{"id":204313,"date":"2020-06-21T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=204313"},"modified":"2020-06-22T01:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T01:02:06","slug":"landing-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/landing-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"who-we-are__about\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<h2 align=\"center\">Who Are We?<\/h2>\n<p>We are a political party separate from all others. We stand for the sole aim of establishing a global system of society in which there will be common ownership and democratic control of the world&#8217;s natural and industrial resources.<\/p>\n<p>We advocate a world social system in which each person has free access to the benefits of civilisation and an equal say in how their society is run; a world in which production is freed from the artificial constraints of profit and used for the benefit of all.<\/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<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/in-a-nutshell\/\"><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\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/in-a-nutshell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socialism<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/in-a-nutshell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a nutshell<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"introVideo\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/3-free-standards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-151842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3Free-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3Free-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3Free.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><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>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/standard-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Socialist Standard<\/em> Archives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introducing the\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socialist Party<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZonz0YE50A\" width=\"80%\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"bbp-reply-content\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\"><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=\"aligncenter wp-image-190901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vote.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<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\">No state, no leaders; a genuine democracy.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" 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=\"aligncenter wp-image-190902 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2017\/2010s\/no-1349-january-2017\/world-common-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common ownership.<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" 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=\"aligncenter wp-image-190903 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/handcuffs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2010s\/2019\/no-1380-august-2019\/living-on-low-wages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abolition of the wages system.<\/a><\/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 align=\"center\"><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=\"aligncenter wp-image-191014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/class-struggle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a 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\">Class Struggle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td 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 noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-191020\" 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><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a 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\">Automation<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190952\" 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><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Education<\/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\">\n<p align=\"center\"><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>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1390-june-2020\/party-news-discord-in-the-ranks-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discord \u2013 Audio talks \u2013 Meetings \u2013 Debates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/forum\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/forum-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"111\" height=\"111\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum Discussions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/membership-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-190993\" 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=\"92\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/membership-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Join Us<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/environment_transition.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"section__content\">\n<h2 align=\"center\">The Environment<\/h2>\n<p>The issue of climate change is just one of a vast range of problems which capitalism is hopelessly ill-equipped to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>Human and environmental needs come a poor second whenever the needs of capital dictate. The history of sincere but failed attempts to correct a system which cannot meet needs leads to the conclusion that a new social system should be tried.<\/p>\n<p>A system without money and the profit motive in which the interests and needs of all are paramount. In such a system the challenge of the human impact on the environment can be seriously addressed for the first time. People, and not money, will control their lives and the direction of social progress.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/pamphlet\/an-inconvenient-question-socialism-and-the-environment\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/pamphlet\/an-inconvenient-question-socialism-and-the-environment\/\">Socialism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/pamphlet\/an-inconvenient-question-socialism-and-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and the Environment<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2015\/2010s\/no-1335-november-2015\/economics-politics-and-climate-change\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2015\/2010s\/no-1335-november-2015\/economics-politics-and-climate-change\/\">Economics,<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2015\/2010s\/no-1335-november-2015\/economics-politics-and-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politics and Climate Change<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/pamphlet\/socialism-practical-alternative\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/pamphlet\/socialism-practical-alternative\/\">Socialism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/pamphlet\/socialism-practical-alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as a Practical Alternative<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/environment_transition.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1234\" height=\"41\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"section__content\">\n<h2 align=\"center\">Equality<\/h2>\n<p>Socialism\u2014the society we desire and work for\u2014 means a world in which all people will be social equals. There will be no owners of property and no non-owners, no rich and no poor, neither superior nor inferior classes, \u201c races \u201d or sexes. Why, it may be asked, is such a state of affairs desirable?<\/p>\n<p>There is, of course, one very obvious answer. It will give better material conditions to those who now go hungry, badly clothed or poorly housed\u2014in short, to those who suffer any form of poverty. It is the expression of their demand, as Oscar Wilde put it, to be seated at the board instead of being grateful for the crumbs that fall from the rich man\u2019s table.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"60%\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2006\/2000s\/no-1222-june-2006\/prejudice-and-equality\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2006\/2000s\/no-1222-june-2006\/prejudice-and-equality\/\">Prejudice<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2006\/2000s\/no-1222-june-2006\/prejudice-and-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">and Equality<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio\/inequality-natural\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/cogs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio\/inequality-natural\/\">Is<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio\/inequality-natural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inequality Natural? (Audio)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Are We? We are a political party separate from all others. We stand for the sole aim of establishing a global system of society in which there will be common ownership and democratic control of the world&#8217;s natural and industrial resources. We advocate a world social system in which each person has free access &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/landing-page\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2282,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-204313","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204313"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204341,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204313\/revisions\/204341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}