where are the english republicans ?
Citizen Coleman | 07.04.2002 03:32
If there are any republicans out there interested in any such thing or creating a network , email the above (its merely a memorable email adress so it will stay in your mind longer!
Citizen Coleman
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good point
07.04.2002 08:15
Baz
English Republic
07.04.2002 09:28
Witnessing at first hand the sycophantic and subserviant display at the death of an old relic of medievalism last pm, i to wonder if English Republicanism still exists.Can anyone help.
john
Neither Monarchy Nor Republic!
07.04.2002 13:00
However, arguing the case for a republic would be a disaster. This is exactly what the Labour party wants - it will increase the constitutional powers of the executive without ending the class system or the privelige of the elite. Imagine President Blair, President Blunkett or President Straw. Can anyone suggest a remotely palatable figure to replace the Queen as the English head of state? I thought not.
Republics are prone to factionalism, authoritarian rule and civil strife. The French replaced their aristocracy with a republic in 1789. King Louis XVI lost his head in 1793 - over 40,000 Frenchmen subsequently went to the guillotine. There is little evidence that the modern French state (or the USA, which bases itself on the French model) is any more egalitarian than the aristocracy it replaced.
If we are to argue for the abolition of the monarcy, then we must call for total revolution. No more class system - no more privelige, no more elitism. Otherwise we will end up like the French.
Anarchist Rioter
Armies of monarchists
07.04.2002 15:29
Dan Brett
e-mail: dan@danielbrett.co.uk
Ref to, neither monarchy or republic
07.04.2002 17:51
The Diggers and Levellers that evolved during this period of English history are the true forerunners of what is now known as Anarchism.Unfortunately their ideas were too radical and represented too much of a threat to the political and economic elites,and were violently crushed .However their ideas and beliefs of a decentralised government, and Agreement of all the people,a social contract involving all peoples, and an end to power and privilege enjoyed by propertied classes has yet to be fully realised.
In my view politically and economically, we are still light years away from these true egalitarian goals.
John
Royalist queue?
07.04.2002 18:42
In my opinion, those sad souls are just lonely and need to feel they are part of a group movement - quite literally - not knowing why they are there but knowing they are heading somewhere for a reason and getting recognition for it by being shown on television.
The whole event is just another example of how people are distracted from the really important things in our society and fobbed off with a make-believe reality that encourages passivity and sheep-like obedience.
jjf
Bristish Republican Party for Democratic Change
02.12.2003 17:00
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