Day: May 5, 2019
Archives, Capitalism, Film Review
Capitalism and Michael Moore (2010)
From the March 2010 issue of The Socialist Standard Like Michael Moore’s other films, ‘Capitalism: A Love Story‘, is brilliant in its way, hard-hitting and funny. He strips ...
Capitalism, Class, media, Politics, Socialism
What Is ‘Millennial Socialism’?
Opinion polls suggest that the younger age groups in the United States – colloquially referred to as ‘millennials’1– are much more open to socialist ideas than their ...
Britain’s Political Crisis (1975)
From the October 1975 issue of The Socialist Standard Text of a letter sent by a member of the World Socialist Party of the US to the American left-wing ...
Capitalism and Underdevelopment: Where Leninists Go Wrong
From the Summer 1986 issue of The World Socialist The whole Leninist theory of imperialism turns on two or three major concepts: the twin notions of super-profits and super-exploitation, monopoly ...
Archives, Film Review, History
What Was He Fighting For? (2011)
From the May 2011 issue of The Socialist Standard Phil Ochs as the Sound of the “New Left” A new documentary film on the life and music of Phil ...
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce (2010)
Book Review from the February 2010 issue of The Socialist Standard First as Tragedy, Then as Farce by Slavoj Žižek. Verso, 2009. Has Slavoj Žižek (the superstar Slovenian “theorist”) signed ...
The Campaign Against Prohibition in the U.S.A. (1932)
From the September 1932 issue of The Socialist Standard At the time of writing arrangements are being made to hold a big parade, and it is claimed that many trade unions ...
The Coming Election in the U.S.A. (1932)
From the October 1932 issue of The Socialist Standard The two great burlesque shows recently held in Chicago are now things of the past—the conventions of the two major ...
Bolshevism and the Third International (1936)
From the February 1936 issue of The Socialist Standard By no means unanimous will be the interpretations placed on the programmes formed at the recent seventh World Congress of the Communist ...
Archives, Capitalism, Class, Economics
I Wannabe a Plutocrat! (2013)
The Material World Column from the August 2013 issue of The Socialist Standard Dear Material World, My life’s dream is to become a fully paid-up member of the capitalist ...