Meetings
Lancaster
Many politial parties only see as far as the next
 general election.
The more far sighted dare to glance into the next decade.
Let's take the long view.
The Next Hundred Years of..
Sex               6th May
Energy           13th May
Sanity             20th May
War             27th May
Human Rights                      3rd June
Globalisation                        10th June
A series of talks by the Socialist Party
At the Gregson Centre,Moor Lane,
Lancaster
8.00pm
Guest Speakers
Free admission
All welcome
Further information 01524 383798
Central London
Discussion meeting

Wednesday 23rd June 8pm

“The collapse of the
welfare state”

Terry Lawlor will open the discussion.
At Head Office, 52 Clapham High Street,
London
(nearest tube station Clapham North)
Contact:
Central London Branch Secretary

52 Clapham High St London SW4 7UN
email: spgb@worldsocialism.org
phone: 020 7622 3811
Manchester
Discussion meeting

Monday 28 June, 8pm

‘The Socialist Party
changing the world’

Hare and Hounds,
Shudehill, City Centre

All welcome.
London Day School

`Socialism - The Sane Society'
Sunday 27th June 3pm

This is proposed as a Centenary event; a campaign/discussion meeting
to review the history and future of socialism. It will begin with
four brief introductions from speakers lasting 15 minutes each. This
will be followed by an open ended discussion.

3pm `The origin and growth of the idea of Socialism'
Speaker - Bill Martin
This will trace the roots of socialist ideas up to "The Communist
Manifesto" and the working class movement during the 19th Century.

`The founding of the Party  1904'
Speaker - Gwynn Thomas

This will define a landmark in the development of socialist theory
which clarified the question of reform or revolution, providing a
clear choice between socialism or capitalism.

`The human cost of capitalism'
Speaker  Cyril Evans

This will set out the deaths and suffering caused by continued
capitalism since the Party was founded.

`The challenge of socialism in the 21st Century'
Speaker  Pieter Lawrence

This will set out how the great powers of modern production could be
used for the benefit of the whole world community.

4.15 - Tea Break

4.45 - Open ended discussion.

52 Clapham High Street,
London SW4 7UN.
(Nearest tube stations: Clapham North and Clapham Common)

ALL WELCOME ADMISSION FREE

For more details on the Socialist Party Centenary Book,'Socialism or
Your Money Back', click on here
The Socialist Party has branches
and groups in various cities and
towns. For full details, write to:
52 Clapham High Street, London
SW4 7UN
 The Socialist Party of Great Britain

The next Executive Committee meeting will be
on Saturday 5th June at 2pm at the address
below. Correspondence should be sent to the
General Secretary. All articles, letters and
notices should be sent to the Editorial
Committee at:
The Socialist Party,
52 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UN
Tel: 020 7622 3811
Email: spgb@worldsocialism.org
Website: www.worldsocialism.org/spgb
All our meetings, even Executive Committee, are open to the public.
We have no leaders or secret committees.

Centenary Book

To mark the centenary of both the Socialist Party
of Great Britain (June) and the Socialist Standard
(September) we have brought out a 300-page
book, Socialism or your Money Back, made up of
articles from the Socialist Standard from 1904 to
this year.

The seventy articles provide a running
commentary from a socialist perspective on the
key events of the last hundred years as they
happened. The two world wars, the Russian
Revolution, the General Strike and the rise of
Hitler are covered, as well as the civil war in
Spain, Hiroshima, the politics of pop, democracy
and the silicon chip, and much else.
The book will not just be of interest to socialists
but also to those wanting to study the political,
economic and social history of the twentieth
century.

The price is œ9.50. Copies can be ordered (add
œ1.50 for postage and packing) from:
52 Clapham High St, London SW4 7UN (cheques
payable to "The Socialist Party of Great Britain").
Socialist Standard June 2004