Socialist Standard No. 1336 December 2015

Editorial: Neither God nor State The False Promise That is Jeremy Corbyn Pathfinders: Digging Optimism Too Little Too Late Halo Halo! Seasonal Goodwill, Dodgy Deals and Unreliable Witnesses Cooking the Books: You Can’t Buck the Market But You Can Abolish It Material World: Burma - More Rounds To Go Greasy Pole: Liz and Her Life and Loves What is the 'Islamic State'? From Political Economy to Vulgar Economics Lee Harvey Oswald, ‘Hunter of Fascists’? Paul Mason Waits For Godot Cooking the Books: Yes, We Have No Economic Policy Mixed Media: Mary Barnes Book Reviews: 'The Next Revolution', 'The Killing Fields of Inequality', & 'Humanity at the Crossroads - A Political and Humanist Dialogue' Proper Gander: Cheapness At a Price 50 Years Ago: Christianity or Socialism Action Replay: Sadness in the Beautiful Game Voice From the Back Cartoon: Free Lunch