Socialist Standard                        

Subscription Orders
should be sent
to The Socialist Party,
 52 Clapham High Street,
London SW4 7UN.
Rates
One year subscription
 (normal rate) £12
One year subscription
(low/unwaged) £7
Europe rate £15
(Air mail)
Rest of world £22
(Air mail)
Voluntary supporters
subscription £20 or more
.
Cheques payable to ‘The
Socialist Party of Great Britain’.


The Socialist Party
of Great Britain
The next meeting of the
Executive Committee will be
on Saturday 3rd December at
the address below.
Correspondence should be sent to
the General Secretary.
All articles, letters
and notice
should be sent to the editorial committee
 at: The Socialist Party,
52 Clapham High Street,
London SW4 7UN.
tel:020 7622 3811
e-mail:
spgb@worldsocialism.org

FEATURES
Merde in France
 We investigate the can of worms exposed by the recent riots in
 France...page 6
Report from Paris
 A migrant worker reports on the same events..page.8
The Workfare State: Enforcing the Wages System
 The supposed triumph of the post-war welfare state is an illusion now being dissipated as welfare rights are being whittled away...page 9
Argentina's Worker-Run Factories: What Next?
 An investigation into the workers’ cooperative set up in the bankrupt Bauen Hotel in the centre of Buenos Aires...page10
1905: the First Russian Revolution
 At the beginning of the 20th century Russia was in a critical situation. Something had to give, and in 1905 it did...page 12



REGULARS
EDITORIAL ...page 3
CONTACT  DETAILS ... page 5
PATHFINDERS  ....page4
LETTERS ....page 5
COOKING THE BOOKS 1 ...page 11
COOKING THE BOOKS 2 ...page 14

REVIEWS ...page 16
50 YEARS AGO ...page 18
MEETINGS  ....page 18
GREASY POLE  ...page 19
VOICE FROM THE BACK ...page 20
FREE LUNCH ....page 20


“It says something about the Tories' panic that
they should promote an MP as inexperienced
(although practised in cynicism) as Cameron
as the man to become prime minister”
Greasy Pole, ...page 19

2

            Socialist Standard                                  December 2005