Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Meet the New Year, same as the Old Year’ to paraphrase Pete Townshend. Which begs t...

The Halo Halo! column from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Now supposing there was such an entity as a god, what would yo...

Book Review from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Invisible Rivals. How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World . By...

From the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Grassroots Left , one of the factions within new leftist political grouping Your Par...

The Cooking the Books Column from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard The BBC News website carried an article on 9 December h...

Obituary from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Malcolm (Mac) Rae, who has died at the age of 95, had been a member of the ...

The 50 Years Ago column from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard A generation of workers have placed their trust and wasted th...

The Action Replay column from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard One of the attractions of watching sport is that of giant-ki...

Party News from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard Our general discussion meetings are held on Zoom. To connect to a meeting...

Editorial from the February 2026 issue of the Socialist Standard People, shot by live ammunition, too terrified to go to hospital for fear ...

Editorial from the January 1939 issue of the Socialist Standard From its formation the S.P.G.B. took a firm stand for “principle” against ...

From the January 1939 issue of the Socialist Standard Socialists recognise the need for working class unity; we are enthusiastic supporters...

The Notes by the Way Column from the January 1939 issue of the Socialist Standard Indian workers beginning to see through the Nationalist M...

From the January 1939 issue of the Socialist Standard A reader (I. R., Roxbury, Massachusetts) writes drawing attention to a book recently...