Socialist Standard November 2010 torrent

Socialist Standard magazine November 2010 -
Editorial - Class war: were all in it together
Articles -
Not disillusioned enough
Obamas followers are not half as disillusioned as they need to be.

World poverty: cause and effects
How should poverty be measured, if at all?

Politics in Africa
Political leaders in Africa are reluctant to relinquish power through the medium of the ballot box.

Slums and Slumps: Housing under Capitalism
Housing problems show how reforms cannot banish capitalisms problems.

Against religion
The pope recently attacked aggressive secularists and extremist atheists. Here is the Socialist Standard reply.

Housing in capitalism and socialism
Today the very rich own multiple mansions while the very poor sleep on the streets.

Disabled or not enabled?
Capitalism sees the unproductive disabled as a drain on profits. Socialism will promote the good life and society for all, regardless of health condition

Regular features -
Pathfinders (science / technology) re. Chilean miners, and toxic spill in the Danube
Material World - ËœThe Caspian Sea: oil and gas versus caviar
Pieces Together - news cuttings from mainstream media
Cooking the Books 1 (economics) Cable and capitalism
Cooking the Books 2 - ËœPocket Money
50 Years Ago ËœRight to Strike
Voice From the Back - selected news items
Free Lunch -cartoon
Book Reviews
ËœRed plenty, by Francis Spufford
23 Things They Dont Tell You About Capitalism, by Ha-Joon Chang
ËœChinese and African Perspectives on China in Africa, eds Axel Harneit-Sievers, Stephen Marks and Sanusha Naidu