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
Natural insights
20 Apr 2006
Derek Wall, a founder member of Green Revolution, the socialist platform in the Green Party of England and Wales, reviews Nikolai Bukharin Philosophical Arabesques Pluto Press, 2005, pp407, £35
Natural insights
13 Apr 2006
Derek Wall, a founder member of Green Revolution, the socialist platform in the Green Party of England and Wales, reviews Nikolai Bukharin Philosophical Arabesques Pluto Press, 2005, pp407, £35
Powerful symbol
06 Apr 2006
Liam O Ruairc reviews Denis O Hearn's book Bobby Sands: Nothing but an unfinished song, Pluto Press, 2006, £12.99, pp448
Ticked off and many headed
06 Apr 2006
Eddie Ford reviews The insurgency, BBC2 April 2 Sunday 9-10pm
Greenism and neo-Malthusian pseudo-science
06 Apr 2006
In the first of three articles Jack Conrad argues that the global ecological crisis cannot be explained by crude overpopulation theories. Each social formation has its own laws, including laws of population
Sun, sodomy and the lash
30 Mar 2006
Nick Cave (writer), John Hillcoat (director) The proposition various venues
Lies, smears and distortions
30 Mar 2006
The Stalinoid left has been at it again. In order to excuse homophobia amongst the muslim establishment, some are suggesting that the March 25 'Freedom of Expression' rally was linked to the far-right BNP, so as to smear Peter Tatchell and the gay rights group, Outrage. In fact the event was organised by bourgeois liberals - and the BNP boycotted it. Brett Lock of Outrage looks at the role of Ken Livingstone's well-paid apologists, Socialist Action
Political strategy needed
23 Mar 2006
The National Union of Students holds its three-day annual conference starting on Tuesday March 28. Dave Isaacson, a delegate from Leeds Metropolitan University student union, looks at the left, NUS and student politics
Women show the way
16 Mar 2006
Yassamine Mather reports from a march of Iranian women in exile
For secularism, equality and freedom
02 Mar 2006
Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq statement on International Women's Day
Capitalism and the family
02 Mar 2006
Extend abortion rights
02 Mar 2006
It is more important than ever to fight for a woman's right to choose, writes Louise Whittle. Existing legal rights are inadequate - they must be extended
Beyond legal and formal equality
02 Mar 2006
Mary Godwin looks at the origins of International Women's Day and the long struggle for women's rights
Sanctions of mass destruction
02 Mar 2006
Jim Gilbert reviews Guardians of power: the myth of the liberal media Pluto Press, 2006, pp241, £14.99
SWP 'racism' fig leaf
23 Feb 2006
The furore following the Danish cartoons has not subsided, writes Peter Manson. But the position of many islamic groups - backed up by the Socialist Workers Party - plays into the hands of islamophobes