Socialist Standard Past & Present

Mélenchon in Toulouse From the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard The recent Presidential ballots in France have ended as everyone p...

The Political Notes Column from the June 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard Another wasted Irish martyr It is usual for IRA activists to ...

Editorial from the May 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard The 2022 French presidential election took place against the backdrop of deep w...

From the June 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard    Despite what the media said, France has not elected a “Socialist President”. W...

From the May 2017 issue of the Socialist Standard There were eleven candidates standing in the first round of the French Presidential ...

Alain Krivine, 1969. From the August 1969 issue of the Socialist Standard “France — 200,000 vote for workers’ control”, declared Soc...

From the October 1969 issue of the Socialist Standard Many ideas which are basic to Socialism are accepted among far wider circles tha...

From the June 1988 issue of the Socialist Standard The last time Mitterrand won, in 1981, there was dancing in the streets. Not as m...

From the July 1974 issue of the Socialist Standard Spring 1974 in France and the presidential election gets the full “American” trea...

The Political Notes column from the December 1980 issue of the Socialist Standard Tut, Tut “The Unions Are Angry” was a headline i...

From the March 1993 issue of the Socialist Standard Part 1 of the article . This month France goes to the polls to elect a new N...

From the SPGB blog, Socialism Or Your Money Back When Francois Mitterrand was first elected President of France in 1981 there was dancing ...