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Republicanism and the form of working class rule
31 May 2012
As the constitutional monarchy state proclaims its commitment to privilege and the status quo, Michael Copestake looks back to a rather different tradition
Democracy east and west
30 Nov 2006
Leading SP member Paula Mitchell presented a scary vision of socialism in the session, 'Why the Soviet Union wasn't socialist and how democracy would work under socialism'. Tina Becker was there
Our republic
23 Nov 2006
For too long the left has dismissed minimum-maximum programmes. Jack Conrad argues that as well as shortcomings, gaps and faults there is much that can positively be learnt from them
Labourism or republicanism
05 Oct 2006
Where next for the fight for working class political representation? Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group looks at the alternatives
'Class lines' against democracy
06 Jul 2006
Mike Macnair takes on Ian Donovan
Ian Donovan's original letter
06 Jul 2006
Manufacturing royal consent
25 May 2006
Gordon Downie takes a look at the May 20 concert of the 'Prince's Trust'
The minimum platform and extreme democracy
18 May 2006
Under what conditions should communists participate in government? Mike Macnair revisits the strategic problem of authority
Arriving republics?
27 Apr 2006
Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group contrasts the anti-monarchist mass movement in Nepal with the queen's birthday celebrations in Britain
For a parliament with full powers
09 Mar 2006
The people of Wales must have the right to self-determination, argues Bob Davies, and calls for that right to be exercised in favour of unity within a federal republic of Wales, Scotland and England
Britain's drystone wall
02 Mar 2006
Can the British constitution be reformed? Not without mass political action by the working class, argues Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group
Hidden controversy
23 Feb 2006
Dave Landau, a representative of the Jewish Socialist Group, attended the Unite Against Fascism conference on February 18
Banning bad ideas
23 Feb 2006
David Irving's conviction for holocaust denial and three-year sentence in an Austrian prison is not good news for communists and democrats, say Tina Becker and Eddie Ford. It is in our own self-interest to oppose anti-free speech laws and proscriptions, as sooner or later they will be used against us
Oppose all blasphemy laws
16 Feb 2006
Communists fight for the complete separation of church and state, says Eddie Ford
SWP and freedom of speech
16 Feb 2006
Michelle Euston reports on the Socialist Workers Party's rally 'Socialists and the Movement' in London, while Ted North attended the event in Sheffield
Islamophobia: no! Free speech: yes!
16 Feb 2006
Peter Manson analyses the furore over the Danish cartoon controversy