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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
Holy trinity of reaction
23 Feb 2012
The queen's jubilee is a timely event for the forces of reaction in an age of austerity, argues Ben Lewis. For its part, the workers' movement needs to rediscover the tradition of militant republican democracy
Of kings and Kims
12 Jan 2012
Given the media's love of pomp and circumstance - and hereditary monarchy - there is no little hypocrisy in its mocking of North Korea, argues Eddie Ford
Debating the republic and extreme democracy
17 Nov 2011
Ben Lewis reports on some interesting exchanges at the 'Historical Materialism' weekend
Building for November 30
06 Oct 2011
Chris Strafford reports from protests at the Conservative Party conference
Truth, memory and distortion
26 May 2011
Ben Lewis reviews Peter Watkins's (director) 'La Commune' 2000, DVD
The Second Empire and the Paris Commune
26 May 2011
This is the final excerpt in the current series from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', translated by Ben Lewis[1] and published in English for the first time. Kautsky begins his discussion of the Commune by examining the situation in France under emperor Napoleon III
Inspirational feats and heroic failure
26 May 2011
The Paris Commune teaches us valuable lessons, writes Nick Rogers
Second Republic and the socialists
19 May 2011
The second part of Karl Kautsky's 1905 work, 'Republic and social democracy', translated by Ben Lewis
Same hymn sheet
19 May 2011
Ben Lewis introduces another excerpt from his translation of Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France'- published in English for the first time
Getting the message across
05 May 2011
Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group was among those arrested for attempting a street theatre performance to coincide with the royal wedding. They were accused of 'conspiracy to cause a public nuisance' and detained for more than 24 hours. He spoke to Peter Manson
A day of absolute monarchy and criminalising republicanism
05 May 2011
The establishment did not want anything to interfere with the royal wedding celebrations - including 'unruly' free speech and the democratic right to protest. Eddie Ford reports
Vote working class anti-cuts
28 Apr 2011
Peter Manson discusses forthcoming council elections and the AV referendum
Hub of stability
28 Apr 2011
Mark Fischer spoke to Clive Bloom, author of 'Restless revolutionaries', a book that aims to rediscover "Britain's 'lost' republican history"
Republic and social democracy in France[1]
28 Apr 2011
For the first time in English, an extract from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', translated by Ben Lewis
The book that didn't bark
28 Apr 2011
Independent scholar Lars T Lih introduces excerpts from Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy in France', published in English for the first time