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
Tragedy, hoaxes and Zionism
26 Jan 2006
Norman Finkelstein Beyond chutzpah: on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history Verso 2005, £16.99, pp332
Trouble on the beach
26 Jan 2006
A month after race riots in Sydney, Marcus Ström points to a crisis in official multiculturalism in Australia
Class struggle in the house
26 Jan 2006
Dave Craig assesses George Galloway's three weeks of 'reality' TV
Prometheanism and nature
19 Jan 2006
Technological Prometheanism and capitalism's profit-driven degradation of nature: Jack Conrad puts the case for revolutionary Prometheanism and sustainability
Victims and victimisers
19 Jan 2006
Eddie Ford takes a look at the latest round of hysteria over 'nonces' and 'perverts' in the educational system
Domination theology
12 Jan 2006
Paul Greenaway reviews Richard Dawkins's The root of all evil? (Channel 4, Monday January 9 and 16, 8pm)
Faith schools too hot for SWP
12 Jan 2006
The left must takes this issue seriously, says Michelle Euston. After all, faith schools are envisaged in the government's white paper on education as a wedge to break up comprehensive education system
Less than gorgeous
12 Jan 2006
Is it possible for working class politicians to utilise an established cultural form, designed for a completely different purpose, in order to bolster an oppositional message? Lawrence Parker takes a look at Galloway in the Big brother house
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