POLITICS

The Miners’ Strike Remembered One socialist recalls what made him class conscious The 1984-85 Miners’ Strike was a pivotal moment in my political education, a formative event in the development of my socialist class… READ MORE __________________________________________________________________ Material World: Nicaragua – Truth Will Out Many liberals, including the newly elected mayor of New York, Bill De Blasio, were inspired by the Sandinista government of Daniel Ortega in the 1980s. Indeed it was difficult for anyone not have… READ MORE ______________________________________________________________________

Editorial: Double Standards Pathfinders: Under the Ground and Over the Moon ‘Immigrants’: A Voice From the Past Letters Halo Halo! Socialists to Stand in Euro-elections Cooking the Books: Owen Jones’s Hopeless Agenda Material World: Nicaragua – Truth Will Out Greasy Pole: A Tale Of Two Constituencies The Miners’ Strike Remembered Ukraine: Between Oranges and Blues Davos Elites Think Globally, Act Greedily The Maoist Insurgency in India Obituary: Florrie Barwick Cooking the Books: Labour is All Capitalist Now Mixed Media: ‘Children of the Sun’ & ‘BermudaTriangle Test Transmission Engineers’ Book Reviews: ‘Militant Liverpool’ & ‘Plutocrats – the Rise of the New Global Super-Rich’ Film Review: ‘Utopia’ by John Pilger Proper Gander: Channel Hopping The Shopping Channels 50 Years Ago: Big Stamp Wrangle Action Replay: Power Play Voice From the Back Cartoon: Free Lunch No. 1315 March 2014 Whole issue as print ready pdf: Socialist Standard March 2014.pdf