Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Bird’s Eye View Column from the July 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘To be radical is to grasp things by the root’ ‘Hundreds gathe...

The Cooking the Books column from the July 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard Since Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February, the re...

The Pathfinders Column from the July 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard Ghostly beings in the machine Sadly breaking cover just too late ...

Letter to the Editors from the July 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard Dear Socialist Standard , I am puzzled by the rather a-critical ap...

Editorial from the July 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard The long-time boss of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers , was o...

The Life and Times column from the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Climate Chaos’ was the title of a leaflet I was handed in the...

The Pathfinders Column from the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard In this issue we spotlight the rise and rise of Artificial Intell...

From the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard  We have always been intrigued by mechanical efforts to imitate us. Our technology osten...

From the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard  Last year’s World Chess Championship in Dubai saw reigning Champion Magnus Carlsen and h...

From the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard  The 4 lectures are online here but here’s a quick and sketchy summary. Lecture 1: The ...

From the June 2022 issue of the Socialist Standard  AI involves the use of machines to take, on their own, a continuing series of certain ‘i...

From the November 1999 issue of the Socialist Standard Twenty-five percent of homeless men sleeping on the streets of London are ex-service...

From the November 1999 issue of the Socialist Standard   For too long now, the Chechen people have held that second-class status was often a...

The Greasy Pole column from the November 1999 issue of the Socialist Standard There was once a young Conservative MP who, when he arrived t...