Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the May 1969 issue of the Socialist Standard At its May Day rally in Manchester this year the Labour party commemorates the 150th...

From the January 2015 issue of the Socialist Standard It is two hundred years since the Marquis de Sade died – we examine his politica...

Book Review from the December 1996 issue of the Socialist Standard The Economics of the Madhouse by Chris Harman (Bookmarks, £3.50)...

Book Review from the January 1973 issue of the Socialist Standard Rosa Luxemburg. Selected Political Writings ed. and introduced by...

A Short Story from the May 1997 issue of the Socialist Standard My parents were always poor. My father was ostracised by his family ...

Editorial from the March 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard The fuss over the Danish cartoons of Mohammed has not been the only rece...

From the March 1954 issue of the Socialist Standard English Naval Mutinies 1797 There are two old, historic and important roads...

The Between the Lines column from the July 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard Their crisis; our lives It is now almost a cliché to...

From the April 2013 issue of the Socialist Standard Adulterating food for profit isn’t a new story. 'The Old Testament' first ...

Book Review from the January 2015 issue of the Socialist Standard Things are Going to Get Worse and Why We Should be Glad .  By Mich...

Obituary from the June 1990 issue of the Socialist Standard We are sad to report the death on 11 March of Ron Melia. He was very well ...

From the February 1936 issue of the Socialist Standard By no means unanimous will be the interpretations placed on the programmes f...

From the February 1954 issue of the Socialist Standard Peasant Rebellion 1381 " . . . that the offender be dragged to the gallo...