraced Tory MP, Patrick Mercer, can be welcomed, says Eddie Ford
Uphill battle
08 Mar 2007
David Sabbagh reports on the excellent result that Communist Students achieved in the University of Sheffield elections