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
A northern giant
03 Dec 2009
David Douglass reviews Keith Armstrong's 'Common words and the wandering star' University of Sunderland Press. pp296, £7.95
Child abuse, the church and the Irish state
03 Dec 2009
Anne Mc Shane reports on the child abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic church in Ireland. The case for a secular republic and confiscating the churchs property could not be stronger
Culture fit for a ruling class
05 Nov 2009
Mark Fischer describes the experience of addressing the students of Britains most renowned public school
Fatuous, dangerous, utterly irresponsible
05 Nov 2009
We call for the immediate legalisation of all drugs, writes Eddie Ford
Football fan nationalism and ‘anti-fascist’ theatre
05 Nov 2009
Melvin Dawson witnesses collaboration between the UAF and the police
Uncanny detective story
05 Nov 2009
James Turley reviews China Miévilles The city and the city London 2009, pp312, £17.99
Earthly core of misty creations
22 Oct 2009
Camilla Power addressed the CPGB's Communist University on the origins and evolution of religion. This is an edited version of her speech
Racism or nationalism
07 May 2009
Much of the left continues to experience a great deal of difficulty in coming to terms with the British state's now highly developed official anti-racism, writes Peter Manson. The fact is that the state has colonised the left's anti-racism and turned it into its dialectical opposite - anti-racist national chauvinism
'Official anti-racism' cracks again
18 Sep 2008
The accusations of Tarique Ghaffur against the Metropolitan Police have given the lie to the state's 'liberal' PR, argues James Turley
Socialise, not criminalise youth
12 Jun 2008
Carey Davies examines state proscription and media demonising
Youth prison system in Britain is a crime
24 Apr 2008
Jim Moody castigates locking away children and young people
The campus and the state
24 Apr 2008
James Turley argues that students have an antagonistic relationship with college authorities
Multiculturalism and the working class
20 Mar 2008
BBC's White season promotes division, says James Turley
Making propaganda for Marxism in elections
28 Feb 2008
A revolutionary platform was too much for some 'revolutionary' students. Mohsen Sabbagh reports
Meat cleaver
28 Feb 2008
Esen Uslu responds to Phil Kent's criticisms