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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
Don’t rely on the courts
14 Jul 2016
Mike Macnair considers the likelihood of a legal challenge to Labour’s NEC
Our strategy and tactics
16 Jun 2016
Jack Conrad looks at the referendum - and beyond that to the challenge of continental unity
A continent of the mind
19 May 2016
Jack Conrad shows that the European Union has been shaped not only by rival state powers, but by class politics too
Without monarchies or standing armies
12 May 2016
Jack Conrad explores Leon Trotsky’s strategic thinking
A highly serviceable political weapon
05 May 2016
Jack Conrad discusses Lenin and the ‘United States of Europe’ slogan
A missed opportunity
28 Apr 2016
Eddie Ford laments the republican speech Jeremy Corbyn did not make
Openness is a weapon
21 Apr 2016
The Weekly Worker’s commitment to open reporting on the affairs of the labour movement is not a fetish, but a political necessity, argues Paul Demarty
One, two, three revolutions
21 Apr 2016
Jack Conrad argues that democracy in the United States is corrupted and far from complete. The working class must finish what 1775 began
The in-out kabuki dance
14 Apr 2016
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists says a passive boycott is not as good as an active boycott. But it is far better than participating in Stronger in Europe
Kautsky on referenda
31 Mar 2016
As a contribution to the debate regarding the tactics to adopt in relation to the European Union referendum, Ben Lewis has translated this piece by Karl Kautsky on ‘direct legislation’. Kautsky (1854-1938), known as the “pope of Marxism”, was a thinker who, as recent scholarship has underlined, had a profound influence on the theory and practice of Lenin’s Bolsheviks
Direct legislation by the people and the class struggle
31 Mar 2016
By Karl Kautsky
Thin end of the wedge
17 Mar 2016
We must oppose the expulsion of Gerry Downing, but fight to expose his political errors, argues Jim Grant
Flip-flopping over in or out
10 Mar 2016
Neither Corbyn’s current stance, nor his former position is in workers’ interests, argues Peter Manson
Who’s afraid of 1916?
10 Mar 2016
Admiration of James Connolly should be tempered by criticism, writes Anne McShane
A working class military programme
25 Feb 2016
James Marshall of Labour Party Marxists argues that a Jeremy Corbyn government would best be defended by abolishing the standing army and the formation of a popular militia