Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the October 1996 issue of the Socialist Standard There is nothing governments can do to solve the capitalist problem of unemployment. ...

The Cooking the Books column from the September 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard The government’s Welfare Reform Bill is currently goin...

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...

From the July 1997 issue of the Socialist Standard   In the aftermath of that great non-event that was the general election we can soo...

From the April 2018 issue of the Socialist Standard An account of how it works from someone who has been on this ‘benefit’. When Iain...

The Greasy Pole Column from the August 2000 issue of the Socialist Standard When New Labour came to power, it was assumed by many that...

From the July 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard The aspirations of the majority of the world’s population are being frustrated by c...