Socialist Standard Past & Present

  From the Socialism or Your Money Back  blog Penalties Both captains of England beaming Out through a betting shop window. The trophy they ...

The Action Replay column from the November 2025 issue of the  Socialist  Standard In September the Red Roses won the World Cup. More fully, ...

The Running Commentary column from the October 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard Plenty Just as the news came in of yet another desperat...

Letter to the Editors from the October 2008 issue of the Socialist Standard Olympic Retrospect I started watching the Olympics and at first...

The Action Replay column from the July 2025 issue of the Socialist Standard Governments support capitalism and its ruling class in various ...

The Action Replay Column from the September 2024 issue of the Socialist Standard The Olympics comes round every four years, and this time i...

The Pathfinders Column from the August 2024 issue of the Socialist Standard High drama last month as the England team lost in the European ...

From the August 2024 of the Socialist Standard Many people in England will have been disappointed that England didn’t win their final . Yet...

From the January 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard Many members of the Socialist Party, including the present writer, are keen football ...

'Propah Nawty' TV Review from the July 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard During the last couple of weeks it has been difficult t...

From the September 1984 issue of the Socialist Standard One of the biggest media and commercial binges in the last four years got under wa...

Editorial from the June 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard Prepare yourself for the big business and sporting festival (we put them in th...

Botile and Ingle From the April 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard On the night of Saturday 16 December 2000 the crowd at the Sh...

From the November 1970 issue of the Socialist Standard “Don't mix politics and sport", say the supporters of the cricke...

From the August 1980 issue of the Socialist Standard Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the ...

The Action Replay Column from the August 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard Much was made of the political symbolism of the Europe...

The Action Replay Column from the May 2013 issue of the Socialist Standard Let’s not argue about whether chess is a sport: it certa...

The Action Replay Column from the August 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard Germany vs Ghana at the football World Cup in Brazil. ...

The Action Replay column from the January 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard If war is the continuation of politics by other means...

Book Review from the December 2017 issue of the Socialist Standard ' What is Critical Social Research, Vol II '. By Babak F...