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Harry Young is the SPGB speaker at the beginning of the clip. More background on him here:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2014/08/why-i-joined-spgb.htmlThe other comrade next to him selling the Standard is Steve Ross.Just don't read the comments. Never read the comments on YouTube. Grim, grim, grim.

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Aah, you were more of a George and Lynne cartoon aficianado? I'd totally forgotten about that cartoon strip until your post. Does that qualify as a Proustian moment?

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Very rare.

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Stuart, did you see this Socialist Standard article from 1982?http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/06/money-must-go-1982.htmlI don't know about yourself but I grew up in a household where The Sun was one of the newspapers of choice, so it was funny to think that there was some 'full communism' in its pages, hidden away in one of its regular comic strips.

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*Deep breath*A plethora of links of articles and book reviews from the Socialist Standard which have recently been uploaded to the Socialist Standard Past & Present Blog. All the kudos go to Rob S. and Graham T. for doing all the donkey work. August 1994 – The Peterloo Massacre (working class history)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-peterloo-massacre-1994.htmlMay 1973 – Out of Step – what is normality in capitalism? (outstanding article by Ivan)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/out-of-step-what-is-normality-in.htmlFebruary 1988 – 1968, the BBC and tabloid journalism (tv review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/between-lines-1968-bbc-tabloid.htmlMarch 1989 – Additive eating (food adulteration)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/additive-eating-1989.htmlDecember 1990 – The demise of Thatcher (editorial)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-demise-of-thatcher-1990.htmlFebruary 1991 – Capitalism unleashes war (editorial on the First Gulf War)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/capitalism-unleashes-war-1991.htmlDecember 1979 – Blood on their hands (Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/blood-on-their-hands-1979.htmlAugust 1989 – Southern discomfort (film review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/southern-discomfort-1989.htmlMarch 1992 – National Liberation (book review)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/national-liberation-1992.htmlMarch 1979 – Einstein and common sense (science)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/einstein-and-common-sense-1979.htmlNovember 1990 – Who needs money? (hazard a guess)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/who-needs-money-1990.htmlFebruary 1959 – Little Brother is watching you (the tentacles of the state)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/little-brother-is-watching-you-1959.htmlFebruary 1982 – Who will do the dangerous work? (I've got a sore back.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/who-will-do-dangerous-work-1982.htmlOctober 1987 – A culture of violence (murderous behaviour)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-culture-of-violence-1987.htmlDecember 1990 – The end of Fukuyama (The end of history guy)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-end-of-fukuyama-1990.htmlJanuary 1990 – Left Foot, Right Foot (Before there was Corbyn, there was Michael Foot.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/left-foot-right-foot-1990.htmlNovember 1973 – Day of Remembrance for what? (red poppies and emotional blackmail.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/day-of-remembrance-for-what-1973.htmlJuly 1986 – At all costs (World War One massacres)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/at-all-costs-1986.htmlApril 1965 – The Philanthropists (Tressell reviewed raggedly.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-philanthropists-1965.htmlMarch 1990 – After aparthied, what? (editorial)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/after-apartheid-what-1990.htmlJune 1979 – Livestock liberation (Mistreatment of animals . . . and humans)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/livestock-liberation-1979.htmlAugust 1973 – 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat': what did Karl Marx mean? (not a jackboot in sight.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/dictatorship-of-proletariat-what-did.htmlFebruary 1960 – What is morality? (Did I mention my bad back?)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/what-is-morality-1960.htmlNovember 1978 – Planning the road to nowhere (Hayek versus Keynes . . . the pay-per-view death-match)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/planning-road-to-nowhere-1978.htmlOctober 1986 – Socialism and Work (The right to rest my sore back.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/socialism-and-work-1986.htmlJune 1978 – Down coronation street (True soap opera fact: Stan Ogden was an International Brigader.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/down-coronation-street-1978.htmlJanuary 1995 – Let's all boldly go (One for the geeks.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/lets-all-boldly-go-1995.htmlAugust 1995 – Frederick Engels: A Lifetime's Sevice (manchester, so much to answer for)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/frederick-engels-lifetimes-service-1995.htmlOctober 1955 – Peace, Perfect Peace! (Simply dynamite.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/peace-perfect-peace-1955.htmlOctober 1990 – Is the Left finished? (Don't spoil it for your Facebook friend with their proudly displayed Corbyn profile pic.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/is-left-finished-1990.htmlSeptember 1976 – Amin, Africa and the World (Who backed Amin?)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/amin-africa-and-world-1976.htmlFebruary 1980 – Jesus Christ, Super Myth (The late, great L. E. Weidberg.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/jesus-christ-super-myth-1980.htmlJuly 1960 – Report on Mau Mau (Colonial violence.)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/report-on-mau-mau-1960.htmlJanuary 1972 – From a Russian prison camp (Alexander Solzhenitzyn)http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/from-russian-prison-camp-1972.html More to come in the fullness of time. Thanks again for the sterling work from Rob S. and Graham T.   

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We've been here before. A good article by 'Ivan' on Michael Foot from January 1990:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/left-foot-right-foot-1990.html

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Cheeky buggers. It's nothing more than a rehash of the BBC piece.

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You're right. It'll be interesting to see if there is a spike in visits to the website in the next few days. Btw, for a brief moment the article was trending on the BBC website . . . at number 9. I have the screenshoot to prove it. http://invereskstreet.blogspot.com/2015/07/do-they-mean-us-22.html

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If only the Party website address was on that Party sign in the picture. Think of the spike in visits to the website.

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Just noticed the following from the text:"Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Works, George Hicks, from 1942 to 1945"Hicks was also a founder member of the SPGB. 

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'Are we armchair socialists?'Great article from the September 1966 issue of the Socialist Standard by 'Ivan'.http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/are-we-armchair-socialists-1966.htmlOne of those articles every socialist should print out, laminate and wear around their neck on a chain for easy accessibility. 

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Any chance of someone scanning in the photos of the '45 Campaign?

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A brief unsigned piece in the December 1987 issue of the Socialist Standard about the Chesterfiled Conference:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/here-we-go-again-1987.htmlThe writer's style suggests the piece was penned by Steve Coleman, but I can't be 100% sure.

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Is there plans to have a write up of this exhibition in the pages of the Socialist Standard?

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A review of Orwell's 1984 from 1949. More intriguing than insightful:http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2015/07/into-crystal-ball-1949.html

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