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Politics, Socialism

How I Became a Socialist

In this feature, members of the World Socialist Party of the US share personal stories of how they became socialists. More stories will be added as they become available.

14 min read

Capitalism, Economics, Environment, Marxism

Hope or Hoax: Reflections on the Green New Deal

Can a Green New Deal within capitalism resolve the climate crisis? The author of this article, reproduced from the journal Internationalist Perspective, argues that any such program would be either inadequate or incompatible with the capitalist drive for growth.

17 min read

Capitalism, News

Plane Crashes: Profit Before People

John Ayers of the Socialist Party of Canada examines how capitalist firms put profit before people, taking plane crashes as examples of the tragic consequences. But, he explains, capitalist firms HAVE to operate that way.

2 min read

Capitalism, Environment

Anton Pannekoek: The Destruction of Nature

A recently rediscovered essay by an early 20th century socialist theorist demonstrates that ecological thinking has always been part of the socialist worldview.

4 min read

Politics, War

From Obama to Trump: An Orange Thermidor?

By Stephen Harper (SPGB), November 13, 2016 ‘His cupboard bare; his vision hardwired’ — Wire, ‘Internal Exile’ As some wag tweeted after the recent presidential election, orange ...

4 min read

Capitalism, Economics

How Much Are You Worth?

From the May 2019 issue of The Socialist Standard Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democrat member of the US House of Representatives who calls herself a socialist, tweeted in February: ...

2 min read

Archives, Politics, Socialism

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 ...

2 min read

Archives, Politics

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 ...

4 min read

Archives, Politics

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 ...

5 min read

Archives, History, Socialism

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 ...

5 min read