{"id":203907,"date":"2020-06-14T16:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=203907"},"modified":"2020-06-24T01:16:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T01:16:39","slug":"june-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/june-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>SPGB now online in Discord \u2013 Audio talks \u2013 Meetings \u2013 Debates<\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-200437 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/headphone.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"172\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Forthcoming events for June 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/forthcoming-events-on-discord-june-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-204223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Events-293x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Visitors are very welcome 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.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you\u2019d like to drop in and chat to us online, or come to one of our talks or other events.<\/p>\r\n<p>Contact Forum Admin for special invite or email <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:spgb@worldsocialism.org\">spgb@worldsocialism.org<\/a>\u2018. <br \/>Check our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio\/\">Audio page<\/a> for some recordings of these talks.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h5>No. 1390 June 2020<\/h5>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020s\/2020\/no-1390-june-2020\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-203042 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/June-2020-Cover-729x1024.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/June-2020-Cover-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/June-2020-Cover-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/June-2020-Cover-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/June-2020-Cover-600x843.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/no-1390-june-2020-contents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-203044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Contents-1024x853.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Contents-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Contents-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Contents-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Contents-600x500.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"196\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/June-2020.pdf\">June 2020<\/a> PDF<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regulars <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\r\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.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Socialist Standard<\/em><\/strong> <strong>Archives<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/standard-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-203124 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/September-1904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/editorial-socialism-hasnt-failed-its-never-been-tried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Editorial: Socialism hasn\u2019t failed \u2013 it\u2019s never been tried<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"issueArticles\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/pathfinders-locked-up-in-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pathfinders: Locked up in lockdown<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/cooking-the-books-i-will-capitalism-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooking the Books I: Will capitalism collapse?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"issueArticles\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/wood-for-the-trees-responsibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wood For the Trees: Responsibility<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/material-world-guns-before-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Material World: Guns before healthcare<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/cooking-the-books-ii-negative-prices-how-come\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooking the Books II: Negative prices: how come?<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/rear-view-51\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rear View<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/free-lunch-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Lunch<\/a> Cartoon by RIGG<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_204376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204376\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-204376 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-293x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"134\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by RIGG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Features<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/what-is-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-203074 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Economics-Image-300x152.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Economics-Image-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Economics-Image-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Economics-Image-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Economics-Image-600x305.png 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Economics-Image.png 1504w\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a>Open any textbook on economics. The concept of \u2018scarcity\u2019 soon appears, maybe even on the first page. And you\u2019ll read that there are scarce resources and unlimited wants, and that economics is the study of the choices that people make to deal with this situation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/what-is-economics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-203070 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Finance-Image-300x226.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Finance-Image-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Finance-Image-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Finance-Image-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Finance-Image.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Finance-Image-600x452.png 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/>The coronavirus crisis has demonstrated, as if it needed demonstrating, that it is the working class who keep our society running and create the value in our society, not executives or financiers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/who-gets-the-surplus-we-produce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>More &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-203129 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Free_West_Papua_Protest_Melbourne_August_2012th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"165\" \/>One world or many states?<\/p>\r\n<p><em>We have been asked for our view on the movement for West Papua to gain independence from Indonesia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Here is our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/one-world-or-many-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reply &gt;.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/economics-the-marginalist-fallacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>More Economics: the Marginalist Fallacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>What is \u2018value\u2019 (economically speaking)? It is a good question and one that has often generated controversy. Classical economists like Adam Smith maintained that a commodity\u2019s value depended on how much labour went into making it. This argument was taken up and refined by Marx. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/economics-the-marginalist-fallacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>More &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"25%\">\r\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/lesser-evil-or-lose-lose-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-203127 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lesser-Evil-Imageth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"5\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/lesser-evil-or-lose-lose-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lesser evil or lose-lose situation?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">On the face of it, the lesser evil argument seems only common sense. If you have a choice between something bad and something worse, who would choose the worse? In fact, in everyday life, who does?<\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">In politics it is rather more complicated ..<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/lesser-evil-or-lose-lose-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>More &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\r\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/end-of-an-epoch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-203126 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Epoch-Imageth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"186\" \/>End of an Epoch?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">As the first wave of the Covid-19 crisis appears to be abating a little, some commentators have begun to speculate as to longer term consequences. That there will be marked social, economic and, therefore, political impacts is surely beyond doubt. But, how accurately can they be predicted? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/end-of-an-epoch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"75%\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><strong>Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/reviews-18\/#post-mod\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-203056 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/81ve7VZjwGL-195x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/81ve7VZjwGL-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/81ve7VZjwGL-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/81ve7VZjwGL-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/81ve7VZjwGL-600x925.jpg 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p><strong>Book <\/strong><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/reviews-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Here<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Click on images for individual book review.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/reviews-18\/#sitopia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-200366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/710NrmoJMwL-195x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/710NrmoJMwL-195x300.jpg, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9781910170663-sm-1-390x600.jpg 390w\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><a title=\"Get 3 Free Standards\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/3-free-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<div class=\"bbp-reply-content\">\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-200429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Nutshell-300x239.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" 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\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"91\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div align=\"center\">Socialism<\/div>\r\n<div align=\"center\">In a nutshell<\/div>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<div class=\"introVideo\">\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZonz0YE50A\" width=\"360\" height=\"215\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-203124 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPGB-badge.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPGB-badge.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/SPGB-badge-100x100.jpg 100w\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/a>Introducing the<\/p>\r\n<p>Socialist Party<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/1952\/1950s\/no-578-october-1952\/common-questions-answered-4-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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.<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\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 noreferrer\"><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>\r\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 noreferrer\"><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>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\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 noreferrer\"><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>Class Struggle<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td 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 noreferrer\"><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=\"135\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>Automation<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a>Education<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p>Discord \u2013 Audio talks \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/party-news-discord-in-the-ranks-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/headphone-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>-Meetings \u2013 Debates \u2013<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-190988 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum.png 900w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum-600x600.png 600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>Forum Discussions<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td valign=\"top\">\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/membership-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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><\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Join Us<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph \/-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPGB now online in Discord 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