Socialist Standard Past & Present

I just discovered via Spintcom , the SPGB discussion list, the incredibly sad news that Janet Carter has passed away.  Janet originally join...

The 50 Years Ago column from the November 1994 issue of the Socialist Standard An organisation called “Women for Westminster” has recently ...

Book Review from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Burnout: the Emotional Experience of Political Defeat. By Hannah Procto...

From the September 1992 issue of the Socialist Standard We had women on every platform daring the election, hat the party used them like d...

Letter to the Editors from the August 1974 issue of the  Socialist  Standard Women's Movements It is seldom that the  Socialist Standard...

From the June 1908 issue of the Socialist Standard Not long ago the hoardings of London startled the man in the street with ugly black and ...

Party News from the July 1911 issue of the Socialist Standard Another serious blow has been dealt the “time wasters” and “confusion mongers...

From the October 1907 issue of the Socialist Standard Riotous living for sailors. Another great reform has been carried out by the Liberal ...

From the December 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard The fact of women's oppression in many eras and in many places is undeniable; t...

From the November 1944 issue of the Socialist Standard Looking through an old copy of the Socialist Standard , the writer came across a ser...

The Greasy Pole column from the October 1996 issue of the Socialist Standard Spare a thought, if you will, for the spin doctors. These shad...

From the November 1929 issue of the Socialist Standard Link to Part 4. (Based on Notes of a series of Lectures on "The Sexes in Evolut...

From the September 1929 issue of the Socialist Standard Link to Part 2. (Based on Notes of a series of Lectures on “The Sexes in Evolution....

From the August 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard As the media frenzy concerning another spectacular but predictable demise of a British...

Eleanor Marx From the July 1999 issue of the Socialist Standard A number of papers of Mary Gray (1854-1941), an active member of the Soci...

The Greasy Pole column from the March 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard It can’t all be fun, being a Blair Babe. When Labour came to pow...