Socialist Standard Past & Present

Letter to the Editors from the September 2009 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Corruption Dear Editors It’s hardly “political rocket scienc...

From the March 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard A friend and former Labour councillor reported to me how Peter Mandelson spoke at an onl...

The Greasy Pole column from the July 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard It sounds like the kind of question which might have come in a st...

The Greasy Pole column from the June 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard Now that the fighting in Iraq is over – and perhaps before it sta...

From the June 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Having no discernible agenda much different from the Tories, Labour are reduced to negat...

John Prescott in 1966. From the January 2025 issue of the Socialist Standard Many of the obituarists of the late Lord Prescott quoted him as...

The Greasy Pole column from the December 2008 issue of the Socialist Standard Gordon Brown’s new Golden Age Some things are helpful, if not...

The Greasy Pole column from the January 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard Nobody in their right mind – that is to say nobody who has an...

From the February 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard The question of whether or not dropping radioactive bombs on people is dangerous is ...

From the February 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Do the bosses still need the “race card”? According to a Home Office report released ...

The Greasy Pole column from the January 2009 issue of the Socialist Standard “By all of capitalism’s standards of logic the Post Office mus...

The Pieces Together column from the January 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Another Labour failure “Labour’s strategy for tackling pov...

The Greasy Pole column from the January 2008 issue of the Socialist Standard It was a bit like an archaeological dig as enthusiastic excava...