Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Action Replay column from the August 2026 issue of the  Socialist  Standard     ‘Football unites the world’ is a FIFA slogan, but the re...

The Action Replay column from the April 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Probably the best-known example of a sporting boycott was that...

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

Byers before New Labour called. The Greasy Pole column from the March 1999 issue of the Socialist Standard Perhaps it was because he feared ...

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...

The Running Commentary column from the April 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard  Not Cricket Life as a working-class “non-white” in South...

The Running Commentary Column from the July 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard Sports Aid From "Sports Aid" to "...

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...

Editorial from the October 1920 issue of the Socialist Standard A short while ago "Plum" Warner , the old Middlesex crickete...

From the November 1974 issue of the Socialist Standard The evils of capitalism are inherent, so that no matter whether it is run by av...

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...

From the April 1984 issue of the Socialist Standard Torvill and Dean were cheered by MPs in the House of Commons last night. Winding ...

The Material World Column from the December 2018 issue of the Socialist Standard Far-right parties are mushrooming in popularity acr...

The Action Replay column from the September 2011 issue of the Socialist Standard It takes a Professor of Leisure Studies to write an...

Colin Veitch (22 May 1881 – 26 August 1938) The Action Replay column from the October 2016 issue of the Socialist Standard In July...

From the June 1982 issue of the Socialist Standard The present use of sport for political ends was foreshadowed before World War II by...