Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Tiny Tips column from the November 2025 issue of the  Socialist  Standard The unrest reflected much deeper frustrations, including high ...

The Running Commentary Column from the December 1982 issue of the Socialist Standard In face of the conspicuous indifference of the Russian...

From issue number 4 (1973) of The Western Socialist There used to be a joke during the last days of World War II about a discussion between ...

From the February 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard “The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" (or Union of So-called Socialist Rep...

Exhibition Review from the July 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard Earls Court 23 May - 10 June 1979 Leonid Brezhnev himself cor...

The Running Commentary Column from the January 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard Cause for alarm A recent report by the Greate...

From the June 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard Since the Helsinki Conference (1975), the question of “civil rights” in Russia has...

From the March 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard About a year ago when the furore about emigration of Jews from the USSR to Israe...

From the August 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard "God will not forgive us if we fail."  In England there is a prin...

The Political Notes column from the November 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard 'Socialism in one country' (Britain) At ...