Socialist Standard Past & Present

From the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard Most of us don’t own a single square inch of Scotland. It doesn’t belong to ...

The Greasy Pole column from the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard Imagine you have to allow extra time for your morning...

A Theatre Review from the June 1997 issue of the Socialist Standard Tom and Clem by Stephen Churchett. Aldwych Theatre. Days aft...

A Short Story from the December 1997 issue of the Socialist Standard I recently made an appointment to see my doctor. He sat at his de...

From the June 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard The News on Sunday was hyped as "the paper that bites back", "the...

Book Review from the April 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard The Slow Burning Fuse by John Quail. Paladin, £1.95 Quail's...

The Pathfinders Column from the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard To those unfortunate enough to be waiting for exam re...

The Cooking the Books Column from the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard When at the end of July the official figures for the...

From the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard On 14 July jets led by Air Marshal Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie flew over the...

From the January 1978 issue of the Socialist Standard In the middle nineteen-fifties academics and littérateurs invented the old-tim...

Book Review from the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard Book Review from the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Stand...

Editorial from the September 2014 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘If they speak consciously and openly to the working class, then they...

From the February 1976 issue of the Socialist Standard I was, of course, not the only one to leave the Communist Party. My main clai...