50 Years Ago
SHALL GERMANY RE-ARM?

Background to terrorism
by William Dunn
Jenny Tonge MP, of the Liberal Democrats, was sacked from her frontbench position for claiming she understood why militant Palestinians were carrying out suicide attacks against Israel,

Never say oil
by Adam Buick
Truth, it seems, is not just the first casualty of war. It’s also the first casualty of preparations for war.

What’s wrong with capitalism?
by Paul Bennett
We could fill several issues of the Socialist Standard with details about the problems caused by capitalism, but let’s see how much we can say within the confines of a single article.

Impossibilism in Canada
by  Peter Newell
This month we begin a series of articles on socialist ideas and organisation in other parts of the English-speaking world.
 
RESPECT: the “unity” coalition
by Dan Read
A new political gathering on the left wing has been formed and is attracting some attention to itself of late. But what is this group and what will it mean for the working class?

Greasy Pole
by Ivan
The Great - Are They Any Good?

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