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
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
Sack the lot
12 Apr 2001
She did not actually say that much. That is one of the most interesting things about the so-called 'Sophiegate' affair. And yet some petty, albeit tactless, remarks by the stuck-up high Tory, Sophie Rhys-Jones, have apparently led to "the biggest crisis for the monarchy" since Diana Spencer died in 1997 (The Sun April 7).
Scottish nationalism
11 Jan 2001
'A breath of fresh air'?