Socialist
Standard
Vol 105 No.1253
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January 2009
Published since 1904
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The Socialist Party of Great Britain
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Contents
page 2
Editorial
Capitalism must go
page 3
Pathfinders
Ready, aim...press enter
page 4
Letters
page 5
Material World
The mobile war
page 6
The Irate Itinerant
(cartoon image)
page 7
Contact Details
page 8
Cooking the Books 1
D-Words
page 9
Obama – No real change
The hope many have in Obama to implement policies that will benefit
the class that matters is misplaced.
page 10
As Above
page 11
Banks, money and thin air
An urban myth is circulating on the internet that banks have been creating money out of thin air.
page 12
As Above
page 13
Cooking the Books 2
Fictitious capital
page 14
Education, politics and language
Today’s education system is presented as preparation for a ‘career’
ignoring the political conditioning it also involves.
page 15
Decide to look ahead
“Who controls the past controls the future;
who controls the present controls the past”
page 16
Five more benefits of not having money
We continue describing how things could be like in a socialist society,
where there would be no need for money.
page 17
As above
page 18
A booming industry even in a recession
Immense profits can be made in capitalism even in a trade recession.
page 19
Reviews
Basic Kropotkin; Goodbye MrSocialism; Marx’s Theory of theGenesis of Money
page 20
Meetings
page 21
50 Years Ago
Highlights of 1958
page 22
Greasy Pole
Post Offices are to go?
page 23
Voice from the Back
The Futility Of Reformism; The Cost Of War and more
page 24
Free Lunch
page 24
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Features
Regulars
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Obama – No real change
The hope many have in Obama to implement policies that will benefit
the class that matters is misplaced.
12
Banks, money and thin air
An urban myth is circulating on the internet that banks have been
creating money out of thin air.
15
Education, politics and language
Today’s education system is presented as preparation for a ‘career’
ignoring the political conditioning it also involves.
17
Five more benefits of not having money
We continue describing how things could be like in a socialist society,
where there would be no need for money.
19
A booming industry even in a recession
Immense profits can be made in capitalism even in a trade recession.
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Editorial
Capitalism must go
4
Pathfinders
Ready, aim...press enter
5
Letters
6
Material World
The mobile war
8
Pieces Together
8
Contact Details
9
Cooking the Books 1
D-Words
14
Cooking the Books 2
Fictitious capital
20
Reviews
Basic Kropotkin; Goodbye Mr
Socialism; Marx’s Theory of the
Genesis of Money
21
Meetings
22
50 Years Ago
Highlights of 1958
23
Greasy Pole
Post Offices are to go?
24
Voice from the Back
The Futility Of Reformism; The
Cost Of War and more
24
Free Lunch
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January 2009
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