{"id":200398,"date":"2020-04-28T23:41:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T23:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=200398"},"modified":"2020-05-28T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:37:58","slug":"no-1389-may-2020-contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/no-1389-may-2020-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"No 1389 May 2020 Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Image Map Generated by http:\/\/www.image-map.net\/ --><br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Contents.png\" usemap=\"#image-map\"><\/p>\n<map name=\"image-map\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Editorial: Locked down under capitalism\" title=\"Editorial: Locked down under capitalism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/editorial-locked-down-under-capitalism\/\" coords=\"481,135,567,149\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Pathfinders: Denialists and doomsayers\" title=\"Pathfinders: Denialists and doomsayers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/pathfinders-denialists-and-doomsayers\/\" coords=\"460,156,567,169\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Cooking the Books 1: Social distancing and hte wages system\" title=\"Cooking the Books 1: Social distancing and hte wages system\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/cooking-the-books-i-social-distancing-and-the-wages-system\/\" coords=\"399,175,566,190\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Wood for the Trees: Peer review\" title=\"Wood for the Trees: Peer review\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/wood-for-the-trees-peer-review\/\" coords=\"400,198,566,212\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Material World: Meanwhile in East Africa\" title=\"Material World: Meanwhile in East Africa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/material-world-meanwhile-in-east-africa\/\" coords=\"430,216,570,230\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Cooking the Books 2: System Change not policy change\" title=\"Cooking the Books 2: System Change not policy change\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/cooking-the-books-ii-system-change-not-policy-change\/\" coords=\"372,236,568,250\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Proper Gander: TV and the virus\" title=\"Proper Gander: TV and the virus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/proper-gander-tv-and-the-virus\/\" coords=\"421,256,562,271\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Book Reviews\" title=\"Book Reviews\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/reviews-17\/\" coords=\"476,277,571,290\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"50 Years Ago: Canada to grow no wheat in 1970\" title=\"50 Years Ago: Canada to grow no wheat in 1970\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/50-years-ago-canada-to-grow-no-wheat-in-1970\/\" coords=\"433,292,576,310\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Rear View: Back page\" title=\"Rear View: Back page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/rear-view-50\/\" coords=\"460,318,567,332\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Free Lunch: Cartoon\" title=\"Free Lunch: Cartoon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/free-lunch-19\/\" coords=\"454,338,566,350\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Society: Abstraction or Reality\" title=\"Society: Abstraction or Reality\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/society-abstraction-or-reality\/\" coords=\"46,138,239,172\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"The Virus our Perspective: Covid and Class\" title=\"The Virus our Perspective: Covid and Class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-our-perspective-covid-and-class\/\" coords=\"43,177,265,210\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"The Virus Media Perspective:Televisual tripe\" title=\"The Virus Media Perspective:Televisual tripe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-media-perspective-televisual-tripe\/\" coords=\"44,218,281,251\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"Labour Leader: Faux Radicalism\" title=\"Labour Leader: Faux Radicalism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/labour-leader-faux-radicalism\/\" coords=\"44,258,196,293\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"UBI: Redistributing Poverty\" title=\"UBI: Redistributing Poverty\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/ubi-redistributing-poverty\/\" coords=\"43,298,228,329\" shape=\"rect\">\n    <area target=\"_top\" alt=\"100 Years Ago: What We Said Then\" title=\"100 Years Ago: What We Said Then\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/100-years-ago-what-we-said-then\/\" coords=\"42,338,221,371\" shape=\"rect\">\n<\/map>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image map: Live links in image<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020s\/2020\/no-1389-may-2020\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB-600x843.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>May 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"contents\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PDF Versions <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Socialist-Standard-May-2020.pdf\">Socialist-Standard May 2020<\/a>  (Double Pages 17.7 MB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May2020-IPS.pdf\">May 2020 <\/a> (Single Pages 3.2 MB)<\/p>\n\n\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p><strong>Regulars <br><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p><b>The<\/b><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 class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/editorial-locked-down-under-capitalism\/\">Editorial: Locked down under capitalism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/pathfinders-denialists-and-doomsayers\/\">Pathfinders: Denialists and Doomsayers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/material-world-meanwhile-in-east-africa\/\">Material World: Meanwhile in East Africa . . .<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/rear-view-50\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rear View<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/free-lunch-19\/\">Free Lunch<\/a> Cartoon by RIGG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-200521 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/die-from-obesityth-293x105.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"105\"><\/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=\"75%\">\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-our-perspective-covid-and-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-200386 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/virus-socialism-image-300x104.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/virus-socialism-image-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/virus-socialism-image-768x266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/virus-socialism-image-1024x354.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/virus-socialism-image-600x208.