The Kingdom of Judea and the Republic of Israel At the beginning of the civil war in Israel-Palestine in October 2023 the Republican Labour Education Forum produced a Position Paper making a case...
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The Republican Case for a Democratic Secular Federal Republic of Israel and Palestine
The Republican Case for a Democratic Secular Federal Republic of Israel and Palestine | 1. Preamble Hamas’s deadly attack on 7 October 2023 against Israeli soldiers and civilian...
Israel and the Republican Minimum Programme
Israel and the Republican Minimum Programme | Is it anti-Semitic to deny Israelis (and Palestinians) their right to a minimum (i.e. democratic republican) programme? The answer is uncertain. But...
Quit pandering to far right migrant narrative: Radical democratic reform must be at the heart of our response to a resurgent far-right
Quit pandering to far right migrant narrative: Radical democratic reform must be at the heart of our response to a resurgent far-right | (First appeared in Chartist 22/8/24) July 27th’s large London march by the “EDL”-Right, coupled with the recent explosion in...
The Kingdom of Judea and the Republic of Israel
The Kingdom of Judea and the Republic of Israel At the beginning of the civil war in Israel-Palestine in October 2023 the Republican Labour Education Forum produced a Position Paper making a case for a democratic peace on the basis of a democratic secular federal...
The Republican Case for a Democratic Secular Federal Republic of Israel and Palestine
The Republican Case for a Democratic Secular Federal Republic of Israel and Palestine | 1. Preamble Hamas’s deadly attack on 7 October 2023 against Israeli soldiers and civilian settlements exposed a massive failure by Netanyahu’s government, the Israeli...
Israel and the Republican Minimum Programme
Israel and the Republican Minimum Programme | Is it anti-Semitic to deny Israelis (and Palestinians) their right to a minimum (i.e. democratic republican) programme? The answer is uncertain. But this is the road that the CPGB ‘Theses on Israel-Gaza war and communist...
England and Israel – the Jewish Republic in crisis
England and Israel – the Jewish Republic in crisis | On the 7 January 2023 a small protest of left wing and pro-Palestinian parties gathered in Tel Aviv to oppose the Netanyahu coalition government's plans to weaken the power of the Israeli Supreme Court. A week later...
Scotland’s Travails and England’s Woes
Scotland’s Travails and England’s Woes | The demise of Nicola Sturgeon was the latest twist in the political game between England and Scotland. The arrest of Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive and Sturgeon’s husband was a dramatic moment to awaken the...
The Coronation and the Commonwealth of England
FOR AN ENGLISH PARLIAMENT FOR AN AGREEMENT OF THE PEOPLE FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND The Coronation and the Commonwealth of England | Charles Windsor is automatically the head of state under the hereditary ‘principles’ imposed by the 1066 Norman Conquest. William...
The Crown and slavery: a democratic republican reading of the Guardian series
The Crown and slavery: a democratic republican reading of the Guardian series | King Charles urged to ‘take some responsibility’ for royal slavery links | King Charles III | The Guardian | My main reservation regarding the recent Guardian ‘Crown and Slavery’ series of...
70 Years of Failure: the death of the queen and current shortcomings of republican campaigning
70 Years of Failure: the death of the queen and current shortcomings of republican campaigning | The Queen’s death has been marked by an outpouring of public grieving on a scale not seen since Princess Diana was killed in a car crash a quarter of a century ago. What...