Socialist Standard Past & Present

A Classic Reprint from the Spring 1985 issue of the World Socialist The lies, distortions and omissions which characterise the bosses' p...

From the March 1978 issue of the Socialist Standard Many readers will be aware of a regular B.B.C. radio feature called What The Papers Say...

The Voice From The Back Column from the October 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Worldwide genocide Under the headline “Scientists to pr...

Editorial from the August 1951 issue of the Socialist Standard In addition to being members of the working class exploited by Capitalism, t...

From the April 1941 issue of the Socialist Standard The suppression of the Daily Worker by the Home Secretary has led to lively arguments a...

From the October 1923 issue of the Socialist Standard  Might is Right.     “Between equal rights force decides. Hence it is that in the his...

Illustration by George Meddemmen. From the May 1984 issue of the Socialist Standard Capitalism can never be an open society. Trad...

From the May 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard Freedom is one of those words which nobody can be against. The trouble is that it m...

From the January 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard Under a section headed ‘Open Government’, the Labour Party election manifesto...

From the October 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard A prize for ingenuousness is due to Lord Bruce of Donington. In a letter to Th...

The 50 Years Ago column from the April 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard As far as the S. P. G. B. is concerned our attitude is the o...

Editorial from the September 1946 issue of the Socialist Standard Mr. Herbert Morrison faced with a Conservative demand for inquiry i...

Quote from the October 1923 issue of the Socialist Standard “Journalists are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are...

A Short Story from the January 1907 issue of the Socialist Standard GUS: You socialists ought to be grateful for the glorious insti...

From the February 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard It is as well to start by resolving the deliberate ambivalence of the title o...