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 ...

Book Review from the December 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard Crisis of Socialism by Randhir Singh. Amit Atwal. 2006. 1087 pages. £29...

The Voice From The Back Column from the September 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Behind The Fine Words Recently in a show of strength ...

Editorial from the November 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard North Korea is trying to blast its way into becoming a de facto member of...

The Voice From The Back Column from the September 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Another Labour failure In 1997 the new Labour Govern...

The Proper Gander Column from the August 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard  Little information about how people live in North Korea has l...

From the March 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Rarely have Americans elected to office a president as impetuous, callous and as indiffe...

The Bird’s Eye View Column from the November 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard Socialism: Democratic ‘The curtailment of the rights of lo...

From the May 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard “Aid agencies warn of famine in Sudan” ( Guardian, 7 April). “Starving North Koreans on ...

The Tiny Tips column from the March 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Paris police say the mayor of Kiev’s daughter was robbed of euro4...

From the July 1994 issue of the Socialist Standard In March 1993, the CIA decided that the 30 megawatt reactor at Yongbyon was capable of p...

From the May 1988 issue of the Socialist Standard Many commentators were taken aback by the apparent volte-face conducted by China and Russ...

The Brief Reports Column from the May 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard David Cameron called for openness and a lifting of trade ba...

The Material World column from the May 2013 issue of the Socialist Standard It is hard to tell what is real in the ongoing Korean ‘c...

The Halo Halo! Column from the December 2013 issue of the Socialist Standard Nothing excites a Daily Mail hack more than a story ab...