Socialist Standard
Journal of the Socialist Party
May 2003

Editorial
The new reality

Crime, legal and illegal
Andrew Armitage shows that law is a weapon wielded against us in the class struggle

50 Years Ago
"Enough, no more!"

Lock up your pensioners
Now retirement has become more perilous, writes Ivan, more and more pensioners turn to crime

Law and disorder
As Arkansas gives a psychotic drugs to make him sane enough to execute, we ask: how sane is the law?

News from the madhouse
More news from the madhouse. By Alwyn Edgar

Tomorrow's Enemies
Gwynn Thomas argues that, since the end of the Cold War, conventional war has become more likely

The meaning of nationalism
The notion of 'our country' is used to harness collective feeling to the will of the ruling elite. By Dan Read

The Greasy Pole
Ivan on getting away with it

Letters
Still Labouring in vain (1), (2) and (3)

Book Reviews
No logic. Reviewed by Paul Bennett
Capitalist economics. Reviewed by Adam Buick

The Voice from the Back


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