Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the March 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard In May 1647 the supporters of Oliver Cromwell warned Parliament that "under...

From the May 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard Japan is often cited as an example of how capitalism can work, if only all workers...

From the July 1954 issue of the Socialist Standard The Knights of Labour America in 1869. Abraham Lincoln had been deal four yea...

The Cooking the Books Column from the March 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard In a speech in January David Cameron talked about u...

From the Spring 1985 issue of the World Socialist Although not very much to their liking, it was the Victorians who made the discover...

From the April 1984 issue of the World Socialist At the present time world capitalism is in depression. Throughout the world there are mi...

From the January 2015 issue of the Socialist Standard Last year was the 180 th  anniversary of the 1834 Canut revolt in Lyon. Engels h...

From the October 1988 issue of the Socialist Standard It is sometimes said by socialists—perhaps half jokingly—that campaigns for th...