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
Proposition number one and one-dimensional Marxism
05 Jul 2007
The SWP leadership has jumped on the 'stop climate change' bandwagon. But, argues Jack Conrad, if they want to be taken seriously the first thing for them to do is to reformulate their proposition one
From mighty messiahs to mere mortals
21 Jun 2007
Superheroes like Batman and Spiderman mean lucrative movies and reviews in The Times and The Guardian. Yet the very first superhero, Superman, was invented by two working class teenagers during the depression. Mike Belbin looks at the development of the genre and what it may tell us about its makers and audiences
Uncontrollable system
14 Jun 2007
Simon Wells on the 'compromise' on climate change agreed at the G8 summit
Politics and lure of fame
07 Jun 2007
George Binette finds Julian Temple's film about The Clash frontman Joe Strummer engrossing, but occasionally cringe-inducing
No technical solutions
07 Jun 2007
Simon Wells reports on the G8's less than serious attempts to tackle climate change
Skinheads and solidarity
25 May 2007
Brett Reid reviews This is England, in which director director Shane Meadows has attempted to bring back to life the progressive side of skinhead culture
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