The Guardian • democracy
China, 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.
Read moreAmerican democracy is dominated by money
Does the US want democracy or money-dominated democracy?
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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...
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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 #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 #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...
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 #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 #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...
Read moreMorrison gov’t wants to restrict your vote
Our democracy is, yet again, under attack.
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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...
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