Socialist Standard – The Socialist Party of Great Britain Skip to content First edition, September 1904 Subscribe to the Standard Order 3 free Standards Submit an article or letter Socialist Standard index of articles 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 The Socialist Standard is a monthly socialist newspaper published without interruption since 1904 by the Socialist Party of Great Britain. The newspaper is written in a simple, direct style and focuses mainly on socialist advocacy and Marxian analysis of current events, particularly those affecting the United Kingdom. It was placed on a secret list of papers and magazines banned for export during World War I, for its call for workers to refuse to fight for their countries and instead join the class war. In 1915 it published an article written by a member of the Bolshevik party calling for a socialist solution to the war. In 1918, however, the paper voiced the first doubts of the SPGB regarding the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. In the 1930s it drew on the reports from Spain to produce articles on the looming menace of aerial warfare. In World War II the magazine evaded the censor largely by producing a series of articles on the Peloponnesian and similar ancient wars as a cover for the Party’s opposition to the current one. The SPGB maintains that it is not a left-wing organisation nor its journal, the Socialist Standard a left-wing journal. ‘Left-wing’, it contends, has simply become an umbrella designation for protest groups and organisations demanding amendments and reforms to capitalism. The SPGB and the World Socialist Movement (with which the SPGB is associated) contrary to the views and aspirations of these myriad groups and organisations that would claim to be left-wing, affirms that capitalism is incapable of meaningful reform; that quintessentially the basis of the exploitation of the working class is the wages/money system. Live Forum Topics Our 2026 local election campaign in London The Reformation and the Rise of the Nation State White House sends delegation to deliver war ultimatum to Cuba Artificial Intelligence and “Consciousness” Trump as president again? Review of the book ‘Make Capitalism History’ Capitalism´s future and Iran Russian Tensions April 2026 Socialist Standard No. 1460 Socialism or Your Money Back Blog George and the dragon Socialist Sonnet No. 232 Lose leaders Guns or Butter Today's take-away Africa’s Socialist Banner Africa: A Marxian Analysis Southern Africa - severe drought warning Kenya: Soaking the Poor Zimbabwe: Shock horror, government losing out on taxes. IMF still forcing austerity on Africans Mouvement Socialiste Mondial Les troubles en Iran (1980) L'Iran dans la ligne de mire Les principes du socialisme « Taxer les riches » ? « Un autre monde est possible » (1998) Movimento Socialista Mondiale Stranieri nel nostro mondo d'origine Violenza e guerra: sono inevitabili? Una visione a lungo termine Che cosa significa “post-scarsità”? “Il socialismo non può funzionare, i socialisti si dimenticano sempre della natura umana” Turismo cosmetico