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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
Labour: Unions vote to be distanced
06 Mar 2014
Delegate Charles Gradnitzer reports on Labour’s special conference
Venezuela: Right wing smells blood
27 Feb 2014
What is happening to the Bolivarian revolution? Daniel Harvey calls for working class independence
Pox on both houses
20 Feb 2014
What is the communist stance in relation to the Scottish referendum? Sarah McDonald urges a boycott
Labour: Democracy versus patronage
06 Feb 2014
The stench of leader loyalty hangs over the Collins proposals to mend Labours trade union link, writes Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists
Dieudonné’s calculated anti-Semitism
30 Jan 2014
Free speech is too valuable a weapon to be thrown away. Eddie Ford calls for unequivocal opposition to state bans on racists and fascists
LRC: Surviving, but still shrinking
28 Nov 2013
Stan Keable of Labour Party Marxists reports on the annual conference of the Labour Representation Committee
Leveson, libel and lucre
17 Oct 2013
The overall result of the combination of Leveson and the Defamation Act is a major attack on freedom of speech and communication, argues Mike Macnair
Roar of the dead lion
01 Aug 2013
Eddie Ford wants to be spared any more royal babies and gilded easels
Police: Hundred-million facelift disaster
22 Nov 2012
As expected, voters wanted nothing to do with last weeks PCC elections, writes Jim Moody
Democracy and state: Revolutionary road - a bourgeois saga
15 Nov 2012
Marc Mulholland examines the complex interrelationship between democracy, class struggles and the state
Socialist Party: Economist republicanism
08 Nov 2012
The Socialist Party's economism was on full display during a session on the monarchy and the state reports Peter Manson
Scotland: Independence from what?
25 Oct 2012
The Scottish National Partys support for Nato confirms Alex Salmond as a canny bourgeois politician, argues Paul Demarty
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
The crown rules Britannia
31 May 2012
The role of the elaborate jubilee is to draw attention away from the power and nature of the crown itself, write Steve Freeman and Phil Vellender
Abolish the second chamber
03 May 2012
Whether partly elected or not, the House of Lords will continue to impose checks and balances against democracy, writes Peter Manson