{"id":193149,"date":"2020-02-27T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=193149"},"modified":"2020-03-01T22:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T22:53:02","slug":"homepage1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/homepage1\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who we are<\/h2>\n<p>The Socialist Party is like no other political party in Britain. It is made up of people who have joined together because we want to get rid of the profit system and establish real socialism.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim is to persuade others to become socialist and act for themselves, organizing democratically and without leaders, to bring about the kind of society that we advocate.<\/p>\n<p>We are solely concerned with building a movement of socialists for socialism. We are not a reformist party with a programme of policies to patch up capitalism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>No. 1387 March 2020<\/h2>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-193862 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-copy-RGB-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"385\" width=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-copy-RGB-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-copy-RGB-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-copy-RGB-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-copy-RGB-600x843.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Cover-copy-RGB.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/March-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/no-1387-march-2020-contents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-193859 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/March-2020-Contents-Page.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"219\" width=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/March-2020-Contents-Page.png 554w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/March-2020-Contents-Page-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/editorial-towards-a-disunited-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Editorial: Towards a Disunited Kingdom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/pathfinders-stories-from-the-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pathfinders: Stories from the city<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/letters-islands-of-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters: Islands of socialism?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/meetings-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/free-lunch-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Lunch: Cartoon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">The&nbsp;<i><b>Socialist Standard<\/b><\/i>&nbsp;is a monthly&nbsp;socialist&nbsp;newspaper published without interruption since 1904 by the&nbsp;Socialist Party of Great Britain.&nbsp; <\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/editorial-towards-a-disunited-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Editorial: Towards a Disunited King<\/strong>dom<\/a><p><\/p>\n<p>The turmoil of the Brexit process has exacerbated the fissures within the UK, which threaten to tear it apart. The Scottish National Party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, seized on the fact that the majority of Scottish voters opted to remain in the EU, and is demanding a second Independence referendum. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/editorial-towards-a-disunited-kingdom\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-ltv-a-bad-criticism-of-marxs-labour-theory-of-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-193888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Capital_and_labour_by_Henry_Stacy_Marks-1024x698.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"164\" width=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Capital_and_labour_by_Henry_Stacy_Marks-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Capital_and_labour_by_Henry_Stacy_Marks-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Capital_and_labour_by_Henry_Stacy_Marks-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Capital_and_labour_by_Henry_Stacy_Marks-600x409.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Capital_and_labour_by_Henry_Stacy_Marks.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-ltv-a-bad-criticism-of-marxs-labour-theory-of-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The LTV: <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-ltv-a-bad-criticism-of-marxs-labour-theory-of-value\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Bad Criticism of Marx\u2019s Labour Theory of Value<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">In an article on 12 January for the website <\/span><span lang=\"en\"><i>Dissident Voice <\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en\">entitled <\/span>\u2018Marx\u2019s Labor Theory of Value: Bad Science and Bad for Ecological Socialism\u2019<span lang=\"en\"><i>, <\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en\">David Pena launches a stinging attack on the Marxian theory of value and outlines an alternative theory which he evidently considers more appropriate to an age of heightened environmental concern <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-ltv-a-bad-criticism-of-marxs-labour-theory-of-value\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/material-world-africas-food-potential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-193897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MW-Image-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"814\" width=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MW-Image-copy.jpg 926w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MW-Image-copy-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MW-Image-copy-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/MW-Image-copy-600x527.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/material-world-africas-food-potential\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Material World: Africa\u2019s food potential<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The perception of many in the developed countries is that Africa is always associated with poverty, disease, famine and war. It is as if the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have made the continent their personal domain.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/material-world-africas-food-potential\/\">More<\/a><br><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-irish-election-sinn-fein-resurgence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-193894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1024px-Sinn_F\u00e9in_Logo.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1024px-Sinn_F\u00e9in_Logo.svg_.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1024px-Sinn_F\u00e9in_Logo.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1024px-Sinn_F\u00e9in_Logo.svg_-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1024px-Sinn_F\u00e9in_Logo.svg_-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1024px-Sinn_F\u00e9in_Logo.svg_-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-irish-election-sinn-fein-resurgence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Irish Election: Sinn Fein Resurgence<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\">Sinn F\u00e9in, recycled from being the political wing of one of the physical-force Irish republican groups into a left-wing reformist party, did surprisingly well in the elections in Ireland last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/the-irish-election-sinn-fein-resurgence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/learning-machines-algorithmic-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-193891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Algo-Image-copy-1024x526.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"270\" width=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Algo-Image-copy-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Algo-Image-copy-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Algo-Image-copy-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Algo-Image-copy-600x308.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Algo-Image-copy.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/learning-machines-algorithmic-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learning machines: Algorithmic Dreams<\/strong><\/a><br>The apparent brains behind the Johnson ministry, Dominic Cummings, has been ruffling feathers with a blog post calling for \u2018data scientists, project managers, policy experts, assorted weirdos\u2019 &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/learning-machines-algorithmic-dreams\/\">More<\/a><br><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/wood-for-the-trees-the-art-of-cynicism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-193899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rock-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"408\" width=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rock-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rock-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rock-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rock-600x467.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rock.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/wood-for-the-trees-the-art-of-cynicism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wood For the Trees: The Art of Cynicism<\/a><\/b>Those who might be unaware of it can be confidently assured that we live in a \u2018Golden Age of Rock Music\u2019.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/wood-for-the-trees-the-art-of-cynicism\/\">More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/reviews-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-193988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HostileEnvironment.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"260\" width=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HostileEnvironment.png 663w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HostileEnvironment-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/HostileEnvironment-600x898.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/reviews-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-193877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/b6a615ee7a19e50a3e88967bad6027ae-w204@1x.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"255\" width=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/b6a615ee7a19e50a3e88967bad6027ae-w204@1x.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/b6a615ee7a19e50a3e88967bad6027ae-w204@1x-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1387-march-2020\/reviews-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-193876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41eMmCzInJL.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"259\" width=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41eMmCzInJL.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/41eMmCzInJL-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a title=\"Get 3 Free Standards\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/3-free-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-193185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3Free-1024x418.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"214\" width=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3Free-1024x418.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3Free-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3Free-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3Free-600x245.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/3Free.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/1952\/1950s\/no-578-october-1952\/common-questions-answered-4-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190901 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vote.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"127\" width=\"100\"><\/a>No state, no leaders; a genuine democracy.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2017\/2010s\/no-1349-january-2017\/world-common-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190902 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"128\" width=\"100\"><\/a>Common ownership.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2010s\/2019\/no-1380-august-2019\/living-on-low-wages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190903 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/handcuffs.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"127\" width=\"100\"><\/a>Abolition of the wages system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a title=\"Who are the Working Class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2010s\/2019\/no-1382-october-2019\/cooking-the-books-i-who-are-the-working-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-191014 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/class-struggle.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"137\" width=\"127\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Class Struggle<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\"><a title=\"Not Applying Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2010s\/2019\/no-1382-october-2019\/cooking-the-books-ii-not-applying-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-191020 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/automation.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/automation.png 617w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/automation-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/automation-600x622.png 600w\" alt=\"\" height=\"147\" width=\"142\"><\/a>Automation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-190952 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/education.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/education.png 512w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/education-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/education-100x100.png 100w\" alt=\"\" height=\"95\" width=\"95\"><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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