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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

Obituary: Fred Allen (2020)

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Obituary from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Sadly we report the death on 11 September of comrade Fred Allen, aged 91 ye...

Cooking the Books: Why capitalists are ‘greedy’ (2020)

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The Cooking the Books column from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Attenborough: Curb capitalism to save Earth’ was how th...

Happiness, Happiness? (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Many aspects of a person’s life can be expressed in numbers: height, weight, income,...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Not a LOTO Fun (2020)

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Book Review from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Left Out by Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire. (Bodley Head 2020. £18...

Labour’s Internal Conflicts (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard The suspension from the Labour Party of its erstwhile leader Jeremy Corbyn initially...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

Cooking the Books: Capitalism with Chinese characteristics (2020)

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The Cooking the Books column from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Last month a pro-Beijing think-tank, Anbound, sent us (a...

Capitalism vs the Environment (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Ever since the dawn of the industrial revolution, capitalism has had a relentless im...

Covid and capitalism’s unnecessary dilemma (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard The crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic has brought out clearly the nature o...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

50 Years Ago: To workers from Ireland (2020)

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The 50 Years Ago column from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Many of you will be concerned about what is happening in pla...

US politics: what to expect from Biden and Harris (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard What can we reasonably expect from the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris? An a...

A Lesson from Trump (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard The day after the outcome of the American presidential election became clear, someon...

Free Meals (2020)

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 From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Why not free meals for all? That free meals for children during school breaks was e...
Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Out of control (2020)

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Book Review from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard The End of the Megamachine. A Brief History Of A Failing Civilization by...

Rear View: Rashford’s missed penalty (2020)

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The Rear View Column from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Rashford’s missed penalty Oliver Twist asked for more in 1838. M...

Editorial: Back to capitalist normality (2020)

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Editorial from the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard In this US Presidential election, the billionaire hustler who conned milli...