September 2010 Socialist Standard

September 2010 Socialist Standard

Editorial

Make austerity history

Regular Columns

Pathfinders Taiga Taiga burning bright...

Cooking the Books 1 Overproduction or underconsumption?

Cooking the Books 2 Labour and labour-power

Material World Fascists Take Over Russian Communist Party

Greasy Pole Home Sweet (?) Home

50 Years Ago Harry Pollitt

Main Articles

China’s working class drives capitalist development The heroic and inspiring struggles of China’s working class will only lay the ground for new and improved exploitation methods – unless, that is, the struggle turns political – and socialist.

A Socialist visits capitalist China Mainland China seen through the eyes of a socialist tourist.

What future for the Beautiful Island? A look at the other China.

For or Against Parliament? Violent overthrow of governments versus peaceful democratic elections.

Engels on Human Evolution Engels followed the impact of Darwin’s ideas more closely than Marx. He may even have read Darwin ‘The Descent of Man’.(concluding article of a three part series)

Letters, Book Reviews and Meetings

Letters to the Editors: Living Wage; Imperialism; Pete Seeger again

Book Reviews: Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction. By François Houtart. (Pluto Press);For All the Tea in China. By Sarah Rose (Arrow Books)

Socialist Party Meetings: Clapham, Chiswick & Manchester:

Voice From The Back

Behind The Fine Words; Progressing Backwards; Half A Million Homeless; "Humanitarian" Slaughter; The Growth Of Inequality; Bargain Basement Exploitation