No. 1348 December 2016

Socialist Standard December 2016 PDF

• Politics is Not in Control

• Rear View

• The Catholic Church, Capitalism and Socialism

• Cartoon: Free Lunch

• Cooking the Books: Cashless but Not Profitless

• Greasy Pole: Rough Ride On Runway Three

• Material World: Pirate Nations – The Jolly Roger

• When Ideologies Run Out of Ideas

• The Last Trump?

• Gigs and Umbrellas

• A Very Costly Illness

• Religion As Cultural Identity

• Cooking the Books: Jack London Was Wrong

• Proper Gander: Living The Dream

• Book Reviews: ‘Mad Men & Bad Men’, ‘Torture – Does it Work?’, & ‘Reconstructing Karl Polyani’

• Exhibition Review: Women, Work and War

• Editorial: Life After Trump

• 50 Years Ago: America Votes

• Pathfinders: A Seasoning of Goodwill

• Obituary: Ken Shaw, 1920-2016