{"id":200401,"date":"2020-04-29T01:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T01:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=200401"},"modified":"2020-05-18T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T14:56:54","slug":"may-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/may-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 320px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"580\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 134.967px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Socialism<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/in-a-nutshell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-200429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nutshell-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nutshell-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nutshell.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">In a nutshell\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 348.033px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"introVideo\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZonz0YE50A\" width=\"360\" height=\"215\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 134px;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/membership-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-190993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/handshake.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/handshake.png 512w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/handshake-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/handshake-100x100.png 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a> Join Us<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Who we are<\/h4>\n<p>The Socialist Party is unique and 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/who-we-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>SPGB now online in Discord<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; Audio talks &#8211; Meetings &#8211; Debates &#8211;<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-200437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/headphone-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"89\" \/>And of course visitors are very welcome too, and are free to join any online Discord meeting just as they would be free to attend any physical meeting by the Socialist Party or its companion parties. This is a great opportunity to chat to socialists from around the world without leaving your house!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And if anyone is thinking of joining, having a live chat about it with members is much more fun and informative than simply filling in a form on the website.<!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-200438 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mike.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"114\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to drop in and chat to us online, or come to one of our talks or other events, just contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/contact-forum-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum Admin<\/a> for special invite or email <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:spgb@worldsocialism.org\">spgb@worldsocialism.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/contact-forum-admin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum Admin<\/a> for special invite or email <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:spgb@worldsocialism.org\">spgb@worldsocialism.org<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Summer-School-2020 <em>coming soon<\/em> on Discord<\/h4>\n<p>Unfortunately our \u2018physical\u2019 Summer School fell prey to lockdown restrictions as Fircroft College had to cancel the booking, but we are going ahead with a \u2018virtual\u2019 Fircroft on the Discord platform, so watch this space for further announcements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bbp-reply-content\">\n<p data-setdir=\"false\">The Socialist Party\u2019s 2020 Summer School looks at technological progress and its application in the past, present and future.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-201941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/summer-school-logo-discord-293x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-setdir=\"false\">This weekend of talks and discussion is an exciting opportunity to share and explore revolutionary ideas with others, through the SPGB\u2019s Discord server. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/summer-school-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-setdir=\"false\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>No. 1389 May 2020<\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020s\/2020\/no-1389-may-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May-Cover-RGB-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"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-729x1024.jpg 729w, 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: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PDF Versions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Socialist-Standard-May-2020.pdf\">Socialist Standard May 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Double Pages 17.7 MB)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_200399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200399\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/no-1389-may-2020-contents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Contents-300x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Contents-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Contents.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for image map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/May2020-IPS.pdf\">Socialist Standard May 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Single Pages 3.2 MB)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<p><b>The<\/b><i><b> Socialist Standard<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is a monthly\u00a0socialist\u00a0newspaper published without interruption since 1904 by the\u00a0Socialist Party of Great Britain.\u00a0 <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\">\u00a0<\/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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\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 border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\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\">\u00a0<\/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\">\u00a0<\/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<p>\u200b<!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">\u00a0<\/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 border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\"><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=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-200384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Virus-Cartoon-300x289.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><strong>The Virus Media Perspective: Televisual Tripe<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u00a0Covid-19 and the Media:<\/strong><\/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<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\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: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781910170663-sm-1-390x600-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781910170663-sm-1-390x600.jpg 390w\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/reviews-17\/#Cowen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-200367 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781838590987-203x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1389-may-2020\/reviews-17\/#Chomsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-200368 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9780367430580-191x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9780367430580-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9780367430580.jpg 413w\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/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=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"214\" 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 border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\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=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"127\" \/><\/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=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" \/><\/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=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a>Abolition of the wages system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\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=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"137\" \/><\/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=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>Automation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a 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