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
Further criminalising speech
18 Apr 2024
Tory opposition to the Scottish ‘hate crime’ act is about protecting their ‘traditional right’ to stir up hatred. Once it was Jews and Huguenots. Now it is illegal migrants, trans activists and marchers who oppose genocide in Gaza. But, asks Mike Macnair, what the hell is the SWP doing with its call for prosecutions?
Tipping into the unknown
11 Apr 2024
Staggering temperature rises in the Antarctic should serve as an urgent warning, writes Eddie Ford
Regulation has failed
04 Apr 2024
Gambling and swindling on a colossal scale. Hedge funds and bitcoin exchanges should be closed down, demands Michael Roberts
Limiting competition is key
28 Mar 2024
Whatever the government does over Rwanda, irregular migrants will keep coming. Eddie Ford defends the right of people to live in whatever country they choose, but we clearly need more than individual rights
Messiahs and money men
28 Mar 2024
Harley Filben reviews Denis Villeneuve (director) Dune: part two 2024, general release
Thoughtful end rulers
28 Mar 2024
As we head towards a general election, the Murdoch press is busy promoting big pharma’s ‘vision’ of future healthcare, writes Ian Spencer. But it is not ours
Part of the establishment
21 Mar 2024
There are still those who look to Hezbollah and the opening of a second front to save the Gazan population from genocide. But the last thing Hezbollah wants is war with Israel, writes Yassamine Mather
Ten thousand years of sorrow
21 Mar 2024
Class exploitation and war go hand in hand. Jack Conrad explores origins, Greek warriors, Christian theology and the widely held idea that Marx and Engels urged the backing of the lesser evil
Spirit lives on still
21 Mar 2024
There was something approaching panic when George Galloway announced he was attending. David Douglass reports on this month’s commemoration in Doncaster marking the 40th anniversary of the Great Strike
Doctoring the princess
21 Mar 2024
Kate Middleton’s photo fiasco casts an unflattering light on the relationship between the crown and the press, argues Paul Demarty
Essentially human qualities
14 Mar 2024
Tam Dean Burn reviews Marx in London! by Jonathan Dove (director Stephen Barlow) Theatre Royal Glasgow, February 15-17, and Festival Theatre Edinburgh, February 22-24 - UK premieres
How to be an extremist
14 Mar 2024
Michael Gove and co seek to redefine ‘extremism’. Paul Demarty suggests that we should wear the label with pride
Where next for left?
07 Mar 2024
Are Jeremy Corbyn and George Galloway about to join forces? Carla Roberts takes a look at what is going on between these two reformist charlatans and the pending launch of yet another unprincipled lash-up - this time called Collective
Screaming blue murder
29 Feb 2024
Lee Anderson, Liz Truss and Suella Braverman are trying to further their despicable careers in the only way they know how, writes Paul Demarty: by hate-mongering against Muslims
Climate socialism and climate breakdown
15 Feb 2024
Despite global warming, the slowing down of the Amoc system would paradoxically see Britain much colder and wetter. But any solution to the climate crisis, writes Eddie Ford, must lie outside of capitalism