As you might have noticed, posts on the blog have dried up in recent weeks. Apologies for that, but it couldn't he helped. A combination of a creaky old laptop and problems with the scanning in software that I use has meant that the blog's been paralysed . . . so to speak. Sadly, the timing is especially awful as the Socialism or Your Money Back blog has been temporarily taken down whilst some 'housekeeping' needs to be done. Hopefully, it will be back online in the fullness of time.
In the meantime - as a stop-gap - I've taken the opportunity to build up the activity of promoting the Socialist Standard elsewhere on social media. At the moment, primarily on Facebook but occasionally I've been dipping my toes into Twitter and Reddit.
Posted blow is a partial list of the articles and reviews posted on Facebook in recent months. The purpose in posting the list is twofold: Firstly, it's a good opportunity to revisit old articles and reviews from the Socialist press that deserve a second, third and fourth airing. We should never be shy in dipping into our extensive archive. And, secondly, if any readers of the blog have suggestions for other old articles and reviews that deserve to be rediscovered, then please contact me at imposs1916@gmail.com with links, etc.
Facebook Socialist articles and reviews
Socialist Standard
Dec 1908: Why the Unemployed are Necessary under Capitalism by A. E. Jacomb
Dec 1920: Editorial - The Latest Humbug
May 1930: Tolstoy On Work
Jul 1938: Our Practical Policy by Harry Waite
Sep 1938: Why I Joined the SPGB by Sid Rubin
Sep 1940: Dictatorship and Democracy in the Ancient World by Gilmac
Oct 1940: Dictatorship and Democracy in the Ancient World - Part 2 by Gilmac
Jun 1945: So You Want To Be A Capitalist? by Samuel Leight
Jun 1950: Book Review - Richard Crossman's 'The God That Failed' (Reviewed by Ted Wimott)
Apr 1953: From Lenin to Stalin by Ted Wilmott
Jun 1958: May Day and the Class Struggle by Ted Wilmott
Sep 1964: Labour theory of value by Ivan
Nov 1965: Confusion on the left by Ivan
Jul 1966: Film Review - Peter Watkins' 'The War Game' (Reviewed by Harry Baldwin)
Jun 1974: 70 Years for Socialism by Robert Barltrop
Feb 1975: Book Review - Walter Greenwood's 'Love on the Dole' (Reviewed by Alf Atkinson)
Apr 1978: Rosa Luxemburg and the National Question by Adam Buick
Jun 1978: Down Coronation Street by Steve Coleman
Dec 1980: Book Review - Anton Pannokoek's 'Socialism is the enemy of Nationalism' (Reviewed by Adam Buick)
Aug 1982: Marx and the workers’ movement by Adam Buick
Oct 1982: Film Review - Pink Floyd’s The Wall (Reviewed by LEVAR)
Dec 1983: Proud to be British? by Steve Coleman
Aug 1993: But Flies Are Not Human by Steve Coleman
Jun 1995: The Three Pillars of Marxism by John Bissett
Nov 1997: Theatre Review - Arnold Wesker's 'Chips With Everything' (Reviewed by Michael Gill)
Apr 2001: Book Review - Howard Zinn's 'Marx in Soho' (Reviewed by by John Bissett)
Jun 2003: How We Live and How We Could Live by Adam Buick
Apr 2005: What Socialism Means by Pieter Lawrence
Nov 2005: Editorial - Forget, forget the 5th of November – and Trafalgar Day
Dec 2005: Cooking the Books: Who needs the rich?
