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
Roots of modern morality
01 Mar 2007
Born into a wealthy family in Florence on May 3 1469, NiccolಠMachiavelli was educated in the classical tradition of his class. Later he developed close relations with the ruling elites both in Italy and other parts of Europe. He gained a profound insight into statecraft: how rulers rule. After the Medici family regained power in Florence in 1512, Machiavelli retired from political life and took up the pen. Most famous of all his books was The prince (Il principe) which was published five years after his death in 1527. It caused outrage amongst church circles and brought 'Machiavellian' into the popular lexicon - a pejorative term for one who deceives and manipulates others for personal gain. Gerry Downing seeks to put the record straight
Fountains and fireworks
01 Mar 2007
David Sabbagh and Laurie McCauley report from the University of Sheffield student union elections, where five members of Communist Students are standing for office
Not the happiest of days
01 Mar 2007
Eddie Ford comments on Britain's 'youth crisis' and says: stop criminalising youth
An unsubstantiated sloppy mish-mash
22 Feb 2007
David Douglass reviews Ian Hernon's Riot (Pluto Press, 2006, pp320, £19.99)
Let them eat shit
15 Feb 2007
What does the outbreak of avian flu in Suffolk teach us about capitalist factory farming? Eddie Ford outlines a communist alternative
Socialism or catastrophe
08 Feb 2007
There is no solution to global warming under capitalism, says Jim Moody in response to the UN report on the issue
The sigh of the oppressed
01 Feb 2007
Gerry Downing looks at the origins of monotheism and assesses the attitude of communists towards believers
Chomsky's parallel lives
25 Jan 2007
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group concludes his examination of a political enigma
Left network launched
18 Jan 2007
Dave Isaacson reports on the January 13 launch conference of Socialist Youth Network, the Labour Representation Committee's youth organisation, at the University of London Union
US establishment anarchist
18 Jan 2007
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group continues his examination of the Chomsky enigma
The Chomsky enigma
11 Jan 2007
How is that a powerful critic of US imperialism has been regarded as a valued asset by the US military? In the first of three articles Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group begins his examination of the life and work of Noam Chomsky
No anti-communist witch-hunts
11 Jan 2007
Members of Communist Students have been banned from a new 'open' socialist youth organisation set up by supporters of the John McDonnell campaign. James Turley and Tina Becker report
Decriminalise sex work
04 Jan 2007
How should the left relate to sex workers? Following the murder of five prostitutes in Ipswich, Peter Manson spoke to Ana Lopes of the International Union of Sex Workers (www.iusw.org)
CS conference debates way forward
14 Dec 2006
At the founding conference of Communist Students in Sheffield on Saturday December 9, some 20 comrades, most of them not members of the CPGB, were present. Ted North reports
Fantastic reality - Marxism and the politics of religion
14 Dec 2006
Religion is back with a vengeance. George Bush and the US christian right, holy Tony Blair and Britain's islamophobia, Russia's reinstalled orthodox church and India's saffron communalism, the toxic evangelicalism sweeping Africa and Latin America, Saudi Arabia's puritanical wahhabism and al Qa'eda's terrorism of spectacle, the Iranian theocracy and everywhere, it seems, the escape into the trench warfare of religious identity. But what is religion? In this extract from the introduction to his new book, Jack Conrad shows that the answer is not as straightforward as it might first appear