No. 1336 December 2015

Socialist Standard December 2015 PDF

• Editorial: Neither God nor State

• 50 Years Ago: Christianity or Socialism

• Pathfinders: Digging Optimism

• Action Replay: Sadness in the Beautiful Game

• Too Little Too Late

• Voice From the Back

• Halo Halo! Seasonal Goodwill, Dodgy Deals and Unreliable Witnesses

• Cartoon: Free Lunch

• Cooking the Books: You Can’t Buck the Market But You Can Abolish It

• Material World: Burma – More Rounds To Go

• Greasy Pole: Liz and Her Life and Loves

• What is the ‘Islamic State’?

• The False Promise That is Jeremy Corbyn

• From Political Economy to Vulgar Economics

• Lee Harvey Oswald, ‘Hunter of Fascists’?

• Paul Mason Waits For Godot

• Cooking the Books: Yes, We Have No Economic Policy

• Mixed Media: Mary Barnes

• Book Reviews: ‘The Next Revolution’, ‘The Killing Fields of Inequality’, & ‘Humanity at the Crossroads – A Political and Humanist Dialogue’

• Proper Gander: Cheapness At a Price