January 2010 Socialist Standard

January 2010 Socialist Standard

Editorial

Capitalism and the New Decade

Regular Columns

Pathfinders Top of the Pop Charts

Cooking the Books 1 State monopoly capitalism

Cooking the Books 2 Financial alchemy

Material World Xenophobia in Russia

Greasy Pole The thick of it

Pieces Together Another Labour failure; Ten wasted years; The other 1 percent

50 Years Ago Labour's lost chord

Main Articles

Pitiful Copenhagen Given the competitive nature of capitalism any agreement on trying to deal with climate change was bound to be feeble and inadequate.

Climate change: business, as usual What should we have expected from such a large gathering of the world’s elites if it wasn’t this?

Masters of War ‘You can fool all of the people some of the time . . . and some of the people all of the time . . . but . . .’

Cab-ride to capitalism: servitude by the majority It only takes a cab ride in a city to see which class has the most power and influence in capitalist society.

Horror-Scope For Non-Socialists Some forecasts which are much more likely to be fulfilled – for non- Socialists.

Real life monopoly Compared to the complexities of capitalism socialism is a simple social system.

Ire of the Irate Itinerant Cartoon Strip

Book Reviews, & Meetings

Book Reviews:The Frock-Coated Communist: the Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels By Tristram Hunt; The Ecological Revolution – making peace with the planet By John Bellamy Foster The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Finance By Peter Stalker; Unravelling Capitalism. A Guide to Marxist Political Economy Joseph Choonara; Zombie Capitalism. Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx. By Chris Harman; Engines of Change By Ian J Kerr

Socialist Party Meetings: Clapham, Holborn, Manchester & Norwich:

Voice From The Back

Pollution and Profits; Capitalism in action; The next war?; It must be obvious

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