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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
Blogs censored
10 Nov 2005
Internet host Skyblog has closed down several blogs after comments in favour of the rioters were posted. Nevertheless others have sprung up to replace them, some exercising self-censorship. All express a variety of views, including from people in the cités (estates)
For a Sixth Republic
10 Nov 2005
Walk on two legs
05 Feb 2004
Mark Fischer reports on a debate that concerns the whole left
Away with gongs and titles
08 Jan 2004
The British honours system is more than a laughable anachronism: it sheds light on the nature of our society and the royalist traditions that underpin it. Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group believes that the recent spate of honours refuseniks heralds the birth of a republican socialist party
Big people and the small state
08 Jan 2004
Tory leader Michael Howard declares: "I believe the people should be big. That the state should be small." This is a sentiment that authentic Marxists would wholeheartedly concur with, writes Jack Conrad
Republicanism, the left and mass politics
18 Dec 2003
Chris Jones of the Revolutionary Democratic Group joins the debate
Royal agony continues
27 Nov 2003
George W Bushs time in Britain was a state visit. This meant he was the guest of the queen and stayed at Buckingham Palace. It was to be part of the post-Iraq victory celebrations and the beginning of his election campaign.
Confusion reigns over union bosses' pay
20 Nov 2003
At a meeting of 40 Public and Civil Service Union London Left Unity members on November 11, Socialist Workers Party comrades voted against their organisations position with regards to the pay of rank and file candidates when elected as full-time trade union officials.
Preparing for power
31 Oct 2002
In the seventh and concluding article in his series Jack Conrad peers into the future
Dictatorship of the proletariat: Bolshevism versus Kautskyism
24 Oct 2002
In the sixth part of his series of articles Jack Conrad discusses the debate between Lenin, Trotsky and Kautsky
Proletarian dictatorship as theory and practice
17 Oct 2002
In the fifth part of his series of articles Jack Conrad discusses the contradictory impact of the October Revolution
Russian means and the dictatorship of the minority
10 Oct 2002
In the fourth of his series of articles Jack Conrad examines the background to Lenin's use of the word 'dictatorship' and the role played by the Mensheviks
Dictatorship of the proletariat and the Second International
03 Oct 2002
In the third of his articles discussing peaceful and violent revolution Jack Conrad examines the use of the term 'dictator-ship of the proletariat' after Marx an Engels
Formulation nine and the dictatorship of the proletariat - part two
26 Sep 2002
Jack Conrad continues his reply to those who have attacked the recently updated 'What we fight for' column as a move to the right
Formulation nine and the possibility of peaceful revolution
19 Sep 2002
Jack Conrad begins a series on peaceful revolution