The Third Generation: the Young Socialists in Italy, 1907-1915 - Canadian Journal of History, 1996 This is a wonderfully informative text about the political milieu that produced…
The end of politics: theses on the crisis of the regulatory system of the commodity form - Robert Kurz In this essay first published in 1994, Robert Kurz examines the history of …
The great democracy swindle A brief look at British parliamentary democracy, and how it is rigged from a grass roots level.
The tendency of state legitimacy to fall This blog has been planned for ages, but has somewhat been superseded by the shift to ‘technocratic’ rule in Greece and Italy. Nonetheless,…
Towards a critique of political democracy - Mario Tronti Bringing the heterodox Marxist traditions of ‘workerism’ and the ‘autonomy of the political’…
Direct democracy: An anarchist alternative to voting A (hopefully) easy-to-read discussion of anarchist alternatives to voting such as direct democracy and federalism.
Beyond democracy - Roi Ferreiro An essay on the "socio-historical roots" of democracy, utilizing etymological and historical analyses of the term's use and meaning in ancient…
Capitalist Democracy: The Illusion of Choice Libertarian communist critique of representative democracy. Produced by Organise! in response to 2010 Australian election.
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" - Junge Linke Junge Linke on elections, democracy and the state under capitalism.
Democracy and ballots: The SPGB and subversion discuss Correspondence with a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain. From Subversion #20 (1996)
Against democracy - Wildcat (UK) The text of an introductory talk held in London and Brighton in 1993, outlining communist opposition to democracy.
The implosion point of democratist ideology Published in 1989, in the 2nd issue (No. 2-3) of Le Brise-Glace (The Ice-Breaker). Three issues of Le Brise-Glace were published between 1988 and…
