ASPECTS OF THE “WOMAN QUESTION.” 4/6

We are told there is a sex antagonism. Any morning we can open the pages of the stunt press and find articles calling attention to the intensity of the sex war. In the old days of the Women’s Suffrage agitation the success of the movement depended upon women’s adherence to, and recognition of, this sex […]

Aspects of the “Woman Question.” 3/6

It is not surprising, perhaps, that during the ages when no scientific knowledge existed, when nothing was known regarding the development of life on the earth, that man should have regarded himself as an infininitely superior being, possessing mental and physical qualities which were peculiarly “masculine.” Neither is it remarkable that woman, who was supposed […]

Aspects of the “Woman Question.” 2/6

The status of woman in primitive society is examined. There are divergent opinions among the anthropologists themselves regarding this feature of social development. Some assert that a matriarchal stage lasting a long time was passed through by most primitive civilisations—a stage in which women were dominant. Others believe that if such a state did exist […]

Aspects of the “Woman Question.” 1/6

From the July 1929 issue of the Socialist Standard. (Based on Notes of a Series of Lectures on “The Sexes in Evolution.”) In the present state of our knowledge of biological matters, no fact is more patent than that sex constitutes one of the greatest underlying principles throughout Nature. Students of evolution will appreciate the fact that […]

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What is Imperialism?

The Socialist Party of Great Britain was founded in 1904 as a breakaway from the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), which had been dominated by Henry Hyndman who controlled the party’s printing press giving Hyndman undue influence over the party. But a deeper reason was that the SDF was seen to be descending into reformism. Those who believed in that strategy for the SDF described themselves […]

Socialism Clarified

Socialism is almost globally misunderstood and misrepresented. Socialism will be a transformation of society and many of the things that most people take for granted, as “just the way things have to be”, can and will be changed to establish socialism. The case for socialism rests upon the fact that the capitalist social system cannot provide a […]

What we are not

From the October 1971 issue of the Socialist Standard  The World Socialist Movement does not support the Labour Party or the Democratic Party. In our view, these parties are organizations with confused and vague ideas about changing society and improving the lot of working people. It has now become little different from the Conservative Party or the Republicans — another “team” to […]

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