Socialist Standard
Journal of the Socialist Party
April 2002

Editorial
Nationalism: Poison for the Working Class

To buy, or not to buy?
If we want and enjoy having goods and services for free, there's only one obstacle ...
by Max Hess

Who Are The Wreckers?
Are groups of striking workers "wreckers", selfish disrupters of the common wellbeing? And if they are wreckers, what are they wrecking?
by Ivan

The Fetishism of Money
"If only we had more money, something could be done" is the mantra of governments everywhere. Just what is the mysterious power of money?
by Pieter Lawrence

Capitalism and socialism
What is capitalism? What is Socialism?
by Kephas Mulenga

The waste of maintaining capitalism
Is capitalism the efficient system that its defenders claim? And would socialism be destroyed by its inefficiency?
by Pik Smeet

World View
Yes, inaction is not an option
by John Bissett

50 Years Ago
The Jamaica plan for world peace

Another world is possible
It's not enough to be against capitalism. You have to have a clear idea of where you want to go. New Internationalist recently published the differing views within the "anticapitalist movement"
by Adam Buick

"Pro-life" hypocrites
Republic of Ireland referendum on abortion
by Richard Montague

Reality
What is real under capitalism?
by Andrew Westley

Letters
Debate on Europe (yawn), A former Communist writes, Marx: A globalisation convert?

The Voice from the Back


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