Socialist Standard
Journal of the Socialist Party
May 2001

Editorial
Why vote for politicians?

Beyond Their Empty Promises
The Socialist Party general election manifesto

Medicine under capitalism
Is the NHS really yours?
Stuart Watkins

50 Years Ago
The Decline of May Day

Government or democracy
Democratic government or democratic society?
Pieter Lawrence

Reformist excuses and Labourite deceit
A new Fabian pamphlet analysed
Colin Skelly

The causes of xenophobia
Class or nation?
Suhuyini

World View
Flying, spying and a new Cold War. Kyoto Caput
Paul Bennett, RD

Letters
Whose welfare? Dictatorship, Marx's lapse

Book Reviews
A sixth form essay, When Keynes met Marx, Global reformists, Getting nastier
Dave Flynn, DAP, Stan Parker

Obituary
Harold Cottis

Corrections

Theatre Review
Unreasonable Faith
Michael Gill

Greasy Pole
A disappointed man
Ivan

The Voice from the Back


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