The Socialist Standard
Journal of The Socialist Party
June 2000


Editorial
Who can buck the market?

Danger: Capitalism at work
The profit system's inbuilt risk-taking means danger for the workers
Pik Smeet

What is poverty?
How the state defines poverty
Robin Cox

Naff Caff
Heather Ball

50 Years Ago
The Welfare State

John Ruskin
A reactionary critic of capitalism
Colin Skelly

World View
Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Gambia

Book Reviews
First Way Marxists, The Socialist Party

Letters
Internet hype? An ex-hippie confesses, Reformist NGOs

TV Review
One in the eye for Sky?

Greasy Pole
Some thoughts of Chairman Clive

The Voice from the Back


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