Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the December 1984 issue of the Socialist Standard The present conflict in the mines has been as prolonged and bitter as any since the ...

The Proper Gander TV column from the March 2024 issue of the Socialist Standard Recent strikes by teachers, drivers, lawyers, medics and ot...

From the March 2004 issue of the Socialist Standard Twenty years ago this month began one of the most disastrous strikes in the history of t...

From the October 1946 issue of the Socialist Standard Leading Communist Arthur Horner, like the Jack Horner of old, has stuck his finger in...

Editorial from the June 1957 issue of the Socialist Standard There were two items of news in the Press during the first week of May that had...

From the February 1972 issue of the Socialist Standard The National Coal Board was set up in 1947 to run the collieries the post-war Labour...

From the September 1919 issue of the Socialist Standard In the May issue of this journal I dealt with certain statements which appe...

From the May 1984 issue of the Socialist Standard Under capitalism production is carried on for profit but governments nevertheless h...

From the April 1973 issue of the Socialist Standard Futile Talk by a Trade Union leader The president of the Mineworkers’ Union, J...

Book Review from the November 1985 issue of the Socialist Standard Strike , Sunday Times Insight Team. (Coronet Books £2.50) This ...

From the October 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard For those who have eyes to see there are lots of valuable lessons to be learned ...