Politics & Conflict

Castro at 80

Castro at 80

Fidel Castro's reign over Cuba has been characterised by conservatism and authoritarianism, says Isabella Thomas

Editorial: One year on

Editorial: One year on

I became editor of New Humanist a year ago, just as religious fundamentalism was making its remorseless march to the centre of the global agenda.

French rapper MC Solaar

French Farce

Hip hop didn't spark the riots in Paris, says Caspar Melville; it merely predicted them

Capital stuff

Capital stuff

Francis Wheen brings the same panache to his new book that he brought to his excellent biography of Marx, says Toby Saul

Editorial: Top Marx

Editorial: Top Marx

What has happened to Marxism? And in particular, the angry passionate British Marxist intellectuals, who used to so enliven politics in the '60s and '70s?

Taliban tendency

Taliban tendency

What is the right balance between authority and autonomy, between prohibition and freedom? This has become the overarching question during Tony Blair's third term.

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