Dec 2006: Co-operation Not Competition by Paul Bennett
Nov 2008: Material World - The War Business: Why do capitalist states prepare for and wage war? by Stefan
Mar 2009: The Real Dirty Work by Paul Bennett
Aug 2010: Material World: Waste and Want: Grapes of Wrath revisited by Stefan
Sep 2012: Material World: Greenland – A New Field for Capitalist Exploitation by Stefan
Jul 2013: Iain M Banks and The Culture by Rob Stafford
Feb 2014: The Throwaway System by Alan Johnstone
May 2015: Cooking the Books: Cashless is Not Moneyless
Oct 2015: Peter Watkins: A Revolutionary Film-Maker (part 1) by Mike Foster
Nov 2015: Peter Watkins: A Revolutionary Film-Maker (part 2) by Mike Foster
Mar 2017: Who’s to Blame for Capitalism? by Binay Sarkar
April 2017: Cooking the Books: Never Been Tried
Feb 2018: Bitcoin: What Would Marx Think? by Cesco
Aug 2018: Angelica Balabanoff: To Bolshevism and back by Cesco
Dec 2018: Cooking the Books: Fukuyama goes reformist
Feb 2019: Material World: Trump – Not Happy with his Lot as World Policeman? by Alan Johnstone
Sep 2020: Cooking the Books: What is poverty?
Dec 2020: Book Review - Fabian Scheidler's 'The End of the Megamachine. A Brief History Of A Failing Civilization' (Reviewed by Janet Surman)
Apr 2021: Socialism, Free Speech and ‘Cancel Culture’ by S. H.
Jan 2022: Cooking the Books: Marx and the City
Jan 2023: Book Review - Matthew Holten's 'Moneyless Society' (Reviewed by Howard Moss)
Oct 2023: Cooking the Books: AI in perspective
Aug 2024: Material World: The politics of envy by Robin Cox
Sep 2024: Cooking the Books: Trumponomics
Dec 2024: Book Review - Jack Margolin's 'The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army' (Reviewed by Paul Bennett)
Jan 2025: Material World – Will capitalism implode? by Robin Cox
Jan 2025: What is socialism? by South Wales Branch
Mar 2025: Book Review - Aidan Beatty's 'The Party is Always Right' (Reviewed by DAP)
May 2025: Book Review - Kohei Saito's 'Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth' (Reviewed by Paul Bennett)
Jun 2025: Editorial: Starmer goes nativist
Jun 2025: Proper Gander: Looking into Black Mirror by Mike Foster
Jul 2025: Farage — opportunist supreme by Howard Moss
Aug 2025: Book Review Ash Sarkar's 'Minority Rule. Adventures in the Culture War' (Reviewed by Howard Moss)
Sep 2025: Editorial: None of the above
Sep 2025: Letter - Capitalism is mental by Pablo Wilcox
Sep 2025: Pathfinders: A wealth of hallucinations by Paddy Shannon
Sep 2025: Cooking the Books: Corbyn’s crumbs of comfort
Oct 2025: Away with all national flags! by Robin Cox
Oct 2025: Book Review - Walter Kendall's 'The Revolutionary Movement in Britain 1900–21. The Origins of British Communism' (Reviewed by Adam Buick)
Oct 2025: Cooking the Books: Has Trump gone state-capitalist?
Oct 2025: Letter - Conditions for Socialism by Pablo Wilcox
Oct 2025: Book Review Thomas Piketty’s 'Equality. What It Means and Why It Matters' (Reviewed by Howard Moss)
Nov 2025: Cooking the Books: No such thing as free buses
Dec 2025: Cooking the Books: Capitalism – an irrational system
Dec 2025: Material World: Life without money by Adam Buick
Jan 2026: Material World: Paycheck to pay check by Howard Moss
Jan 2026: Cooking the Books: Capitalist musings on money
Feb 2026: Editorial: Iran’s cry of the oppressed
Mar 2026: Letter: A View from the Hospital Basement by Pablo Wilcox
Mar 2026: Material World: Right, left and fake communism by Juan Morel Perez
Apr 2026: Cooking the Books: AI, profits and Engels
May 2026: Proper Gander: Theroux the keyhole by Mike Foster
May 2026: Cooking the Books: Who does capitalism work for?
May 2026: The General Strike by Pik Smeet
May 2026: Pathfinders: Moon madness by Paddy Shannon
May 2026: Book Review - Rutger Bregman's 'Moral Ambition. Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference' (Reviewed by Howard Moss)
World Socialist Journal
World Socialist No. 4: D. H. Lawrence and the abolition of money (1985-6)
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