In and against the state Book from 1979 discussing the experience of working class people, mostly socialists, in working within the public sector in the late 1970s, or…
Karl Marx and the state David Adam addresses Marx’s concept of a socialist society in relation to various concepts of the state.
Private property, exclusion and the state - Junge Linke Junge Linke on the interdependence of private property, capitalism and the state
Why anti-national? Why is nationalism so effective and so persistent? What is the basis for the continual appeal of nationalism in its many forms? Wine and Cheese…
Capital and state - Gilles Dauvé An extract of "The communist movement", 1972, on communism, capital and their relation to the capitalist state.
The Capitalist State: Illusion and Critique by Werner Bonefeld Johannes Agnoli has reminded us of the need to complement Marx’s critique of political economy with…
From party politics to service delivery to the politics of the poor Philani Zungu's article arguing against the lip-service of politicians of 'service delivery' to…
Absolute Property - G. Kay and J. Mott An analysis of the nature and development of private property in relation to the state in class society, and the political prevention of the…
Notes on Bakunin's book 'Statehood and anarchy' - Karl Marx Marx responds to Bakunin's criticisms of Marx and Marxism. Marx's comments were written at the end of 1874 as he read Bakunin's book as part of his efforts to learn Russian and to study Russian society.
War is the health of the state - Randolph Bourne This classic first part of an essay entitled "The State," left unfinished at Bourne's untimely death in 1918, it explores the connection between…
The trial - Franz Kafka Franz Kafka's seminal novel, telling the tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his…
Asbo your neighbours! A member of one of London’s most experienced community action groups has hit out against the ‘hidden agenda’ of a new measure to give ASBO powers to Tenant Management Organisations.
