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
Not red on the inside
07 May 2026
Under Zack Polanski the Greens have attempted to redwash their policies. This has fooled many on the left, including some on the organised left. In reality the Greens remain a thoroughly petty-bourgeois party, says Carla Roberts
Never let a crisis
07 May 2026
No time has been lost in exploiting the Golders Green stabbings. The whole establishment is being mobilised to clamp down on so-called anti-Semitism. Paul Demarty calls for a robust defence of our right to protest and, hand‑in‑hand with that, a new culture of free speech on the left
Banking on perfect safety
30 Apr 2026
Forty years ago the Chernobyl disaster happened. Eddie Ford argues that nuclear power remains inherently unsafe, incredibly expensive and is tied inextricably to weapons of mass destruction
Green capitalism is a con
30 Apr 2026
The US-Israeli assault on Iran has laid bare capitalism’s continued dependence on fossil fuels. Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has made urgent trips across Southeast Asia to ensure continued oil and gas supplies. Marcus Strom reports
Trickle-down effect
16 Apr 2026
Evidence suggests that the El Niño phenomenon is of increasing frequency and intensity, with the possibility of a ‘super’ event any time soon. Anthropogenic global warming could easily be a big influence, writes Eddie Ford
No time to waste
09 Apr 2026
Far-right politicians and media outlets are peddling a delusional and reckless North Sea fantasy. Britain pays global prices for both gas and oil. Meanwhile, the planet continues to heat up and targets are being routinely missed, writes Eddie Ford
Back to reality
09 Apr 2026
Artemis II and the new space race do not represent a great leap in human progress, argues Paul Demarty.Instead what we have is a criminal refusal to take responsibility for the dire conditions here on Earth
Getting the right headlines
02 Apr 2026
James Meadway’s ‘DOGE of the left’ is very much about marketing and very little about substance. Despite the technocratic wonkery, there can be no escaping basic class and global realities. Paul Demarty assesses eco‑populism and finds it wanting
Getting ready to govern
02 Apr 2026
It is very telling that Zack Polanski missed his own party’s conference. He feared embarrassment. But he need not have worried. The Greens have plenty of checks and balances against democracy and the membership is largely passive, says Carla Roberts
Reform at the crossroads
26 Mar 2026
Have we reached ‘peak Farage’? Perhaps, argues Paul Demarty. But, whatever the fate of Reform, the drift to the right is likely to continue. Lining up with the centre is no answer - independent working class politics is needed
One-dimensional men
19 Mar 2026
Louis Theroux’s latest documentary has sparked perplexed commentary in the liberalosphere. Why is the tacky world of masculinist influencers so attractive to so many young men? Paul Demarty gives us his take
Selling the Torygraph
12 Mar 2026
Its readership remains stubbornly of pensionable age. Its journalism has become more and more stupid. With ‘AI transformation’ on the agenda, Paul Demarty expects a further descent into worthless slop
When Saturday comes
05 Mar 2026
As club owners have ceded control over the terms and conditions under which elite players sell their labour-power, they have tightened their grip over the labour process. Peter Kennedy discerns an ongoing class struggle
Sinking into the gutter
05 Mar 2026
Labour ran a low-life campaign against the Greens in Gorton and Denton, saying that under them playgrounds would be ‘turned into crack dens’. Eddie Ford takes a rather more principled position
Going beyond protest politics
19 Feb 2026
On the one side, almost exclusively made up of the right and far right, there are those who blindly argue that global heating is not happening, or if it is, it is no big deal. On the other side, almost everyone else. So what is to be done? Bill McGuire takes a look at Jack Conrad’s The little red climate book