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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
Leveson, libel and lucre
17 Oct 2013
The overall result of the combination of Leveson and the Defamation Act is a major attack on freedom of speech and communication, argues Mike Macnair
Roar of the dead lion
01 Aug 2013
Eddie Ford wants to be spared any more royal babies and gilded easels
Police: Hundred-million facelift disaster
22 Nov 2012
As expected, voters wanted nothing to do with last weeks PCC elections, writes Jim Moody
Democracy and state: Revolutionary road - a bourgeois saga
15 Nov 2012
Marc Mulholland examines the complex interrelationship between democracy, class struggles and the state
Socialist Party: Economist republicanism
08 Nov 2012
The Socialist Party's economism was on full display during a session on the monarchy and the state reports Peter Manson
Scotland: Independence from what?
25 Oct 2012
The Scottish National Partys support for Nato confirms Alex Salmond as a canny bourgeois politician, argues Paul Demarty
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
The crown rules Britannia
31 May 2012
The role of the elaborate jubilee is to draw attention away from the power and nature of the crown itself, write Steve Freeman and Phil Vellender
Abolish the second chamber
03 May 2012
Whether partly elected or not, the House of Lords will continue to impose checks and balances against democracy, writes Peter Manson
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