Democracy & State > Republican democracy
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
Sex, murder and DNA tests
28 Feb 2008
Jim Moody asks who controls the social controllers
Firm in principle, flexible in tactics
10 Jan 2008
Benjamin Klein argues that the working class movement must lead the struggle for democracy and free speech, and not leave it to the posturing of the Tories and the Liberals
Support soldiers who want out
13 Dec 2007
The war in Iraq and the threat to Iran are class issues, writes Cliff Slaughter, a supporter of Movement for Socialism. The anti-war movement needs to go beyond bigger demonstrations
Tell it like it is
04 Oct 2007
The CPGB has been much criticised over its willingness to use the enemy's media and its insistence on defending free speech. Jack Conrad explains why communists should stand against censorship and strive to expose opportunism
All power to Chávez?
02 Aug 2007
Nick Rogers analyses the sharpening contradictions within the process known as the 'Bolivarian revolution'
Advance indigenous rights
19 Jul 2007
The growing crisis of federalism demands a republican narrative from the left, writes Marcus Strom
Marxism and democracy
12 Jul 2007
Hillel Ticktin' was the speaker at the fringe meeting hosted jointly by Campaign for a Marxist Party and the CPGB. Nick Rogers reports
Complacent indifference
12 Jul 2007
Peter Manson on the session 'Scotland - on the road to independence?'
Good theorist fallen amongst economists
12 Jul 2007
Mark Fischer reports on the session with Neil Davidson
The usable past of left republicanism
14 Jun 2007
Far from pursuing a coherent strategy, writes Jim Creegan, James Connolly ended up believing that perhaps other forces could act in the workers' place
Coherent strategy
25 May 2007
Did James Connolly lead the Citizen Army into the dead end of nationalism? Did Ken Loach accurately reflect Irish history in The wind that shakes the barley? Philip Ferguson responds to Jim Creegan
Right to bear arms, not commit murder
19 Apr 2007
The "right of the people to keep and bear arms" is an essentially progressive concept, as far as communists are concerned, says Eddie Ford
Charter for a democratic republic
08 Mar 2007
Peter Tatchell, Dave Church and Steve Freeman outline their vision for a democratic republic
For democratic, republican self-government
25 Jan 2007
The working class should be doing nothing less than setting society's political agenda, argues Nick Rogers
The April theses and permanent revolution
11 Jan 2007
The CPGB's 'extreme democracy' presupposes economic inequality, argues Gerry Downing