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Monday, February 17, 2014

Wilfred Owen — war poet, icon . . . visionary? (2005)

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From the May 2005 issue of the Socialist Standard As one of the most popular and widely-read poets of World War One, Wilfred Owen’s ...

Cooking the Books: Profits before petitions (2011)

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The Cooking the Books column from the July 2011 issue of the Socialist Standard “Profit before planet. Who is making deals with your g...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

The Salient (1985)

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From the April 1985 issue of the Socialist Standard As the bus from Roulers draws near to Ypres it runs along a wide street of rathe...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

It could be you (1995)

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Editorial from the October 1995 issue of the Socialist Standard As this year's conference season grinds on the attribution of bl...

Why do we need socialism? (1987)

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From the April 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard The reaction of many workers to this question will be to dismiss it as being no ...

Keynes’s World (A Capitalist Utopia) (2006)

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From the October 2006 issue of the Socialist Standard Maynard Keynes imagined a society that would be centred on the pursuit of enjoyme...

Cooking the Books: Cash Mountains - Why? (2012)

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The Cooking the Books column from the April 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard In his City column in the London Evening Standard (2...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Anger (1986)

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From the June 1986 issue of the Socialist Standard The TV licence man came today. I nearly fell down with fright. He looked grim. He...

Living in the Past (2014)

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Book Review from the February 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard Jared Diamond: The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from ...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Football Wars (2012)

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From the July 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard In 1969 rioting by fans during a World Cup match between Honduras and El Salvador...

Sport and the Spirit of Capitalism (2012)

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From the November 2012 issue of the Socialist Standard Today the scandal in professional cycling is doping: a hundred years ago it w...

Running Commentary: Freddie's Fall (1982)

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The Running Commentary column from the March 1982 issue of the Socialist Standard Freddie's Fall Speaking in the House of Comm...