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
Living in the end times
27 Oct 2011
Ben Lewis reviews Lars von Trier's Melancholia (Nordisk Films, 2011, general release)
Leaving your front door unlocked
20 Oct 2011
Claire Fisher reviews Lionel Shriver, We need to talk about Kevin (Serpent's Tail, 2005, pp496,
Jailbirds, lovers and Chinese bureaucrats
13 Oct 2011
Jim Moody looks at some of the films on offer at this year's London Film Festival
Mind over matter
29 Sep 2011
Runners at the 38th Berlin marathon raised EUR350 for Workers Fund Iran. Ben Lewis was there to cheer them on
Organising for an alternative vision
22 Sep 2011
Student unions are not like trade unions, argues Mike Macnair. Unity must be built primarily around politics, not 'student issues'
Proper sites, not eviction
22 Sep 2011
Travellers must be free to follow the lifestyle of their choice, writes Peter Manson
Shoot the messenger
22 Sep 2011
Bourgeois political power is not as unassailable as they would like us to think. Our rulers can be relied upon, periodically, to split. James Turley looks at the botched attempt of the Metropolitan Police to use the Official Secrets Act
Batting and bowling for Iran's workers
15 Sep 2011
Ben Lewis took part in an annual event that has become a key part of the extremely important work done for Workers Fund Iran
This shit is actually true
15 Sep 2011
John Masters reviews Alexei Sayle's 'Stalin ate my homework' Sceptre 2011, pp304, £8.99
Aiming at wrong target
01 Sep 2011
Maciej Zurowski investigates reactionary musical counterculture and looks at the anti-fascist response
A fleeting moment of power, pure joy and fulfilment
11 Aug 2011
Our movement needs to provide hope for a generation of young people who have lost all hope - that can only be done by making real our vision of working class rule and socialism, argues Peter Manson
A regulator with teeth: are you crazy?
04 Aug 2011
There is no ahistorical code of 'press ethics' which can come out of this farrago, writes James Turley
Politics of press freedom
28 Jul 2011
Rather than relying on bureaucratic solutions, argues James Turley, the left needs a dynamic approach to the media
Still on outside
28 Jul 2011
Unions remain banned by Rupert Murdoch. Julia Owlerton reports on the NUJ's attempt to get back into News International and the inadequacy of the union left
Cops, press, and capital
21 Jul 2011
The scandal at News International reveals a few home truths about the corrupt establishment, writes James Turley