Towards a Critique of the Democratic Form (Draft) B. York This text was written for discussion within the Internationalist Perspectives group. Its premise is…
Communalism, the Democratic Dimension of Anarchism Bookchin defends his theory of libertarian municipalism arguing democracy is part of the original intention of anarchism.
The War on Democracy (Documentary) The War On Democracy was John Pilger's first for cinema. It explores the current and past relationship of Washington with Latin American…
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The tendency of state legitimacy to fall This blog has been planned for ages, but has somewhat been superseded by the shift to ‘technocratic’ rule in Greece and Italy.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.
