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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Material World: The Caspian Sea: oil and gas versus caviar (2010)

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The Material World column from the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard The overwhelming focus of mainstream Western literature...

Greasy Pole: Blunt instrument of justice? (2010)

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The Greasy Pole column from the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard It did not need George Orwell's 1984 to make us awa...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Pieces Together: Kick 'Em When They Are Down (2010)

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From the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard KICK 'EM WHEN THEY ARE DOWN "Disabled people will be hit with more th...

The Meaning of the U.S. Midterm Election Results

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Cross-posted from the World Socialist Party of the United States website For Republican politicians and the corporate media, the U.S. midter...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Slums and Slumps: Housing under Capitalism (2010)

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From the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard In 1942 the Beveridge Report identified five giant evils that government social...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Disabled or not enabled? (2010)

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From the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Capitalism sees the unproductive disabled as a drain on profits. Socialism will...

Planning for plenty (2010)

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Book Review from the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Red Plenty  by Francis Spufford (Faber 2010) This book proclaims its...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Not disillusioned enough (2010)

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From the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard It is good that so many of Obama’s followers are disillusioned. But they are no...

Cooking the Books: Cable and capitalism (2010)

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The Cooking the Books column from the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard “Capitalism” , the Business Secretary Vince Cable ...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Editorial: Class war: we’re all in it together (2010)

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Editorial from the November 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard The details of a long-planned offensive in the class war were finalis...

Profits first again (2010)

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Book Review from the September 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Agrofuels : Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction . By...

A Socialist visits capitalist China (2010)

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From the September 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard One evening in early July, the Air China plane took off from London on an elev...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

Saving the planet (2010)

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Book Review from the October 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard PLAN B 4.0 Mobilising to save civilisation by Lester R. Brown. Earth P...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Cooking the Books: Defending capitalism (2010)

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The Cooking the Books column from the October 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard Capitalism is indefensible (except if you are a cap...

Practical Politics (2010)

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From the October 2010 issue of the Socialist Standard The Socialist Party is pro real democracy. Real democracy can only be achieved b...