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American democracy is dominated by money
Does the US want democracy or money-dominated democracy?
Read moreChina, Russia jointly decry US democracy summit, call for past lessons to be remembered
A joint article by the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors to the US decrying the so-called Summit for Democracy is a clear declaration of opposition to the upcoming event.
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Issue #2018
Winter school taking the struggle forward
The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) held its Annual Political Winter school from 22-24 July 2022 under the theme “The Democracy We Want on Our...
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Issue #1982
Electoral participation: tactic or sell-out?
The earliest recorded form of government is said to have been that of the Sumerians in fourth-century Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Issue #2020
Our Members Be Unlimited – Sam Wallman
If the trade union movement is to have a future, then it is in today’s youth. There is not a great deal of material written...
Read moreWhole-process people’s democracy is a high quality democracy
While the US is dragging some of its so-called “valued allies” to hold the Summit for Democracy, the world is increasingly troubled by questions such...
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Issue #2015
Chile’s new constitution recognises Indigenous rights
Chile’s new constitution will make it the third plurinational country in South America, after Ecuador and Bolivia. It is part of the sweeping reforms of...
Read moreSomalia today
In the early 1960s, Somalia – a country of some 10mil people – was one of the first African countries to enjoy a democratic transfer...
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Issue #2041
GLOBAL BRIEFS
PERU: Hip hop, rock reggae, and punk songs are accompanying the continuing protests of thousands of Peruvians. Displaying unprecedented creativity, Peruvian youth have composed songs...
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Issue #2031
WEASEL WORDS
SOVEREIGN /ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn/ A sovereign country, Wikipedia tells us, is “a political entity […] that has supreme legitimate authority over territory.” Unless you’re one of those...
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Issue #2017
WEASEL WORDS
Will politicians stop “playing politics”? Do think tanks do any actual “thinking”? How “strong” is Australia? Well it depends on who you ask in this...
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Issue #2071
LETTERS
Supporting Democracy – sometimes Dear Comrade Editor, I notice in your article about the Guatemala election (‘Victory in Guatemala’), the following sentence: ‘US Secretary of...
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Issue #1997
Why the WA newspapers fight matters to all of us
In our democracy, we value the principle of one person, one vote. We would be outraged if the richer you are the more votes you...
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Issue #2060
National People’s Power, NPP holds national tour
The leader of the Sri Lankan People’s Liberation Front (JVP) and the National People’s Power (NPP) comrade Anura Dissanayake addressed a full house at the...
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Issue #2185
The ‘Two Sessions’ and China’s people-centred governance
China’s ‘Two Sessions’ (the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference) serve as a vital platform for public input and consensus-building, and...
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Issue #2129
A Long March
Kim Carr’s A Long March, is not simply the autobiography of a life-long stalwart of the ALP. It traces a political path and unwittingly chronicles...
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Issue #2020
Scotty’s gotta go
With the Morrison government over, you’d think we’d have heard the end of it – but you’d be wrong! It turns out that former prime...
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Issue #2182
The choice before humanity
Speech by Warren Smith at the opening of the Communist Party of Australia’s 15th National Congress. Comrades, friends and honoured guests, Tonight we meet not...
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Issue #2180
Living Democracy
The clear message from this book is that our system of government is failing us. The crises we’re currently facing are being caused by our...
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Issue #2137
Lianghui 2025
What is China’s “Two Sessions,” or “Lianghui”? China has a socialist people’s congressional system. Liang (two) Hui (sessions) is the meeting of the two most...
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Issue #2004
For a workers’ democracy
At the end of this month, Australians will participate in another federal election. Our elections, an expression of bourgeois democracy, are often presented as an...
Read moreMorrison gov’t wants to restrict your vote
Our democracy is, yet again, under attack.
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Issue #2127
LETTERS
Democracy On reading A Carruthers piece on democracy (‘Democracy, more than a sausage,’ Guardian #2126, 25 November 2024) I felt obliged to think more deeply...
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Issue #2171
Annabel Crabb’s Civic Duty
If you want to understand Australian democracy and you’re not allergic to twee jokes, the ABC has a show for you. In Annabel Crabb’s Civic...
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Issue #2132
Dutton for sale
The ACTU has criticised billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart for behaving like an oligarch for trying to buy influence over the Coalition’s industrial relations policy....
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Issue #2141
AUKUS, Trump, and the Indo-Pacific – an address by Vijay Prashad
The opportunity to listen to Vijay Prashad is one not to be missed, and in Sydney and on Zoom he wowed comrades and friends once...
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Issue #2170
LETTERS
The Dismissal and the unholy Trinity I would like to thank the Guardian for its material on the US-orchestrated bloodless coup against the Whitlam Labor...
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Issue #2126
Democracy: more than a sausage
The electoral reform Bill that Labor is right now trying to push through Parliament has some things that look good, and may look like avoiding...
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Issue #2187
EDITORIAL
Here’s a May Day riddle for you. What’s dead, but still kicking goals? The answer is not your favourite football team, if you follow one...
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Issue #2143
EDITORIAL
By the time you read this, the federal election will be finished. After a long and tiring campaign, it’s understandable that a lot of people...
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Issue #2171
Labor’s Freedom From Information
The 40-year-old freedom of information (FOI) system is broken. While Labor came to office in 2022 promising greater transparency and accountability, the Albanese government has...
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Issue #2178
EDITORIAL
We hear a lot about bigotry and prejudice now. Antisemitism is seldom out of the news. Islamophobia has been given a boost recently by our...
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Issue #2120
EDITORIAL
There’s a lot to protest about just now. It’s a year since 7 October 2023, which means a year of genocidal assault on Gaza, the...
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