Socialist Standard Past & Present

The Cooking the Books column from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Before the budget on 26 November speculation was rife as ...

Letter to the Editors from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Are business and trade inevitable? Dear Editors I liked the shor...

From the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard The news cycle has recently thrown fresh attention onto the ‘Socialist Rifle Associat...

The Material World column from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard We’re used to hearing that the overall standard of living i...

The Proper Gander column from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard There’s a hint of pornography about Channel 4’s documentary ...

From the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Over the weekend of 29-30 November some 2000 attendees at a conference in Liverpool f...

A Classic Reprint from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Given the recent budget from Rachel Reeves and the debate about inc...

Obituary from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Kenneth Alaric Best, who has died after a short illness, joined the Party i...

Exhibition Review from the January 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard The John Rylands Library in Manchester was founded on the basis of p...

        From the Socialism or Your Money Back  blog   These Old Men   Such are the old men. It is their thinking, Not accumulated years, mak...

Editorial from the January 1909 issue of the Socialist Standard We refer, of course, to Mr. Asquith’s speech of the eleventh of December, a...

Editorial from the January 1909 issue of the Socialist Standard We cull the following curious note from the daily paper of December 14th. “...

From the January 1909 issue of the Socialist Standard Once again we turn the searchlight upon the nefarious traffic of those who, styling t...

From the January 1909 issue of the Socialist Standard Labor is robbed where labor is employed, and, directly, nowhere else. Labor is robbed...

The Jottings Column from the January 1909 issue of the Socialist Standard “The Liverpool Education Committee have completed arrangements fo...