No. 1305 May 2013

Socialist Standard May 2013 PDF

• Why the Left Needs a Thatcher

• Letter

• Italy’s New Brand: 5-Star Movement

• How Should Socialists Organise?

• Who was Blanqui?

• Now There are Seven – or are there?

• Cooking the Books: Class Struggle From Above

• Mixed Media: ‘Life of Galileo’ & ‘Death: A Self Portrait’

• Book Reviews: ‘An English Affair’ & ‘The History of Democracy’

• Editorial: Thatcher, the Icon

• Film Review: Spirit of 45

• Pathfinders: Crowd Atlas

• Proper Gander: Monarchy’s Maladies

• Greasy Pole: Thatcher and Thatcherism – A Long Time Dying

• 50 Years Ago: Beeching’s Rail Cuts

• Cooking the Books: Marx and Banks

• Action Replay: All Above Board

• Material World: North Korea – Is the Crisis Real?

• Voice From the Back

• Halo Halo!

• Cartoon: Free Lunch

• Student Protests