The death of Alex Salmond, a towering figure of the Scottish independence movement, has been met with glowing tributes from across the political spectrum. Salmond made the SNP what it is today: a party of big business, austerity, and decline.

The USA has been battered by a series of deadly hurricanes in the past few weeks. These disasters have exposed that capitalism cannot deal with the consequences of the climate crisis – a catastrophe of its own making.

We are proud to announce a new, updated, and expanded edition of the RCP booklet ‘Israel-Palestine: A Revolutionary Way Forward’. We publish here the new introduction, covering the earth-shattering events since the commencement of Israel’s slaughter.

Starmer’s unpopular austerity policies have forced some trade union leaders to begin offering tokenistic resistance. But to defend our class and prepare for the battles ahead, militant, fighting leadership – not class-collaboration – is needed.

As Netanyahu, backed by the warmongers in Washington and Westminster, spreads his slaughter across the Middle East, the RCP is organising a new generation of revolutionaries in the fight to overthrow imperialism. Join us in this struggle today!

Netanyahu’s genocidal war on Gaza, now one year old, has created a new ‘nakba’ – ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic – for the Palestinian people. With Israel now spreading the slaughter, the same fate awaits Lebanon. We must fight to overthrow the warmongers.