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
Look in the mirror
19 Jan 2023
They continue to denounce sexism in state institutions without confronting their own history. Paul Demarty calls for some self-criticism
Free-trade imperialism
12 Jan 2023
Mike macnair reviews Promised lands: the British and the Ottoman Middle East by Jonathan Parry (Princeton University Press 2022, 453pp)
Going spare
12 Jan 2023
With the British establishment suffering a collective conniption, Paul Demarty says we republicans owe a small debt to the Californian prince
Strategy, turns and dangers
12 Jan 2023
Run by a self-appointed elite, XR has ‘quit’ the tactic of disruption, much to the disapproval of the SWP. Eddie Ford comments
The sins of the father
05 Jan 2023
He presided over the destruction of liberation theology, backed the US rollback of communism and provided ideological cover for contra death squads. Paul Demarty examines the legacy of Benedict XVI
G-man behind the curtain
15 Dec 2022
Scandal or nothingburger? Paul Demarty assesses the ‘Twitter files’ and the continued travails of Elon Musk
Forgotten gem retrieved
15 Dec 2022
Stan Keable reviews They won’t let you live by Simon Blumenfeld (introduction by Tali Chilson. London Books 2022, pp250)
Crime of victimless crime
15 Dec 2022
The harsh treatment meted out to Brittney Griner gives us a glimpse of the human cost of the so-called war on drugs. Daniel Lazare looks at five decades of horror
A bogus imperialist narrative
15 Dec 2022
Many people imagine Israel as the natural representative of Jewish memory. Nothing could be further from the truth. Tony Greenstein introduces his new book Zionism during the holocaust
Pagan origins and modern tinsel
15 Dec 2022
Official society combines crass money-making with celebrating the birth of the man-god Jesus. Knowing their history, a few Christians dissent, refuse to join in. Jack Conrad is all for the good things in life
Dying of the planet
15 Dec 2022
The Montreal conference on biodiversity was always, predictably, heading towards failure, writes Eddie Ford. Because of the Capitalian, the sixth mass extinction of species is already upon us
Diminished responsibility
08 Dec 2022
The high-profile cases of Lady Susan Hussey and Kanye ‘Ye’ West highlight the limits of official anti-racism, argues Paul Demarty
Contradictions of capital itself
01 Dec 2022
Michael Roberts reviews Marx in the Anthropocene: towards the idea of degrowth communism by Kohei Saito (Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp300)
Armbands and alienation
01 Dec 2022
With the competition now well under way, Paul Demarty examines the clash between soft-focus liberalism and Qatari feudal values
After the election
01 Dec 2022
Netanyahu’s coalition is a rag-bag of rightists, religious fanatics and rabble-rousers. But it is dangerous. A regional war and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians is a real prospect, argues Moshé Machover