Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the October 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard Capitalist economists like to pretend that the world’s population cannot be fed with...

From the September 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard  It was all worked out so that sick people in Britain could be looked after and see...

From the August 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard After trying to explain Socialism to friends I often find them suddenly asking, “But ...

From the June 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard A new twist on the dangers of TV horror shows : Mrs Mary Whitehouse's latest allega...

From the July 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard A popular and specious argument against Socialists is that — “if all the wealth in the w...

From the May 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard There are still many people who will tell you that the British NHS offers the best medic...

From the April 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard “The love or my life”, Barbara Castle called it, and her successors still try to tell B...

From the February 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard A doctor has sent the following two items to us. First, a cutting from the Daily Mi...

From the June 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard Swan song of Jack Jones , a union leader: "Let's all work like beavers!...

From the March 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard The popular lie, often put forward by champions of Britain’s welfare state, that “...

From the December 1974 issue of the Socialist Standard On the introduction of Socialism millions of people will be released from cur...

Obituary from the May 1978 issue of the Socialist Standard We have learnt of the death in a car accident of our Comrade Ray Gill, who ...

From the March 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard In this world of double-talk and double-think, most workers in every country unq...

From the January 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard “The cosy days are over”, our Labour Leader told us at the Blackpool Conferenc...

From the January 1975 issue of the Socialist Standard Socialists, after long argument advocating Socialism, often find that their co...

From the June 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard "But somebody will have to lead," say our opponents when told there wil...

From the September 1974 issue of the Socialist Standard "But who will do the dirty work" demand critics of Socialism. Well...