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\"><\/a>If you were to compile a list of essential workers that your community has been reliant on during the Coronavirus crisis, you\u2019d very likely not include billionaires, CEOs, businessmen, bankers, economists or the royals or that class of people who live off rent, interest and profit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-our-perspective-covid-and-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">..More &gt;<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/labour-leader-faux-radicalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-200382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_cropped-214x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_cropped-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_cropped-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_cropped-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_cropped-600x840.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/800px-Official_portrait_of_Keir_Starmer_cropped.jpg 800w\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/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-1389-may-2020\/labour-leader-faux-radicalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Labour Leader: Faux Radicalism<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/labour-leader-faux-radicalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Labour Party: normal service is resu<\/strong>med.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer has been elected the leader of the Labour Party with 56.2 percent of the vote. His background is a legal one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/labour-leader-faux-radicalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;<\/a><\/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-1389-may-2020\/society-abstraction-or-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-200394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1280px-Socialist_Facade_Mosaic_Unsplash-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1280px-Socialist_Facade_Mosaic_Unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1280px-Socialist_Facade_Mosaic_Unsplash-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1280px-Socialist_Facade_Mosaic_Unsplash-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1280px-Socialist_Facade_Mosaic_Unsplash-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1280px-Socialist_Facade_Mosaic_Unsplash.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/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-1389-may-2020\/society-abstraction-or-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Society: Abstraction or Reality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Margaret Thatcher once famously said that there is no such thing as society, just individuals and families. It sounds like obvious nonsense, but she claimed that this remark was usually quoted out of context: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/society-abstraction-or-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;<\/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 align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/ubi-redistributing-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-200380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/UBI-Image-300x283.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/UBI-Image-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/UBI-Image-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/UBI-Image.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/UBI-Image-600x565.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/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-1389-may-2020\/ubi-redistributing-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UBI: Redistributing Poverty<\/strong><\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/ubi-redistributing-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>From Lockdown to Basic Income<\/strong>?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The acolytes of the fashionable radical idea of Universal Basic Income (UBI) must have been overjoyed by two recent news items. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/ubi-redistributing-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;<\/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=\"75%\">\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-media-perspective-televisual-tripe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-200384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virus-Cartoon-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virus-Cartoon-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virus-Cartoon-768x740.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virus-Cartoon-600x578.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virus-Cartoon.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/>The Virus Media Perspective: Televisual Tripe<\/a><\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-media-perspective-televisual-tripe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&nbsp;Covid-19 and the Media:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Quarantined at home for the last few weeks, my media consumption has mainly revolved around my three-year-old son\u2019s favourite TV animations. But in between episodes of <i>Paw Patrol<\/i> and <i>Peppa Pig<\/i>, I\u2019ve been watching the Covid-19 news narrative unfold. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/the-virus-media-perspective-televisual-tripe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/100-years-ago-what-we-said-then\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-200376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hundred-years-image-copy-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hundred-years-image-copy-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hundred-years-image-copy-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hundred-years-image-copy-1024x305.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hundred-years-image-copy-600x179.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In 1920 a Coalition government was in office under Lloyd George between the Tories and the Liberals who supported \u2018Liar George\u2019 and the \u2018Welsh wizard\u2019 as even the <i>Socialist Standard<\/i> called him. Labour was the official opposition. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/100-years-ago-what-we-said-then\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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-1389-may-2020\/reviews-17\/#Rahim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200365 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/517PH52YmQL._SR600315_SCLZZZZZZZ_-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/517PH52YmQL._SR600315_SCLZZZZZZZ_-1.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/517PH52YmQL._SR600315_SCLZZZZZZZ_-1-216x300.jpg 216w\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"312\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/reviews-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on images for individual book review.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/reviews-17\/#Riley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-200366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781910170663-sm-1-390x600-195x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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