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Who the Hell Was Karl Marx? (1998)

The following is a transcript of a paper that was presented at the Socialist Party of Great Britain’s 1998 Summer School, which was held at Fircroft College in Birmingham, ...

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Archives, History, Terror, Uncategorized

Leonard Peltier and the Primal Needs of Capital* (2004)

From Issue 19 of The World Socialist Review In a remote section of South Dakota just north of Nebraska lies an Indian reservation known as Pine Ridge. At ...

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An American Marxist (1990)

Book Review from the May 1990 issue of The Socialist Standard Daniel De Leon. By Stephen Coleman. Manchester University Press. £25. The contribution to socialist thought of Daniel De ...

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Archives, Film Review, History, War

Film Review: Lincoln (2013)

Film Review from the March 2013 issue of The Socialist Standard Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner is based on Team of Rivals: The Political Genius ...

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Archives, Book Review, Class

Michael Harrington’s ‘The Other America’ (1964)

Book Review from the March 1964 issue of The Socialist Standard The Other America. Michael Harrington, Penguin, 3s. 6d. There is a pretty little myth that America is the ...

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The Life and Letters of Isaac Rab (2011)

Book Review from issue 22 of The World Socialist Review Role Modeling Socialist Behavior: The Life and Letters of Isaac Rab, by Karla Doris Rab. 504 pages. Lulu ...

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Archives, Socialism

Liberate Technology. Liberate Ourselves. (2018)

From the February 2018 issue of The Socialist Standard Technology has evolved to the point where there is no reason why food, clothes, housing, medical care, education, transportation, computers, books, cell ...

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Archives, Class, Work

The Sit-down Strikes in America (1937)

From the April 1937 issue of The Socialist Standard America, we have often been told, is the great land of “Liberty”. They boast there of their “Liberty Statue” and ...

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Archives, Book Review, Economics

Build It Now? (2007)

Book Review from Issue 21 of The World Socialist Review Build It Now: Socialism For The Twenty-First Century by Michael A. Lebowitz Marx wrote: “Men make their own history, ...

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Archives, Politics

The United States and Imperialism (1986)

From the Summer 1986 issue of The World Socialist The history of US imperialism dates back to the times of the foundation of the nation. Whether making ...

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