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SOCIALIST STANDARD: Vol. 106, No. 1273: September 2010

Price: £1.50
Subtitle: 
Journal of The Socialist Party of Great Britain - Companion Party of the World Socialist Movement
ISSN: 
0037 8259
Number of pages: 
24
Introductory blurb: 

The Socialist Party is like no other political party in Britain. It is made up of people who have joined together because we want to get rid of the profit system and establish real socialism. Our aim is to persuade others to become socialist and act for themselves, organising democratically and without leaders, to bring about the kind of society that we are advocating in this journal. We are solely concerned with building a movement of socialists for socialism. We are not a reformist party with a programme of policies to patch up capitalism.

We use every possible opportunity to make new socialists. We publish pamphlets and books, as well as CDs, DVDs and various other informative material. We also give talks and take part in debates; attend rallies, meetings and demos; run educational conferences; host internet discussion forums, make films presenting our ideas, and contest elections when practical. Socialist literature is available in Arabic, Bengali, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish as well as English.

The more of you who join the Socialist Party the more we will be able to get our ideas across, the more experiences we will be able to draw on and greater will be the new ideas for building the movement which you will be able to bring us.

The Socialist Party is an organisation of equals. There is no leader and there are no followers. So, if you are going to join we want you to be sure that you agree fully with what we stand for and that we are satisfied that you understand the case for socialism.

Contents: 

Editorial
Make austerity history

FEATURES

China's working class drives capitalist development
The heroic and inspiring struggles of China's working class will only lay the ground for new and improved exploitation methods - unless, that is, the struggle turns political - and socialist

A Socialist visits capitalist China

What future for the 'Beautiful Island'?
A look at the 'other China'

For or Against Parliament? -- Introductory overview of What's Wrong With Using Parliament?: The cases for and against the revolutionary use of parliament.
People who come into contact with the Socialist Party and learn that we advocate revolution are often surprised that the revolution we urge is one that can be brought about by parliamentary means. They are used to associating revolution with the violent overthrow of governments, not with peaceful democratic elections. This is understandable given that, historically, revolutions of whatever kind have tended to be accompanied by bloodshed and violence and most organisations or political parties calling for revolution still envisage, whether explicitly or otherwise, violent means.

Engels on Human Evolution
Engels followed the impact of Darwin's ideas more closely than Marx. He may even have read Darwin The Descent of Man.

REGULARS

Pathfinders
Taiga, taiga burning bright...

Letters

Contact Details

Material World
Fascists Take Over Russian Communist Party

Cooking the Books 1
Overproduction or underconsumption?

Tiny Tips

Cooking the Books 2
Labour and labour-power

Book Reviews
 Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction -- Francois Houtart
 For All the Tea in China -- Sara Rose

Meetings

50 Years Ago
Harry Pollitt

Greasy Pole
Home Sweet (?) Home

Voice from the Back

Free Lunch
(Cartoon)