Evolution and State Capitalism
In a society based upon private property—-one in which the people of property have become a minority monopolising the means of life, and running the property State to exploit the people of no property,...
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Carry on Campaigning
Single issue campaigners ignore the root cause of the problems they highlight and continue along the road of calling for a reform here and there.Looking back is enormously important to understanding...
View ArticleEditorial: The Whole of Capitalism is Unacceptable
Following the 2010 General Election, the new government published the Conservative- Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement. In this initial policy document were proposals to reform banking, which stated:...
View ArticleMorris and the Problem of Reform or Revolution
It is now generally accepted that William Morris, the Victorian poet and designer, was for the last thirteen years of his life (he died in 1896 at the age of 62) an active propagandist for...
View ArticleIn the Sweet Bye and Bye
When the workers first won the franchise many of them voted for their masters out of a sort of feudal loyalty, and others were cheaply woo'd with flattery and petty bribes: only a few then saw that...
View ArticleLabourism Proposes - Capitalism Disposes
The members of the Socialist Party of Great Britain are not among those short-sighted electors who, having helped to elect a Labour Government to power, are now turning in astonished resentment to rend...
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Single Issues Versus the Holistic Approach
What is the way forward: trying to deal with separate problems one by one or dealing with their common cause?The World Socialist Movement, of which the Socialist Party of Great Britain is a part, is a...
View ArticleSocialism is the Only Alternative
On 22 June a People’s Assembly Against Austerity is being held in central London, with the support of various leftwing groups, trade unions, and Labour and Green Party politicians. Its aim is to...
View ArticleUnemployment - Cause and Cure
There are now upwards of 1 1/4 million workers registered as unemployed in Great Britain. How many there are not registered, and how many are working short time, it is impossible to say, but we may...
View ArticleDebate: 'What Are We Going to do About Capitalism?'
Public Debate at Conway Hall, London, between...Peter Tatchell (Human Rights Campaigner)Clifford Slapper (The Socialist Party of Great Britain)with thanks to Stephen Oberauer for filming the debate -...
View ArticleShort Cut to Nowhere
"I do not expect to be still alive at Christmas!" This dramatic message was delivered to a crowd of Saturday afternoon shoppers. The speaker then urged her audience to write to their MPs, to Khrushchev...
View ArticleMarie Stopes, Reformer
There are no good or bad reforms. Some people believe there are bad and good reformers. A prototype of the former might be, say, David Lloyd George. Cynical, ruthless, utterly venal and depraved, be...
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What Is Socialism and How Can It Be Achieved?
Public debate between Steve Coleman, (SPGB), and Laurence Spigel (Labour Party)Venue: The Prince Albert, Islington Recorded: Thursday, 4 April 1985What Is Socialism pt.1.mp3What Is Socialism pt.2.mp3
View ArticleEditorial: A Message for Aldermaston Marchers
This might be your last Aldermaston. The March has lost its impact and become an "Easter habit." These marches were originally organised in the belief that with mass support you would be able to force...
View ArticleIs a Third World War Inevitable?
The threat of immediate nuclear annihilation appears to have receded but war itself, and the threat of a future nuclear nightmare, is still as real as ever.Monday, 1 April 1996read more
View ArticleClass, Micropolitics & Solidarity
Socialists recognise that workers who are involved in reform campaigns are, at least, trying to gain some control over their lives.What do we find if we examine, quickly, the present state of class...
View ArticleCommon Questions Answered: (1) The Lesser of Two Evils
Q: You in the S.P.G.B. always seem to disregard the fact that Socialism cannot possibly come for a long while yet. Surely the practical thing to do in the meantime is to try to make the present system...
View ArticleA Question of Definition (2) Class and Reform
Class was originally a general term for a division or a group and was thus equivalent to modern “category”. Thus it had no particular social significance but from the period 1770 to 1840 it came...
View ArticleA Caution
According to the "Manchester Evening News" for Jan. 1st last, Mr. John Hodge, the new Minister of Labour, in the course of a speech at Gorton, blabbed out that "employers have begun to realise that...
View ArticleThe Uselessness of 'Practical Politics'
Most Socialists are familiar with the type of criticism which consists of arguing that Socialism is a vague proposal for general change, whereas what is needed is a series of definite, practical...
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