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
Political strategy needed
23 Mar 2006
The National Union of Students holds its three-day annual conference starting on Tuesday March 28. Dave Isaacson, a delegate from Leeds Metropolitan University student union, looks at the left, NUS and student politics
Women show the way
16 Mar 2006
Yassamine Mather reports from a march of Iranian women in exile
For secularism, equality and freedom
02 Mar 2006
Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq statement on International Women's Day
Capitalism and the family
02 Mar 2006
Extend abortion rights
02 Mar 2006
It is more important than ever to fight for a woman's right to choose, writes Louise Whittle. Existing legal rights are inadequate - they must be extended
Beyond legal and formal equality
02 Mar 2006
Mary Godwin looks at the origins of International Women's Day and the long struggle for women's rights
Sanctions of mass destruction
02 Mar 2006
Jim Gilbert reviews Guardians of power: the myth of the liberal media Pluto Press, 2006, pp241, £14.99
SWP 'racism' fig leaf
23 Feb 2006
The furore following the Danish cartoons has not subsided, writes Peter Manson. But the position of many islamic groups - backed up by the Socialist Workers Party - plays into the hands of islamophobes
Rebranding exercise
16 Feb 2006
What is the content behind the image? Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group recommends 'Arise'
Occupation and oppression
09 Feb 2006
Carey Davies reviews Romans in Britain, which has again been subject to religious criticism. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (ends Saturday February 25)
Cuckoos in the nest
09 Feb 2006
The Campaign Against Climate Change looks set to grow in 2006, writes John Downes. But where is it going programmatically?
Two tales of child abuse
02 Feb 2006
Don Williamson reviews BBC's When Satan came to town, an unsettling documentary about social workers obsessed with the idea that a whole working class estate in Rochdale was experiencing ritual satanic child abuse
A caring Zionism
02 Feb 2006
Carey Davies reviews Steven Spielberg's Munich
Revisiting colonial horrors
02 Feb 2006
Louise Whittle reviews Michael Haneke's stunning new film Hidden
No champion of the oppressed
02 Feb 2006
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces will very likely be the first to suffer, says Katherine Quinn