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...
View Articleworkers 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...
View Articletexts 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...
View Articleit’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...
View Article8th 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...
View Articlewhy 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...
View Articlethe 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...
View Articlereprints 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...
View Articlecollective 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...
View Articleworkers’ 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...
View Articlecouncil 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...
View Articlecouncil 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...
View Articlewhat 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...
View Articlein/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...
View ArticleWorkers 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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