Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the June 2002 issue of the Socialist Standard Through the media, the working class is constantly exposed to a significant flow of mind...

The 50 Years Ago column from the January 2025 issue of the Socialist Standard Even a newspaper like The Sun should be asked to explain its...

The Cooking the Books column from the December 2023 issue of the Socialist Standard In his interview with Rishi Sunak on 2 November Elon M...

The Press Exposure column from the March 1995 issue of the Socialist Standard Nothing was more memorable in Dennis Potter's interview ...

The News in Review column from the November 1964 issue of the Socialist Standard Abroad China's Bomb Sir Alec Douglas-Home always stood...

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 Press Exposure column from the August 1995 issue of the Socialist Standard "It's  The Sun Wot Won It" was how Rupert Mur...

The Proper Gander Column from the August 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard  In 1969, The Sun newspaper was a left-leaning broadsheet, b...

The Press Exposure column from the July 1995 issue of the Socialist Standard What do you want from your newspaper? Do you want a comprehens...

From the May 2009 issue of the Socialist Standard The Sun newspaper should be no more abhorrent to socialists than any other capital...

From the May 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard   There are now three almost identical tabloid newspapers competing in their effort...

The Political Notes Column from the April 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard Union Bashing The government has recently publishe...

The Running Commentary Column from the March 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard Property-Owning Democracy? Remember the Tories...

From the February 1967 issue of the Socialist Standard Pundits, governments, capitalists and fools are always telling us that the wo...