Socialist Standard Past & Present

The 50 Years Ago column from the November 1963 issue of the Socialist Standard The Lancaster Pit of the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd wa...

From the November 1938 issue of the Socialist Standard The News Chronicle of September 30th contains an informative little paragraph regard...

From the August 1962 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Do wage increase put up prices? One of capitalism’s toughest problems is the size of ...

From the October 1965 issue of the Socialist Standard In Regent Street, in the posh shopping area of London, is a shop called POWELL DUFFR...

The Notes by the Way Column from the October 1935 issue of the Socialist Standard What Mussolini did for Italy   Here is a brief descriptio...

From the September 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard In these hard times of restrictions in nearly everything that makes life worth livin...

The Tiny Tips column from the August 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres says that ...

From the May 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard At 11.59 pm on 3 May 1926 the General Strike began, called by the General Council of the T...

From the May 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Union branches will be passing resolutions and holding events to commemorate the centenar...

From the January 1962 issue of the Socialist Standard An investment of £2,000 million was the figure recently suggested as necessary for th...

From Issue 20 of the World Socialist Review A recent episode of the PBS progra m Now , broadcast nationwide in most states on 4/22/2005, ann...

The 50 Years Ago column from the December 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard The publicity given to the decline in unemployment and to in...