As the constitutional monarchy state proclaims its commitment to privilege and the status quo, Michael Copestake looks back to a rather different tradition (for a classic Marxist take on the monarchy and republicanism, see the bottom of this article for links to Karl Kautsky's 'Republic and social democracy') There were many who doubted whether or not the ...
Michael Copestake demands the break up of Murdoch's media empire (first published in the Weekly Worker) The continuing turmoil around News International and the phone-hacking scandal has brought into sharp relief the attitudes of the different sections of the labour movement to the media - as things stand, they are machines for making money, tools for ...
What is the Marxist stance on violence? Is a peaceful revolution against capitalism possible, or must all political power come from the ‘barrel of a gun’? And what do we make of the left-wing terrorists in the 1970’s, or today’s Black Block? Join Communist Students at our next public meeting to discuss these questions. Public Meeting ...
Cracks are emerging in the state apparatus- but we have to face the full social role of the police squarely, writes James Turley first published in the Weekly Worker The mass student protests mobilised a wide variety of young people (and their teachers, parents and lecturers) from different backgrounds - geographical, social and political. Yet, in ...
To effectively oppose imperialist wars we must avoid the trap of legalism, argues Ben Lewis "How many more smoking guns do we need before Tony Blair is behindbars?” asks the Stop the War Coalition website. The visceral hatred for Blair and what he represents could not be more apparent. This is perfectly understandable. Many activists in the ...
James Turley situates the arrest of Damian Green within a general trend towards authoritarianism "Police state Britain," fumed the Daily Mail in perhaps its most memorable front page since its 'Murderers' stunt upon the release of Stephen Lawrence's alleged killers. "MPs want protection after arrest of Tory for telling truths Labour didn't want you to know" ...
James Turley asks why the working class should have any confidence in the protection of the bourgeois state It is perhaps the biggest cock-up in the British National Party’s recent history. Britain’s largest far-right group has been damaged by a number of shock documentaries that suggest the party’s core remains more enthusiastic about Hitler than its PR ...