Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the November 1952 issue of the Socialist Standard An article in the Manchester Guardian of 22nd September, 1952, reviewing the 1st vo...

From the September 1949 issue of the Socialist Standard The recent announcement from the United States of a new and remarkable cure for rhe...

The Material World column from the April 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard You can’t throw a brick these days without hitting one… phila...

The Voice From The Back Column from the December 2004 issue of the Socialist Standard Carpet sales    The designer and poet William Morris ...

From the December 1947 issue of the Socialist Standard The religious racket has, been exploded by Socialists since the days of Marx; but th...

From the October 1988 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Nearly two million people in Britain are addicted to drugs prescribed for them by th...

The Running Commentary column from the August 1982 issue of the Socialist Standard Profit interfering Sanofi, the pharmaceuticals division ...

Book Review from the July 1938 issue of the Socialist Standard “ Patent Medicines ,” by Professor A. J. Clark (Fact, May, 1938). The select...

The Voice From The Back Column from the July 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard Child’s play It sums up the madness of capitalism’s marke...

The Voice From The Back Column from the June 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Spaced out The US multi-millionaire Dennis Tito returned...

From the December 1985 issue of the Socialist Standard How healthy are you? Good health and fitness have recently become a very popular purs...

From the December 1948 issue of the Socialist Standard On July 5th, 1948, an ever-benevolent Labour Government bestowed yet another of its i...

From the November 1949 issue of the Socialist Standard "The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured an...