Science

• Space, the final frontier? March 8 2007
  Going to the moon and space travel and are back in the news, writes Jack Conrad. But the left would be daft to fall for the sci-fi hype
• Let them eat shit February 15 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 February 8 2007
  There is no solution to global warming under capitalism, says Jim Moody in response to the UN report on the issue
• The Chomsky enigma January 11 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
  • US establishment anarchist January 18 2007
    Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group continues his examination of the Chomsky enigma
  • Chomsky’s parallel lives January 25 2007
    Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group concludes his examination of a political enigma
• Sex and the human revolution November 30 2006
  Socialist Worker has begun a series of articles by Sally Campbell. They purport to explain the origins of women’s oppression. However, there exists an obvious lacuna in her account. If women became unfree, when and how did they become free? Camilla Power of the Radical Anthropology Group insists that sex played a big role in the human revolution - a taboo subject for the SWP
• Marxism and scientific revolutions October 5 2006
  How are scientific parameters established? And what does this mean for the politics of the working class? Chris Knight examines the issues
• The science of Marxism September 28 2006
  Is scientific objectivity compromised by a subordination to the interests of the international working class? Chris Knight examines the issues
• Solidarity and sex August 31 2006
  The first human revolution was led by women, argues Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group
• The science of solidarity August 3 2006
  Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group looks at the ‘selfish gene’ revolution - and draws some rather different conclusions from moralistic liberals
• Noam Chomsky and the human revolution November 3 2005
  Mark Fischer spoke to Chris Knight, a scientist specialising in human origins. His main current interest lies in working out how human language may have evolved. This has led him to clash with Noam Chomsky
• E=MC2 and socialism February 17 2005
  July 2005 will mark the 100th anniversary of the penning of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Mary Godwin examines the prolific scientist's theories and outlook
  • Click here to read Albert Einstein's article 'Why socialism?' from 1949
• Mars, the bringer of war February 19 2004
  Our mission is the transforming of Earth, writes Jack Conrad
• Mission Earth January 15 2004
  the main subject of humanity must be humanity - as we find it, here on this planet, writes Jack Conrad