No. 1292 April 2012

Socialist Standard April 2012

• Syria: Bashar Lives Up to His Name

• Now … and Then

• From Handicraft to the Cloud: Part 2 of 2 – The 21st Century

• Editorial: Profits Before People, Again

• Book Reviews: ‘Pity the Billionaire’, ‘Zinoviev & Martov: Head to Head in Halle’, ‘The Reason Why’

• Pathfinders: War – the Enders in Sight

• Film Review: The Way Back (2010)

• Greater London Assembly Elections

• Proper Gander: Right Whinger

• Halo Halo!

• 50 Years Ago: Nonsense About Race

• Brief Reports

• Action Replay: Naming Ceremonies

• Cooking the Books: Cash Mountains – Why?

• Voice From the Back

• Material World: Balochistan – Redrawing the Map of Southwest Asia

• Cartoon: Free Lunch in the Future

• Greasy Pole: All in What Together?

• The Titanic Disaster 100 Years On

• The Titanic: Who Was To Blame?

• The Titanic: A Member Writes…

• What About the Deckchairs?

• Maritime Disasters