{"id":204371,"date":"2020-06-23T21:07:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=204371"},"modified":"2020-07-29T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:56:24","slug":"july-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Conference 2020<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The SPGB\u2019s 2020 Conference was held online this year at 10am on 18 July, 2020 using the <em><strong>Zoom<\/strong><\/em> system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><strong>SPGB now online in Discord \u2013 Audio talks \u2013 Meetings \u2013 Debates<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/div>\n<p>Forthcoming events for July 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/meetings-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-204223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Events-293x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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>\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>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-200437 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/headphone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"71\" height=\"71\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 \/>\nCheck our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio\/\">Audio page<\/a> for some recordings of these talks.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Whether you are new to socialist ideas or not,\u00a0 these links provide both introductory as well as in -depth analyses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/welcome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|Welcome<\/a>|\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/what-capitalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|What is capitalism?|<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/what-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|What is socialism?|<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/article\/introductory-articles\/reform-or-revolution\/education-introductory-articles-reform-or-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|Reform or revolution?|\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/the-case-for-socialism-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|The Case for Socialism|<\/a>\u00a0 |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/in-depth-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In Depth articles<\/a>|\u00a0 \u00a0 |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/study-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Study Guides<\/a>| \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/an-a-to-z-of-marxism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">|A-Z of Marxism|<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>No. 1391 July 2020<\/h5>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-204442 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-1094x1536.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-1458x2048.jpg 1458w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1-600x843.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Cover-copy-1.jpg 1693w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_204438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204438\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/no-1391-socialist-standard-july-2020-contents\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-204438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Def-Contents-Page-300x237.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Def-Contents-Page-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Def-Contents-Page-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Def-Contents-Page-600x474.png 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Def-Contents-Page.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for Contents page.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SS-JULY-2020-compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Socialist Standard No. 1391 July 2020 PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69%;\" valign=\"top\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regulars <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\" valign=\"top\"><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><strong><em>Socialist Standard<\/em><\/strong> <strong>Archives<\/strong><\/p>\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><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/editorial-working-class-lives-matter\/\">Editorial: Working class lives matter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/pathfinders-virus-pandemonium\/\">Pathfinders: Virus pandemonium<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/cooking-the-books-i-ubi-useless-baseless-initiative\/\">Cooking the Books I: UBI <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/cooking-the-books-i-ubi-useless-baseless-initiative\/\">\u2013 Useless Baseless Initiative<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/letters-166\/\">Letters<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/material-world-the-military-police\/\">Material World: The Military Police<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/cooking-the-books-ii-negative-interest-rates\/\">Cooking the Books II: Negative interest rates<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/party-news-discord-in-the-ranks-3\/\">Party News \u2013 Discord in the Ranks<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/proper-gander-luxury-legoland\/\">Proper Gander: Luxury Legoland<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/book-reviews-40\/\">Book Reviews:<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/50-years-ago-debate-with-international-socialism-group\/\">50 Years Ago: Debate with \u201cInternational Socialism Group\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/obituary-fred-hallows\/\">Obituary: Fred Hallows<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/meetings-13\/\">Meetings<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"issueArticles\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/rear-view-52\/\">Rear View<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/free-lunch-21\/\">Free Lunch by RIGG: Cartoon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_204376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204376\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/free-lunch-21\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-204376 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-1024x327.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-768x245.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-1536x491.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-2048x654.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/back-then-can-you-600x192.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-204376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">by RIGG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 95%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/amazon-fiercely-resisting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon: Fiercely Resisting<\/a><\/h5>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/amazon-fiercely-resisting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204420 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3239736092_f81a5330be_o.jpg 1840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One indication of the global spread of the coronavirus was the report (<i>Guardian online<\/i><i>,<\/i> 10 April \u2013 bit.ly\/3cTUxUJ) that a member of the Yanomami indigenous people in Brazil had died after contracting Covid-19. It was not clear how he had become infected but it was entirely possible that it had been through direct or indirect contact with the gold-miners who have flooded the territory of the Yanomami (also known as the Yanomamo). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/amazon-fiercely-resisting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 95%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/covid-19-and-the-money-mine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204444 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/covid19-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/covid19-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/covid19-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/covid19-1-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/covid19-1.png 873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Capitalism has not directly caused the covid-19 pandemic. This coronavirus is by no means the first, and will not be the last, species-jumping outbreak. Nor could socialism guarantee to prevent something like this happening as it is a natural process. However, its rapid spread to ill-prepared recipient societies is most certainly exacerbated by capitalism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/covid-19-and-the-money-mine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>\u2018When the looting starts, the shooting starts\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/h5>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204404 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/looting-243x300.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/looting-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/looting-600x739.png 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/looting.png 655w\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u2018<\/b>Miami, Florida \u2013 December 26, 1967: just a few months removed from the \u2018long, hot summer of 1967\u2019, in which rampant unemployment, poverty, and police brutality in black America reached a boiling point, sparking almost 160 race riots across the country. Ironically, that same summer was referred to as the \u2018Summer of Love\u2019 by hippies due to their rapid concentration in San Francisco.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/the-case-for-socialism-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Case for Socialism<\/a><\/h5>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<p align=\"left\">The basic case of the Socialist Party can be set out in three parts: a description and criticism of present-day society; a proposal for a new social system to replace it; and a way of moving from the present to the future society.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The system that dominates the world today is capitalism, which has a number of central features. There is a class division: the vast majority of the population have to work for a wage or salary in order to survive, or are dependent on someone else who has to do so; in contrast, a small number of people, probably well under one in a hundred, live off income from rent, interest and profit, and are immensely wealthy.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/the-case-for-socialism-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/race-or-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Race or Class?<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/race-or-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-204401 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/WWUS-293x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a>The killing of George Floyd has contributed hugely to the worldwide consciousness of police brutality, but also to some important points about class. There has been a spontaneous response to Floyd\u2019s murder, more or less united, organised around principles of solidarity, that has taken the world by storm.\u00a0 In less than a month, protests tens-of-thousands strong have popped up, making the call for increased consciousness of race issues. Revealingly, it is this aspect of it that is focused on by most left-liberal analysis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/race-or-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"width: 95%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/empire-free-trade-and-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-204395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Empire-Image-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Empire-Image-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Empire-Image-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Empire-Image-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Empire-Image-600x461.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Empire-Image.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The people in the driving seat of the Brexit project love to talk about free trade, looking back to the glory days when free trade was the ideology Britain spread to the world through its empire. This doctrine was so important that the Grun\u2019s <i>The Timetables of History<\/i> lists the British penetration into South American markets as one of its significant events in that chronology. Freed from the restrictive barriers of the EU and its protectionist ideology, so the doctrine goes, Britain will be able to spearhead its way into genuine free trade around the world, and a new golden age of prosperity will begin. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/empire-free-trade-and-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 95.1782%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41%;\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0 images for individual review. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/book-reviews-40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 21.9307%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/book-reviews-40\/#1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-204387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gittlitz-188x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gittlitz-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Gittlitz.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41%;\" valign=\"top\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/book-reviews-40\/#2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-204386 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Chirot-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Chirot-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Chirot.png 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 21.9307%;\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2020\/2020s\/no-1391-july-2020\/book-reviews-40\/#3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-204388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hugree-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hugree-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Hugree.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 41%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 21.9307%;\" valign=\"top\"><\/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 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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conference 2020 The SPGB\u2019s 2020 Conference was held online this year at 10am on 18 July, 2020 using the Zoom system. &nbsp; 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