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
Low-key rally
07 Dec 2006
Dave Isaacson reports from the so-called 'conference' of Student Respect, which attracted no more than 80 people - a reflection of the state of the organisation nationally
No strategy for free education
07 Dec 2006
Holy diplomacy amid coup rumours
07 Dec 2006
The pope's visit has laid bare the deep divisions in Turkish society. Esen Uslu of the Communist Party of Turkey reports
Red and green
30 Nov 2006
Do you have to be red to be green?' was a debate between Pete Dickenson of the SP and the Green Party's 'male principal speaker', Derek Wall. Simon Wells reports
Manchester warning
30 Nov 2006
The potential for Student Respect in alliance with the Federation of Student Islamic Societies to make a breakthrough in student politics - and the contradictory results this would have for political and social life on the campuses - has been illustrated by the spat on Manchester University's Student Direct. Emily Bransom reports
No resolutions, no democracy
30 Nov 2006
Dave Isaacson reports on the forthcoming 'conference' of Student Respect
Sex and the human revolution
23 Nov 2006
Socialist Worker has begun a series of articles by Sally Campbell. They purport to explain the origins of women's oppression. However, there exists an obvious lacuna in her account. If women became unfree, when and how did they become free? Camilla Power of the Radical Anthropology Group insists that sex played a big role in the human revolution - a taboo subject for the SWP
No bans on christian fundamentalists
23 Nov 2006
James Turley reports on the bureaucratic attempt to ban Exeter university's christian student society
Absolutely insane
16 Nov 2006
Simon Wells reviews Helen Caldicott's book Nuclear power is not the answer, New Press, 2006, pp221, £13.99
Fiddling while planet Earth burns
02 Nov 2006
Simon Wells reviews George Monbiot's Heat: how to stop the planet burning Penguin, 2006, pp276, £17.99
Go home and write to your MP
02 Nov 2006
The October 29 student demonstration against the further marketisation of higher education was uninspired and timid. Ben Lewis and Dave Isaacson report
Behind the red flag
02 Nov 2006
Lawrence Parker takes a closer look at the artist Ken Loach
Secular schools, not religious indoctrination
02 Nov 2006
Communists fight for the equality of believers and non-believers, says Jim Moody