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the revolution delayed: 10 years of hugo chávez’s rule

This month marks the tenth anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s coming to power in Venezuela, and ten years of the “Bolivarian revolution”. This process has included waves of state intervention in the economy...

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workers in ukraine occupy the kherson engineering factory… and the local council

An abridged version of an article from a comrade in Kyiv Over a month after 300 workers at an engineering plant in the Ukrainian town of Kherson launched an occupation of their factory in defence of...

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texts for 13th april reading group

The next of The Commune’s London reading group series on ‘communism from below’ is to take place on Monday 13th April. The subject of the discussion, taking place from 6:30pm at the Old Red Lion, near...

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it’s their parliament, not ours!

editorial of The Commune Just as the financial crisis brought home the inadequacy of the capitalist economy, the scandal of the expenses scam by Members of Parliament brings into question capitalist...

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8th june london forum: do we live in a democracy?

The next of The Commune’s ‘uncaptive minds’ public forums takes place in London on the evening of Monday June 8th, and is on the question of ‘do we live in a democracy?’. The recent MPs’ expenses...

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why we need a new human emancipatory communism

by Allan Armstrong Introduction How many people today, even on what remains of the Left, publicly and confidently declare their support for ‘Communism’? Take just three British organisations, which...

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the commune’s pamphlets: reprints now available

More copies of our pamphlet series, many of which had sold out, are now available. The text of each of  the seven pamphlets is online (see the list of subjects below), but you can also order paper...

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reprints of the commune’s pamphlets – buy online

We have printed more copies of our series of pamphlets, several of which (in particular the long-unavailable Venezuela pamphlet) were out of print. See below for a list of the seven pamphlets...

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collective decision-making and supervision in a communist society

by Moshé Machover: only the introduction is presented below, see the full document here. The importance of this issue cannot be over-stated: it concerns the very essence of communism. If communism...

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workers’ councils: the red mole of revolution

The latest issue of The Commune featured a supplement with an extended piece on workers’ councils by Sheila Cohen. Click image below to see PDF or read full text below. The red mole may weave...

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council communism and anarcho-syndicalism: bristol reading group 30th may

The next Bristol reading group session will be on Sunday 30th May at 6pm in Café Kino on Ninetree Hill, Stokes Croft, Bristol. The session will discuss views of council communism and...

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council communism and anarcho-syndicalism: 30th may bristol reading group

The next Bristol reading group session will be on Sunday 30th May at 6pm in Café Kino on Ninetree Hill, Stokes Croft, Bristol. The session will discuss views of council communism and...

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what kind of anti-capitalist organisation is iops?

Michael Albert is visiting England next week to promote IOPS  (International Organisation for a Participatory Society). Duvinrouge asked him some questions. duvinrouge - Michael, you are coming to...

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in/out: cameron’s false choice

By duvinrouge. The British people will vote whether to remain part of the European Union or not by 2018. Cameron’s promise of a referendum suits the Tories electorally. It should defuse the threat from...

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Workers Councils : the Red Mole of Revolution.

  Sheila Cohen on workers councils The red mole may weave unexpected patterns and assume strange disguises; it is digging, digging fast, and moving in roughly the right direction…’ Daniel Singer, The...

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