Capitalism
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: ...
Capitalism, Class, War, Work
May Day: The Endless Fight for the Eight-hour Day
Dancing round the Maypole on the First of May is an ancient custom. Only in 1891, however, did May Day become an occasion for workers’ demonstrations. The ...
Book Review, Capitalism, Class
‘Changing the World’ Without Changing the World
Daniel W. Drezner, The Ideas Industry. Oxford University Press, 2017. David Callahan, The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. Anand Giridharadas, Winners ...
Book Review, Capitalism, Human Nature, Work
A Few Words on the German Ideology
The ideas in The German Ideology (TGI) have had great influence over the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) and all of the SPGB’s companion parties which ...
