Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the November 1972 issue of the Socialist Standard The first thing to note about unemployment is that it is a working class problem. A ...

The 50 Years Ago column from the September 1988 issue of the Socialist Standard We are asked if we want foreign workers to take jobs away f...

Editorial from the September 1985 issue of the Socialist Standard   . . . for socialism   The governments recently introduced board and lod...

From the October 1909 issue of the Socialist Standard The world’s arena has been somewhat crowded latterly, and he must he a singularly mor...

From the October 1965 issue of the Socialist Standard The capitalist system requires for its proper functioning a reserve army of unemploye...

The 50 Years Ago column from the April 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard  Have you noticed the way today’s politicians are afraid to cal...

From the November 1907 issue of the Socialist Standard Link to Part 2. Specially translated for The Socialist Party of Great Britain and ap...

The Cooking the Books column from the December 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard Elon Musk supports capitalism. Well, is the Pope a Cath...

From the September 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard An 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, Tommy , (from the slang for a soldier, Tommy Atkin...

The Sting in the Tail column from the August 1993 issue of the Socialist Standard Timex (1) Another expert on capitalist enterprise has bi...

From the February 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard Last November the leaders of the 15 member countries of the European Union met in Lu...

From the July 1948 issue of the Socialist Standard When an employer buys labour power the right to direct it goes with the sale. He ha...

From the November 1918 issue of the Socialist Standard The New "Patriotic" Stunt. To-day, the subject of greatest inte...