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
Special effects imitation
05 Jan 2006
Jeremy Butler is not impressed by the remake of the universally celebrated film 'King Kong': it lacks symbolism and deeper meaning
Comforting old haunts
05 Jan 2006
Lawrence Parker takes a closer look at Montague Rhodes James, whose ghost stories will have enlivened many comrades' Christmas
Church and state against women's rights
05 Jan 2006
Will Italy's Rifondazione Comunista risk upsetting their coalition partners-to-be by defending women's rights? Anne Mc Shane reports from the struggle over abortion rights in Italy
Optimism and escape
15 Dec 2005
Jeremy Butler reviews The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, which has led to the opening of a new front in the war of words between christianity and its critics
Stop climate change
08 Dec 2005
Climate change: setting our sights sky high
08 Dec 2005
Respect national council member Elaine Graham Leigh was one of the organisers of the December 3 demonstration for action against global warming. She spoke to the Weekly Worker about the need for a democratic mass movement and for socialists to play a leading role
The Best of times
01 Dec 2005
Lawrence Parker remembers George Best
Say no to faith schools
01 Dec 2005
Michelle Euston disagrees with Socialist Resistance's takes on faith schools and says that Marxists must take a stand on the issue
Eco-socialist lite
01 Dec 2005
Martin Eckersley looks at the left press' coverage of climate change, which owes more to environmentalism than Marxism
A world to save! A world to win!
01 Dec 2005
Jack Conrad looks at climate change and the programme that communists should advance
Gay rights 'shibboleth'
24 Nov 2005
Was it just an oversight that gay and lesbian rights did not feature in Respect's election manifestio? Apparently not, as the debate at conference showed. Peter Manson reports
Three activists
17 Nov 2005
Christopher Mitchell G8: can you hear us? Tuesday November 15, BBC4, 9pm
The only answer is revolution
10 Nov 2005
The book 'Marx's ecology - materialism and nature' by John Bellamy Foster does much to reclaim a lost tradition of ecological thinking in Marxism. As CPGB comrades in London draw towards to the end of an extensive series of seminars based on this work, Mark Fischer spoke to the author about the relationship of red and green
Cloth crap?
10 Nov 2005
Lawrence Parker confesses to liking Trinny and Susannah's TV programme What not to wear
State of emergency against youth revolt
10 Nov 2005
While France explodes, the left pontificates. Peter Manson exposes the narrow-mindedness of economism