Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Rear View Column from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Communism.’ ...

From the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard It’s not neo-liberalism that’s to blame – it’s capitalism In Marx’s day t...

The Pathfinders Column from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard If you’re a driver, you probably know that it’s a bad ...

The Proper Gander column from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘You’ve Had It, Ain’t Ya?’ So said a bloke in a flat...

From the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard One consequence of new technology has been a vast increase in the extent of s...

From the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard The time of street revolutions is over. Socialism’s future lies in class-cons...

From the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard Amid the horror of the Syrian civil war it had seemed that there was one shin...

The Cooking the Books column from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard In July we drew attention to an article by Geor...

Book Review from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard David Graeber: Bullshit Jobs . Penguin £9.99. Socialists ofte...

Book Review from the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard Free Public Transit and Why We Don’t Pay to Ride Escalators . Ed....

From the December 2019 issue of the Socialist Standard POPULIST! This is the political vogue word of the moment, a pejorative term ...

From the December 1997 issue of the Socialist Standard   We face a social crisis of communication. Not only do the means of mass comm...

From the December 1981 issue of the Socialist Standard In October Margaret Thatcher went to Cancun, there to enjoy the Mexican sunshin...