No. 1290 February 2012

Socialist Standard February 2012

• Greasy Pole: Getting on at Westminster

• Death of a Dictator

• Where Money Comes From: A Reply to the New Economics Foundation.

• Cooking the Books: Profitability

• Policing the Proles

• Carry on Campaigning

• Book Reviews: ‘When a Billion Chinese Jump’, ‘The Philosophy Book’, ‘Anarchism – A Marxist Criticism’

• Film Review: The Iron Lady

• Proper Gander: Fancy a Pint?

• Editorial: SNP Hypocrisy

• 50 Years Ago: Homeless in London

• Pathfinders: The New Untouchables

• Action Replay: Remarkable Behaviour

• Letters

• Voice From the Back

• Halo Halo!

• Cartoon: Free Lunch

• Tiny Tips

• Cooking the Books: After the Revolution

• Material World: The Porn Business