Socialist Standard

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Socialist Standard

language English
First edition September 1, 1904
Frequency of publication per month
editor Socialist Party of Great Britain
Web link www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/
ISSN (print) 0037-8259

The Socialist Standard is a monthly magazine that has been published non-stop by the Socialist Party of Great Britain since September 1904 . The magazine's tendency is to analyze current events, particularly those affecting the UK, from a Marxist standpoint.

history

The first editors were Robert Elrick and Jack Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was an employee until his death in 1929, a total of 25 years. The editorial board was originally elected. Articles and speeches by Karl Kautsky , Jules Guesde , Paul Lafargue , Rosa Luxemburg and August Bebel appeared here regularly. One of the first interviews was with Marx's son-in-law. While the editorial team continued to publish texts by some of the prominent leaders of the social democratic parties up until World War I , it was critical of reform efforts. During the upheaval in Russia in 1905, a letter was published from a certain Roubanovich in which he asked for donations on behalf of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party to support the fight against the Tsar.

War censorship

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The magazine was placed on a secret list of newspapers and magazines banned for export during World War I, as it urged workers to refuse military service in their countries and instead participate in the class struggle.

In 1915 the magazine published an article by Maxim Litvinov , a member of the Bolshevik Party, who called for a socialist solution to the war.

During World War I, the standard largely defied the provisions of the Defense of the Realm Act . Introduced in November 1914 regarding Comment Adverse to the Conduct of the War and on the advice of the 'E' branch of MI5 , the Home Standard was forbidden from being sent to destinations outside the UK.

In 1937 Sir William Bodkin declared in the New Zealand Parliament that the Socialist Standard was "the most pre-eminent authority in the socialist world in the British Empire."

During the Second World War, the defense regulations introduced in May 1940 were followed even more strictly and the contradiction of the standard against the conflict was expressed in clauses without open anti-war articles having appeared. After World War II, the Socialist Standard began publishing articles on ecology, psychology, and debates on theories relevant to refuting "human nature" arguments against socialism.

21st century

The Socialist Standard has been published online since 2000 . To celebrate the party's centenary in 2004, 70 articles from over ten thousand in the magazine's history were selected and published in the book Socialism Or Your Money Back . The June 2004 issue was dedicated to the history of the magazine and the history of the party. The September 2004 edition of the Socialist Standard was a special theme commemorating the centenary of the Socialist Standard.

In 2007 the conference decided to publish the magazine under Creative Commons . The US Senator Bernie Sanders is said to have been a subscriber to the magazine.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Barberis: Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations . Pinter, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-8264-5814-8 .
  2. ^ A b Steve Coleman: The Origin and Meaning of the Political Theory of Impossibilism . University College London, London 1984.
  3. ↑ Karl Kautsky: The “Intellectuals” and Party Principles, accessed on May 14, 2019
  4. ^ Jules Guesde: The Social Problem and Its Solution (Part One) . In: Socialist Standard . No. 5, 01/01/1905. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  5. ^ Adam Buick: The Socialist Party of Great Britain Centenary . In: History Workshop Journal . No. 50, 2005.
  6. ^ Paul Lafargue: Socialism and Nationalization, pt . 1 . In: Socialist Standard . No. 90, 01/02/1912. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  7. ^ Adam Buick: Anglo-Marxism . In: New Interventions . No. Vol 12, issue 1, Spring 2005.
  8. ^ HJ Hawkins: A Forecast of the Coming Revolution . In: Socialist Standard . No. 3, 01/11/1904. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  9. ^ John Crump: The Socialist Party and the Second International, pt . 1 . In: Socialist Standard . No. 765, 01/05/1968. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  10. ^ C Huysmans: The Russian Revolution . In: Socialist Standard . No. 27, 01/11/1906. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  11. ^ M Maximovich : A Russian Challenge . In: Socialist Standard . No. 127, 01/03/1915. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  12. ^ A Century in Print . In: The Socialist Party of Great Britain (ed.): Socialist Standard . No. 1201, September 2004.
  13. ↑ Parliamentary Debates September 9 to October 29, 1937.
  14. ↑ Robert Barltrop: The Monument: The story of the Socialist Party of Great Britain . Pluto Press, London 1975, ISBN 978-0-904383-00-3 , p. 161.
  15. ^ Socialism Or Your Money Back . The Socialist Party of Great Britain, London 2004, ISBN 0-9544733-1-0 .
  16. ^ Issue 1198 . In: The Socialist Party of Great Britain (ed.): Socialist Standard . No. 1198, June 2004.
  17. ↑ Issue 1201 . In: The Socialist Party of Great Britain (ed.): Socialist Standard . No. 1201, September 2004.
  18. ↑ Bernie Sanders had 'no intention of becoming a Democrat' (en) . In: Telegraph.co.uk , Daily Telegraph, February 19, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2017.