On May 7 (tomorrow), three party members are standing in the Lambeth local elections — Anya Krycek in BRIXTON NORTH WARD; Jacqueline Shodeke in CLAPHAM COMMON & ABBEVILLE WARD, and César Ramon Sotillo in STOCKWELL WEST & LARKHALL WARD. Local news site article here www.brixtonbuzz.com/2026/05/meet...

What happens in a Marxist free-access socialist society with peach production? Farmers grow them and they’re distributed to people. What happens under capitalism when a company canning peaches goes bust? Farmers get paid to destroy 420,000 peach trees. Capitalism’s destructive, inefficient and dumb.

By violence and theft, land has been acquired around the world, leaving small percentages of country’s populations owning vast amounts of territory. Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, whose assets are now worth £10bn, once mocked the working class when asked what advice he had for

The Socialist Standard is out today. Enjoy May Day with some socialist views ✊ www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sociali...

The Case for Socialism www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Nq...

The so-called Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is campaigning for improvements to capitalism. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 spgb.net

Capitalism means “MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN” www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/snippet...

When someone tells you capitalism is best for people, ask “Which people?” It works best for capitalists since that’s it’s purpose, but the majority experience differing levels of need and deprivation. Also ask those who defend capitalism if they’d still support it if it had brought about over TWO

TONIGHT. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 10 April) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is “𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒?” General discussion on what’s been in the news. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

The number of people living in relative poverty in the UK has risen by half a million in the year up to March 2025. From spgb.net

Money is not something that will set you free. Money helps maintain your oppression and exploitation.

Are workers slaves under capitalism? From spgb.net

The April 2026 edition of The Socialist Standard is available to read online here: www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sociali...

President Trump avoided the war in Vietnam thanks to a podiatrist friend of his father diagnosing bone spurs in his heels. There are calls in the US for the president’s 20-year-old son Baron Trump to go to fight in Iran. To avoid this, daddy would doubtless also find a reason for him to be excused

Saturday's No Kings demonstrations took place in nearly every major US city, reportedly attracting more than 8 million people. There were also demos in London, Paris and Lisbon. A lot of Americans object to “wannabe king” Donald Trump saying actions by his administration are unconstitutional and a

While schools ‘teach’ children to prepare for life in a capitalist society, be sure to let them know there’s a socialist alternative to a lifetime of pursuing and worrying about money.

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨-𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙧-𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩.” ~ Marx, Capital Vol 1 It’s how capitalists become rich while the working class majority stay poor.

When you know what’s propping up the old capitalist system, and preventing the new socialist system replacing it, you know where to focus your efforts.

‘Take back the land and resources’. From spgb.net

TONIGHT. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 27 March) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is “𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀”. Speaker: Ray Rawlings. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

Latest World Socialist Radio podcast here www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/world-s... about 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 who exemplifies a lifelong “careerist” within the Labour Party. His political trajectory was driven more by personal advancement than by principled commitment to socialism. He rose through the

TONIGHT. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 20 March) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is Kate Raworth’s book “𝐃𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐍𝐔𝐓 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐒”. Speaker: Paul Bennett. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

From spgb.net

Choose. 𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟏: Humankind owns and democratically controls natural resources, industries etc that provide goods and services people need to live and enjoy life. Outcome: cooperative amicable society without huge inequality, workplace exploitation, poverty, deprivation, money worries and wars.

TONIGHT. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 13 March) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is “𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐃𝐀”. Speaker: Ray Rawlings. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

Each month we publish The Socialist Standard, which focuses mainly on the case for socialism and a Marxian analysis of current events. Did you know you can read online editions of our magazine going all the way back to the first, in 1904? www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/standar...

TONIGHT. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 6 March) 7.30pm (GMT). “𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺?” (an open discussion on recent events). To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

Humankind is blighted by unhealthy thinking. There’s a mental health crisis. Over a billion people suffer from anxiety, depression and chronic stress globally. Around a million commit suicide each year. Governments ignore the cause. Healthy thinking requires living and working in a healthy system.

Latest World Socialist Radio podcast here: www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/world-s... An account of how state repression is always accompanied by deceptive attempts to control the narrative and preserve legitimacy (from the February 2026 Socialist Standard). World Socialist Radio is the official pod-

Seen this month’s Socialist Standard yet? Help yourself here www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sociali...

TONIGHT. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 27 February) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is “𝑷𝑶𝑳𝒀𝑪𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑰𝑺: 𝑨 𝑫𝑨𝑻𝑨 𝑺𝑪𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑺𝑻 𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑺 𝑻𝑶 𝑩𝑬 𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑼𝑳.” Speaker: Paddy Shannon. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

Live in or near CAMBRIDGE? There’ll be a meeting of party members and sympathisers with a view to holding regular public meetings in the area. You can meet up at The Devonshire Arms, 1 Devonshire Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BH, on Tuesday April 14 (7:00 PM to 9:00 PM). www.meetup.com/socialistpar...

The words ‘Socialism’ and ‘Communism’ have wrongly become associated with what existed in places like Russia and China, and confusingly associated with other political organisations like the Labour Party in Britain, the Democratic Party in America etc.

The latest World Socialist Radio podcast is a letter to the Socialist Standard. See www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/world-s... Environmental destruction is rooted in the global money-based economic system, where production is driven by profit rather than human need.

From spgb.net

TOMORROW. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 20 February) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is “Notes on self-emancipation”. Speaker: Darren Poynton. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

Sick of voting for one bunch of politicians to replace another bunch only to see the same old problems continue? Want to end a political elite deciding what happens in society, as well as a capitalist elite controlling how people work and live? More political lies, or real socialism for real change?

TOMMOROW. World Socialist Movement Meeting on Zoom (Friday 13 February) 7.30pm (GMT). The subject is CONSPIRACY THEORIES. Speaker: Anto. To join the meeting click zoom.us/j/7421974305

The latest World Socialist Radio podcast, about Venezuela, is here www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/world-s... This episode argues that Venezuela’s economic and social crisis reflects the limits of reformist political projects that try to improve capitalism rather than replace it. It traces how

From spgb.net

Behind the Epstein revelations is capitalism — a system where a rich powerful minority control and exploit a vulnerable working class majority. With such a system where those with wealth and power prey on those weaker than them, abuse of girls and young women by Epstein and his chums was possible.

At this year’s London Boroughs elections, we will be standing candidates in Lambeth and Islington. Election day is Thursday 7 May. www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/campaig...

The latest World Socialist Radio podcast. “Do I Know You?” 👇 worldsocialism.org/spgb/world-s...

From spgb.net

The Socialist Party’s 2026 Summer School on the theme of Populism will be held in Worcester on 21st - 23rd August. For more information, and to make a booking, visit www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/summer-... Details of the weekend's talks will be announced in due course.

The February 2026 edition of The Socialist Standard is out today. Read it for free online here: www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/sociali...

Do you want A nice home with no fear of losing it? A job you enjoy doing? Freedom from money worries, debts etc? Top-quality health and dental care when it’s needed? No worries about being burgled or robbed? All the goods and services you need? No elite controlling your life? If yes, see spgb.net