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Socialist Standard magazine September 2009
Editorial – ‘Capitalism and the two world wars’
Open Letter – ‘The Economic Crisis: an open letter to trade unionists’

Articles –
‘Oil or democracy, what do you think?’ (Iraq and Afghanistan)
‘Japan: the road to Pearl Harbor’
‘Nazism - the ultimate evil?’
‘Harry Patch and the First World Slaughter’
‘Imagine a world without war’
‘Why are we waiting?’
‘As things are now’ (3rd part of what life might be like in socialism)

Regular features -
Pathfinders (science / technology) – ‘Euthanasia? Health Care Reforms, etc’ plus ‘Bang goes the science media’ and ‘Competition for the Twittering Classes’
Material World – ‘March of the Far Right’
Pieces Together – news cuttings from mainstream media
Cooking the Books 1 (economics) – ‘Hunting in the morning’
Cooking the Books 2 – ‘A salaried economy, no thanks’
50 Years Ago – ‘The Inhumanity of War’
Book reviews –
‘Globalization in Question’, by Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson and Simon Bromley
‘Globalisation Laid Bare: Lessons in International Business’, by Industry and Parliament Trust
‘Bloody Foreigners – The story of immigration to Britain’, by Robert Winder.
‘The Rise and Fall of Communism’, by Archie Brown
‘Rare doings at Camberwell’ and ‘Muzak to my ears’, Past Tense Publications
Greasy Pole (UK politics) – ‘Alan Milburn: Days of Despair’
Voice From the Back - selected news items
Free Lunch – cartoon
Plus letters, meetings, etc.