No. 1360 December 2017

Socialist Standard December 2017 PDF

• Greasy Pole: Beware of Leaders

• Cooking the Books: Free is Cheaper

• Russia 1917: As We Saw It

• Unsafe at Any Price

• Pathfinders: A Rattle of Blockchains

• Editorial: Mugabe – From ‘Marxist’ Guerrilla to Fat Cat Dictator

• Rear View

• Cartoon: Free Lunch

• Material World: Europe – A Whiff of Fascism in the Air

• Party Politics in Africa

• Free Money for All

• Cooking the Books: More Hot Air About Banks

• The Roma – Someone to Kick

• Ideology and Revolution pt.3

• The Myth of National Self Determination

• Proper Gander: Nutters and Putters

• Book Reviews: ‘Wilhelm Reich and the Function of the Orgasm’, & ‘What is Critical Social Research, Vol. II’

• Book Reviews: ‘The Dilemmas of Lenin’, & ”The Corruption of Capitalism – Why Renters Thrive and Work Does Not Pay’

• Exhibition Review: The Return of Memory

• 50 Years Ago: Distorting Marxism

• Action Replay: 888online – Gambling’s Bête Noire