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Friday, December 11, 2020

Islam and banking (1979)

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From the December 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard The Koran—which is supposed to be the literal word of God as dictated to Mohamet b...

Capitalism and democracy (1979)

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From the December 1979 issue of the Socialist Standard There is a notion in certain circles that something called “democratic socialism” i...

Merry Christmas? (2020)

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From the December 2020 issue of the Socialist Standard Is your stocking hung upon the wall? Are you all pepped up waiting for your fraction...
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...