The Socialist Party and War (1950)

CONTENTS Introduction War in the Modern World Some Untenable Theories about the Cause of War Capitalism the Cause of Modern War The Labour Party and War Nationalism and War Free Trade, Self-sufficiency and War . Futile Efforts to Prevent War … Background of the War 1939-1945 The Labour Party and the Two World Wars The …

Ecology and Socialism

Ecology and Socialism PDF ECOLOGY AND SOCIALISM A Socialist View of Environmental Issues Contents 1. The biosphere 3 2. Human intervention 7 3. Nature and Society 11 4. Capitalism and the environment 16 5. The ecological imperative 21 6. Production for human needs 26 PREFACE Why ecology is important In recent years the environment has …

The Magic Money Myth

The Magic Money Myth PDF Contents Capitalism and Money How Banks Operate The New Theory of Money The Pure ‘Thin Air’ Theory of Banking Fractional Reserve Banking Loans Need to be Funded Towards a Cashless Society? Socialism or Banking Reform? CAPITALISM AND MONEY We are living under capitalism, where the means for producing and …

Rosa Luxemburg on Socialism

Now available. £2.50 plus an additional £1.50 p+p inland. Order from Head Office: email: spgb@worldsocialism.org phone: 020 7622 3811 write: 52 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UN This pamphlet is derived from numerous articles that have appeared in The Socialist Party’s publications over the decades, especially John Crump’s Rosa Luxemburg and the Collapse …

Socialism versus Tariff Reform

Socialism versus Tariff Reform PDF Version Socialism versus Tariff Reform Being a Report of a debate between J. FITZGERALD, Representing the Socialist Party of Great Britain, and Mr SAMUEL SAMUELS, Prospective Conservative Candidate for Wandsworth, on Tuesday, May 21st, 1912, held at Tooting Graveney Schools, Tooting, S.W. Chairman: Rev. C. Williams. THE CHAIRMAN. Ladies and …

Sylvia Pankhurst on Socialism

‘Sylvia Pankhurst on Socialism’ – Available from store at £1.50 (+£1.50 p+p) Sylvia Pankhurst PDF file. Contents Sylvia Pankhurst on Socialism Published by The Socialist Party of Great Britain 52 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UN October 2018 ISBN 978-1-909891-16-6 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst Sylvia Pankhurst and Socialism The Pankhurst name is mainly associated with the …

Why Socialists Oppose Zionism and Anti-Semitism

‘Why Socialists Oppose Zionism and Anti-Semitism’ Now available at £2.00 (+£1.50 P&P) Cheques payable to ‘The Socialist Party of Great Britain’. Copies from the Socialist Party, 52 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UN PDF Copy Zionism & Anti-Semitism pamphlet Contents Socialism against anti-Semitism and Zionism The Futility of Zionism Divide and Rule in Palestine Zionism …

‘Why the Russian Revolution Wasn’t a Socialist Revolution’

‘Why the Russian Revolution Wasn’t a Socialist Revolution’ A reprint of Russian Marxist Julius Martov’s pamphlet ‘The State and the Socialist Revolution’. With an introduction by the Socialist Party, on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the Bolshevik coup in Russia. Cover price £2.00. Copies from the Socialist Party, 52 Clapham High Street, …

What’s Wrong With Using Parliament?

PDF Version What’s Wrong With Using Parliament The cases for and against the revolutionary use of parliament Contents Introduction Capitalist limited democracy Majority action Reformist parliamentarism Participatory revolution Anti-Parliamentarian and Anarchist Objections Unconstitutional “Power corrupts” Conspiracy Coup Unrealistic alternatives Introduction What distinguishes us, amongst those who want a classless, stateless, wageless, moneyless society based on …

From Capitalism to Socialism – How We Live and How We Could Live

From-capitalism-to-socialism-how-we-live-and-could-live PDF Version FOREWORD to the 2006 edition This pamphlet is intended to be an introduction to the socialist view of how modern society operates and why we think socialism is necessary as a means of organising the world more effectively. For such a society to be established, it is necessary first for a majority …

Are We Prisoners of Our Genes?

PDF Version Are We Prisoners of Our Genes? Are We Prisoners of Our Genes? Introduction It may seem out of place that a political party should publish a pamphlet on an essentially scientific subject. What significance, it may be asked, have advances in our understanding of how heredity works got to do with a political …

An Inconvenient Question-Socialism and the Environment

PDF version Contents Introduction 1:What is ecology? 2:Earth under threat 3:Profit wins, the environment also ran 4:The waste of capitalism 5:Earth Summits – a record of failure 6:Green reformism 7:Socialism – an inconvenient question? AN INCONVENIENT QUESTION – SOCIALISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT Introduction In recent years the environment has become a major political …

The Market System Must Go!

PDF Version The Market System Must Go! Introduction This pamphlet, on the subject of ‘reform or revolution’, is intended to explain why the Socialist Party advocates a revolutionary transformation of existing society rather than piecemeal reform, like the Labour Party or the Conservatives. It is primarily intended to be a detailed back-up to our more …

Socialist Principles Explained

PDF Version Socialist Principles Explained The reason for this pamphlet We are open Very few political parties these days are willing to tell you what they are aiming for and how they are prepared to achieve it. The Socialist Party and our Companion Parties overseas have always done so. Our monthly journal, The Socialist …

Historical Materialism

Preface Most people know that in past centuries the world was very different from what it is now – different methods of production and means of transport, different ideas and behaviour, different political systems, and different social classes – slave owners and slaves, feudal lords and serfs, and now employers and wage earners. What is …