No. 1324 December 2014

Socialist Standard December 2014 PDF

• Free Lunch

• Halo Halo!

• Voice From the Back

• The Myth of National Characteristics

• Cooking the Books: Comic Capitalism

• Material World: Dying to Migrate

• Greasy Pole: Slags and Swamps

• Fear, Hate and Greed

• An Open Letter to Russell Brand

• How Capitalist Dumb-ocracy Deals with Vital Questions

• The War in Ukraine

• Cooking the Books: Hard Work, Taxes and Profits

• Mixed Media: British Folk Art

• Book Reviews: ‘Population 10 Billion’, & ‘The Failure of Capitalist Production’

• Proper Gander: Fiscal Exercise

• Editorial: The Choice is Always Ours

• Will the Pacific Remain Peaceful?

• Pathfinders: Watch This Space…

• 50 Years Ago: The Observer and the SPGB

• Two Tales of One City

• Action Replay: Your Name’s in the Book