Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Greasy Pole Column from the March 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard At what may have been a bad time for him David Cameron ma...

From the June 1978 issue of the Socialist Standard Tom Robinson Band reviewed in concert and on record . With lyrics asserting h...

Film Review from the July 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard Platoon , directed by Oliver Stone It's very hard to make an a...

From the June 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard Roll on 12 June ! We won't see the politicians for another five years. The us...

From the January 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard Some comedian once asked "If it's true that all the world loves a lov...

Editorial from the September 1965 issue of the Socialist Standard If anyone argues that this is impractical, we do not doubt that Mr....

From the October 2003 issue of the Socialist Standard The Hammersmith Socialist Society was created out of the old Hammersmith Branc...

A Short Story from the July 1998 issue of the Socialist Standard Some years ago I stood at the top of a hill about to make my descent ...

From the March 1999 issue of the Socialist Standard Marx referred to early society as "primitive communism" because throug...

From the August 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard The recent 90th anniversary of the human tragedy of the Somme saw the politicia...

From the March 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard Think-tanks galore are releasing studies about income inequality. The Tories pre...

From the June 1978 issue of the Socialist Standard What do Paul Foot (editor of Socialist Worker ) and Vera Lynn have in common? Ans...

From the December 1977 issue of the Socialist Standard The term "wages system" originated at the time of the Chartist agit...