Do want the long version or the short version?
*Sigh* Everyone wants the short version.
This is an unofficial page for the Socialist Standard that I set up a couple of years ago after moving to the United States from Britain.
I'm a long term supporter/member of the organisation, the Socialist Party of Great Britain , that publishes the Socialist Standard and, with this page, I'm merely seeking to raise the profile of both the magazine and its politics.
Nothing more, nothing less. I'm not trying to recruit you. I'm not trying to brainwash you . . . and I'm not even trying to sell you a timeshare in a revolution. Been there, done that. Got the washed out T shirt.
If you find the politics of the magazine are agreeable to your taste, then please go to the following pages for more information:
World Socialist Party of the United States Socialist Party of Great Britain Socialist Party of Canada
As I mentioned above, this is an unofficial page for the magazine, so I will from time to time post articles, book reviews and other materials from other magazines and books that I find of interest.
Sometimes they are from the same political tradition as the Socialist Standard, sometimes they are not. Like the articles posted from the Socialist Standard, I think they provide food for thought and hope people find them of interest even when they may not agree with every dot and comma of the piece posted.
My own personal MySpace page is over here but it's been a while since I signed in. I think the last time I checked my personal page, Ben Affleck still had his own hair. I also have a blog called Inveresk Street Ingrate but that's only for people who like bad jokes, have a love/hate relationship with Glasgow Celtic and obsess over obscure and not so obscure post-punk music from October 1981.
One last point of clarification: The music, tv shows and films listed on the page are to my taste, not the Socialist Standard's.
The magazine does not currently have a position on the merits or otherwise of the Gang of Four or Freaks and Geeks. Don't worry, I'm working on it.
Thanks again for checking out the page and the magazine. Hope it hits the spot.
all the best,
Darren
PS - Aren't you glad that you asked for the short version?
I'd like to meet:
People with a burning desire to click on one or all of the following links:
Socialism - questions and answers The Challenge of a Better Future FAQ on Socialism What Marx Should Have Said To Kropotkin Howard Zinn's 'Je Ne Suis Pas Marxiste' Capitalism and Other Kids Stuff Is The Socialist Party Marxist? Are You A Socialist? Shelley: a socialist poet Who the hell was Karl Marx? Oscar Wilde and Socialism Punk Rock’s Silver Jubilee
Music:
ABCAltered ImagesArab StrapArctic MonkeysThe AssociatesThe Au PairsThe AuteursAztec CameraBadly Drawn BoyBallboyThe BeatlesBikini KillBlack Box Recorder BlancmangeBlondieThe Blue NileBluebellsBlurThe Boo RadleysBow Wow WowDavid BowieBilly BraggBratmobileThe BuzzcocksThe ByrdsCamera ObscuraThe CavedogsThe ChameleonsBilly ChildishCinnamonCocteau TwinsCold War KidsColourboxConsolidatedCosmic Rough RidersThe CoupCrowded HouseThe DearsThe DelgadosDelta 5The Detroit CobrasDiesel Park WestStephen DuffyDuran DuranEagle*SeagullElvis CostelloFad GadgetThe FallGeneGirl In A ComaHeaven 17Human LeagueThe JamJapanKing CreosoteLe TigreKirsty MacCollMcCarthyMagazineManic Street PreachersThe MekonsMicrodisneyMighty Wah!Nervus RexNew AgeOrange JuiceParis (Swedish)Prefab SproutThe ProclaimersPulpRoxy MusicThe RutsSalon BorisScarsSimple MindsThe SmithsSons and DaughtersThe SoundSound TeamThe StairsSuper Furry AnimalsSupergrassTears For FearsTeenage FanclubThe TheTV 21The UndertonesThe WendysWinWireRobert WyattXXTC
I made this music player at MyFlashFetish .com.
Movies:
39 Steps400 Blows1900The ApartmentAu Revoir Les EnfantsBilly LiarBull DurhamCity of GodDazed & ConfusedGodfather IGodfather IIGregory's GirlHalf NelsonHigh HopesLand and FreedomThe Last ResortLetters To BrezhnevLife is SweetLone StarMMatewanMidnight RunMiller's CrossingNorth By NorthwestThe Opposite of SexSome Like It HotA Taste of HoneyThree Colours WhiteTrustWithnail and I
Television:
Auf WiedersehenClocking OffFreaks & GeeksLucky LouieMade In BritainMeantimeThe Office (UK)The Office (US)ShamelessTutti FruttiUgly Betty
Books:
I know it is hard to believe, but there is worthwhile reading material out there that doesn't include the words socialist and standard in its title. When I'm not breathing in cough-inducing paper dust from vintage issues of the Socialist Standard, I have been known to read the novelisation of the following films in book form:
Harper Lee's
To Kill A Mockingbird
Gordon Legge's
The Shoe
Mikhail Bulgakov's
The Master and Margarita
Grace Paley's
Collected Short Stories
Robert Tressell's
Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Edward Gaitens'
Dance of the Apprentices
Nick Hornby's
Fever Pitch
Alan Bleasdale's
Scully
Michael Cannon's
Conspiracy of Hope
Ian McEwan's
First Love, Last Rites
Dashiel Hammett's
The Red Harvest
William McIllvanney's
The Walking Wounded
Jaroslav Hasek's
The Good Soldier Schweijk
Victor Serge's
The Case of Comrade Tulayev
Denise Mina's
The Garnethill Trilogy
Harvey Swados's
Standing Fast
George Orwell's
Homage to Catalonia
Walter Mosley's
The Devil in the Blue Dress
Roddy Doyle's
Snapper
Mario Vargas Llosa's
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
Bernard McLaverty's Walking the Dog
Alan Spence's
The Magic Flute
