Socialist
Standard



September 2008
Vol 104 No.1249
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   Published since 1904  Journal of  The Socialist Party of Great Britain  -Companion party of   The World Socialist Movement           

 

  September 2008



1 Cover Image

2 Contents

3 Editorial
The cold war re-heats

3 Introduction
About us

 4 Pathfinders
Healing and wedges


5 Merchandise

6 Material World
Georgia

7 Cartoon
The Irate Itinerant

8 P ieces Together

8 Contact Details

9 All at Sea
The indications are that the economy is heading for a recession, which nogovernment can prevent.


10 As above

11 As above

12 The Irish No
A socialist in Ireland looks at the vote there to reject the EU’s proposed Treaty of Lisbon.

13 As above

14 The Scottish Question
The Labour Party has always claimed to represent the interest of the worse off majority but now finds itself deeply unpopular to the point of facing a crisis.

15 Cooking the Books 1
The coming purge

16  Will Belgium Survive?
No permanent government has emerged from the elections held in June last year. Does this matter to the working class there?

17 As above

18 The Homer of the Cesspit
A hundred years ago this year Emile Zola’s remains were transferred to the Pantheon in Paris.

19 Cooking the Books 2
It’s the system, stupid

20 Book Reviews

21 Book Reviews

22 Obituary
Valentine McEntee

22 50 Years Ago
The conflict in the Middle-East

22 Principles
Our Object and Declaration of Principles

23 Greasy Pole
Westminster Punch and Judy

24 Voice From the Back
Learning About Capitalism; The Mad House Of Capitalism; How Capitalism Operates, and more.

24 Cover image

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9 All at Sea
The indications are that the economy is heading for a recession, which no government can prevent.


12 The Irish No
A socialist in Ireland looks at the vote there to reject the EU’s proposed Treaty of Lisbon.

14 The Scottish Question
The Labour Party has always claimed to represent the interest of the worse off majority but now finds itself deeply unpopular to the point of facing a crisis.


16 Will Belgium Survive?
No permanent government has emerged from the elections held in June last year. Does this matter to the working class there?


18 The Homer of the Cesspit
A hundred years ago this year Emile Zola’s remains were transferred to the Pantheon in Paris.







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3 Editorial
The cold war re-heats


4 Pathfinders
Healing and wedges


5 Merchandise

6 Material World
Georgia


Pieces Together

8
Contact Details

15 Cooking the Books 1
The coming purge


19 Cooking the Books 2
It’s the system, stupid


20 Reviews
The Impossibilists. A Brief Profile of the Socialist Party of Canada;

21 Reviews
 Who runs Britain? How the Super-Rich are changing our lives.


22 Obituary
Valentine McEntee

22 50 Years Ago
The conflict in the Middle-East

23 Greasy Pole
Westminster Punch and Judy


24 Voice from the Back
Learning About Capitalism; The Mad House Of Capitalism; How Capitalism Operates, and more.




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