{"id":229112,"date":"2022-04-29T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?page_id=229112"},"modified":"2022-04-29T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:10:05","slug":"welcome-temp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/welcome-temp\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome (temp)"},"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 unlike any others, because we stand for one thing only: establishing a global society of common ownership with genuinely democratic control of the world&#8217;s natural and industrial resources.<\/p>\n<p>That means a system in which each person has free access to whatever can be made available by common effort, and an equal say in running society, where the artificial scarcity and constraints of capitalism don&#8217;t exist and people are free to live their lives in their own way.<\/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><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?|<\/a><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 |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/publications\/study-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Study Guides<\/a>|\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<\/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=\"20%\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"introVideo\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZZonz0YE50A\" width=\"392\" height=\"291\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/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\">What no leaders? 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/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: 75px) 127vw, 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/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: 75px) , 100px\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/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\/audio-index\/\"><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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/audio-index\/\" >Discord \u2013 Audio talks<br \/>\n\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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/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>Global warming and habitat loss are now driving the biggest mass extinction of species since the dinosaurs, and are an existential threat to entire populations, yet despite endless conferences, politicians seem unable to do anything about them. Why? Because these problems are side-effects of normal capitalist business operations. The one thing capitalism can&#8217;t solve is&#8230; capitalism!<\/p>\n<p>Human and environmental needs have always come a poor second whenever the needs of capital dictate. The history of sincere but failed attempts to correct a system that can&#8217;t do what we need only leads to one conclusion: we need a new social system.<\/p>\n<p>We can stop driving species loss and global warming if we stop chasing profits, and we can only do that if we get rid of the profit system. <\/p>\n<p>A system without money and the profit motive would be in the interests and needs of everyone. 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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=\"75\" height=\"100\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/3-free-standards\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-151842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3Free.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3Free.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3Free-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>The<\/b><i><b> Socialist Standard<\/b><\/i> is a monthly socialist newspaper published without interruption since 1904 by the Socialist Party of Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Are We? We are a political party unlike any others, because we stand for one thing only: establishing a global society of common ownership with genuinely democratic control of the world&#8217;s natural and industrial resources. That means a system in which each person has free access to whatever can be made available by common &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/welcome-temp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome (temp)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2605,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","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-229112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229112","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\/2605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229113,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229112\/revisions\/229113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}