Socialist Standard
Journal of the Socialist Party
April 2003

Editorial
The War: Capitalism does it again

War is crazy
It has been written that a battle should not be seen as two armies trying to kill one another, but, rather, one army, committing suicide

Our peace policy
The current US-led military campaign for control of Iraq's oil is just part of a wider game plan for the Western corporate elite
by John Bissett

Our challenge to Blair
Just before he gave the green light for the current slaughter we sent Blair the following challenge ...

Alien America
A look at the science fiction genre and its escapism which, in its better incarnations, is always combined with a political narrative
by Andrew Westley

Book Reviews
Who's a rogue state?
by Cyril Oldfield
Depths of alienation
by Stan Parker

Human nature – no barrier to socialism
A look at some of the alleged features of human nature that supposedly militate against socialism
by Stan Parker

Human nature and human behaviour
What is “evolutionary psychology”?
by Adam Buick

Letters
Socialism or state capitalism? Wasted century, Trouble brewing for capitalism

Quiz – Ten questions to answer
by Alwyn Edgar

Theatre review
George Orwell's 1984
by Joan Morris

The Voice from the Back


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