Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Running Commentary column from the September 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard Catch ’em young Everyone knows that all state schools...

The Running Commentary Column from the September 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard Myths of equality Do not believe the common myth tha...

From the September 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard No member of the working class needs to wade through the press or listen to televis...

From the March 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard As members of the working class living on state benefits are well aware, it is quite im...

The Political Notebook Column from the March 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard An old man does not forget Harold Macmillan, the Edwardi...

From the May 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard Of all the traditional victims of electioneering, children are among the most heavily abu...

From the February 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard A doctor has sent the following two items to us. First, a cutting from the Daily Mi...

From the December 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard If it would be wrong to say that poverty is an old friend of the working class...

The Rear View Column from the May 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard Chronic poverty Marx (Groucho, that is) said: ‘Politics is ...

From the October 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard   We look at different concepts of poverty, at the idea of social exclusion and a...

From the October 1967 issue of the Socialist Standard The new Minister of State at the Department of Economic Affairs, Peter Shore ,...