Democracy

• Military coups and soldiers’ rights October 26 2006
  We are revolutionaries, not constitutional democrats, says Jim Moody - and takes the Alliance for Workers' Liberty to task
• ‘Class lines’ against democracy July 6 2006
  Mike Macnair takes on Ian Donovan on the question of democracy
  • Ian Donovan's original letter
    
• What is really offensive about the Livingstone case March 9 2006
  Abolish all quangos, defend free speech - Eddie Ford comments
• Islamophobia: no! Free speech: yes! February 16 2006
  Peter Manson analyses the furore over the Danish cartoon controversy
  • Oppose all blasphemy laws
    Communists fight for the complete separation of church and state, says Eddie Ford
• Marching towards self-organisation February 9 2006
  Emily Bransom reports on a new website set up by disgruntled soldiers
• Democracy in the dock February 9 2006
  Fight the BNP but defend freedom of speech too - Eddie Ford comments
• Freedom of speech still in danger February 2 2006
  While Blair’s defeat over religious incitement is to be welcomed, the new law could still be wielded against the working class, writes Peter Manson. That is why it is appalling that George Galloway and Respect were New Labour’s only allies in the Commons
• Authoritarian agenda January 26 2006
  Anne Mc Shane comments on Tony Blair’s latest anti-social crackdown
• Completing Marx’s project January 19 2006
  Communist Party comrades in London recently began a collective study of Beyond ‘Capital’, written by Michael A Lebowitz. Mark Fischer spoke to the comrade in Venezuela, where he currently lives.
• A full life for the elderly December 1 2005
  Eddie Ford looks at the long awaited Pensions Commission report and puts forward the communist programme: for retirement at 60, for the tripling of pensions
• Don’t dare read this! November 24 2005
  Even possession of this article could see you prosecuted, warns Eddie Ford in his report of the case facing neo-Nazi revisionist historian David Irving
• Anti-working class control-freakery November 3 2005
  Eddie Ford takes a closer look at Tony Blair's 'respect' agenda
• No to bureaucratic state control August 11 2005
  We oppose Blair’s latest ‘anti-terror’ proposals not because they are an attack on ‘human rights’. We oppose them, argues Mike Macnair, because they provide our enemies with weapons that will be used against us
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Why we pay our taxes August 11
  Mark Fischer talks to ex-MI5 spy David Shayler and reviews Annie Machon's Spies, lies and whistleblowers: MI5, MI6 and the Shayler affair
  
• Establishment closes ranks July 21 2005
  Communists must fight to defeat new onslaught on democratic rights, says Orla Connolly
  
• Give us our referendum now June 9 2005
  Dave Craig of the Revolutionary Democratic Group calls for a democratic and socialist approach to the EU, its currency and its constitution
• Legal aid under fire May 19 2005
  Orla Connolly warns that moves to abolish legal aid will hit the poorest the hardest
• Why 35.3% of the votes equals 55.1% of the seats May 12 2005
  Steve Cooke exlpains why the working class must fight for democratic reforms to the electoral system
• Towards a socialist pensions policy May 5 2005
  According to bourgeois economists, demographic changes mean that the state is no longer able to fund adequate pensions, and so workers must make their own arrangements for the future. Nick Rogers looks at the truth behind the myths
• Finish the American revolution October 14 2004
  The battle for democracy did not stop in 1783 or 1865. Indeed today, argues Jack Conrad, America urgently needs a third, democratic, revolution
• Abolish the elected monarch November 4 2004
  Kerry deserved to lose; Bush did not deserve to win. Eddie Ford writes that the left in the US must fight for constitutional reforms that would make such elections impossible in the future
• Put them on a workers wage October 28 2004
  British MPs have claimed a staggering £78million in expenses - is it not time for Respect to take a clear stand against the gravy train and pledge that its representatives will only take the average worker's wage? asks Phil Kent
• No to the elected monarch October 7 2004
  What does Blair’s leadership announcement mean in constitutional terms? Once again, argues Mike Macnair, it points to the democratic deficit within the UK state
• New 'terror' charade July 29 2004
  Peter Manson argues that the new 'anti-emergency guide' issued by the government has the clear purpose of keeping the population firmly in line behind the political establishment's global policy
• A voice for our times June 3 2004
  Rosa Luxemburg has a great deal to say for our times, writes Peter Hudis, co-editor of The Rosa Luxemburg Reader. In this essay he looks at Luxemburg's insistence on democracy
• Defend Abu Hamza's citizenship June 3 2004
  Today, an islamic cleric. Tomorrow, progressives and socialists. No matter how despicable his politics, communists should never support the censorship of 'suspect' minorities, argues Ian Donovan
• Fight for extreme democracy March 18 2004
  Marcus Ström takes Respect to task for its failure to champion genuine democracy
• 'E' is for equality March 4 2004
  Jack Conrad calls for a workers' MP on a worker's wage
• Net profit and empowerment February 12 2004
  Since the conviction of murderer Graham Coutts, who testified to using internet pornography, there have been calls for greater censorship of the net. Manny Neira evaluates the relationship between cyberspace and reality
• Send the right message - legalise all drugs! February 5 2004
  Eddie Ford calls for the declassification of all drugs
• Big people and the small state January 8 2004
  The communist project is about the maximisation of democracy, and the minimisation of the state, writes Jack Conrad
• Royal scandals and platonic republicanism October 30 2003
  The end of monarchy has always heralded revolution, writes Jack Conrad
• Reject citizen tests September 18 2003
  Peter Manson calls for Blunkett's plans to be opposed
• In defence of democratic centralism September 3 2003
  Jack Conrad responds to the debate sparked by a previous 'Party notes' column
• Democratic centralism unites and directs August 21 2003
  Jack Conrad continues the debate on revolutionary organisation following discussion at the CPGB's Communist University
• Democracy and centralism July 31 2003
  Democratic centralism is on the agenda following the meeting of the Socialist Alliance national council
• Abolish the second chamber February 13 2003
  With the government disagreeing over the consitution of a reformed House of Lords Peter Manson calls for its abolition
• Legalise all drugs January 9 2003
  Too many arms in Britain? In fact, a ‘gun culture’ is just what the working class needs, argues Mark Fischer
• Extreme democracy and the limits of capital April 4 2002
  There can be no revolution without the masses first educating and empowering themselves through the struggle for extreme democracy, argues Jack Conrad
• Consitutional and class struggles March 21 2002
  Should communists be indifferent to constitutions under capitalism? Examining the examples of the EU and the USA, Jack Conrad argues that they should actively intervene
• Open the books January 31 2002
  Jim Gilbert looks at the Enron corporate scandal in the USA January 31 2002