Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the November 1953 issue of the Socialist Standard A visitor from another world, or a really long-term Rip Van Winkle, knowing little of...

Letter to the Editors from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Ending the money system can save the planet Dear Editors, Money...

From the June 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard Despite the fact that the great majority of people never manage to obtain very much of ...

From the January 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard Below is a report of how members of a society which had evolved beyond primitive comm...

The Cooking the Books column from the September 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘New deputy governor will oversee project to mint digi...

From the May 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard Capitalism is a society obsessed with ‘growth’, which had a practical economic purpose at...

Book Review from the March 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard An important new book presents a powerful critique of money. Everything mone...

From the February 1958 issue of the Socialist Standard The above title might read a bit “haywire” to the stockbrokers of Throgmorton or Wal...

From the May 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Capitalism is basically a big scam that benefits a few at the expense of the many. ...

Book Review from the May 2001 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘The Age of Access: the New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Li...

The Pathfinders Column from the May 2011 issue of the Socialist Standard Round in circles Ever since a gaggle of mushroom-intoxi...

A Short Story from the April 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard Let’s let Mr Money retire from the management of our mode of survi...

From the February 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Who is to blame? You would need two very long arms to list the problems facin...