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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 …

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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 …