The illusion of choice A short article arguing against the 'solution' of electoral politics in the 2012 election in the U.S.
To defend the franchise? Many people with anti-state and anti-electoral views will nevertheless organize around the defense of social programs when they are under attack…
Issues that Obama and Romney avoid As the US election approaches, Noam Chomsky examines how similar the two candidates are on the biggest issues, and points out that only mass…
The folly of voting The following is a leaflet entitled, ‘The Folly of Voting’. It was published by Freedom Press in 1904. There is a small, faint photocopy of it in…
Is SYRIZA a workers’ government in waiting? Barry Biddulph disagrees with British Trotskyist group Workers Power and their view of the viability of a 'workers government' initiated by the…
Egypt's elections under military rule: join our resistance to the counter-revolution A call for the rejection of Egypt's presidential elections by Comrades from Cairo
French and Greek voters seek a way out of austerity - Adam Ford Adam Ford discusses the recent elections in Europe.
Greece: Trying to understand SYRIZA - Paul Mason Paul Mason on SYRIZA, a previously lesser known leftist political party in Greece which has surged ahead in the polls as voters have become…
Why anarchists don't vote - Elisée Reclus An essay explaining why anarchists don't vote written by renowned French geographer, writer and anarchist Elisée Reclus in 1885.
The (other) reason I'm against electoralism Most of the arguments against voting point out (rightly) that it achieves nothing. This is reflected in slogans such as "if voting changed…
Voters strike - Octave Mirbeau Text by anarchist, Octave Mirbeau, arguing for abstention in the French elections. Published in 1888.
Russia: They don't represent us! Almost 40% of the population of Russian Federation with a "right to elect" chose not to participate in the electoral farce, indirectly expressing…
