Last week, King Charles threw a grand party to please President Donald J. Trump. For all the pageantry and pomp, this was a rather pointless affair, with little of substance gained for the ruling class. The event could best be summarised as a circus with no bread.

Global turmoil. A rotten, crisis-ridden establishment. Reaction on the streets. This is the barbarism that capitalism has in store for us. But there is an alternative, revealed by the worldwide ‘Gen-Z Revolutions’, and the growing support for communism.

Yesterday, social media was abuzz with accusations and counter-statements between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, in an argument over the founding of a new left party. This is no time for squabbles. It is vital that we return to debating politics.

This week marked 158 years since the publication of Karl Marx’s Capital – a monumental work uncovering the inner workings and contradictions of the capitalist system. Here, we republish Adam Booth’s preface to the newly-released third edition of Understanding Marx’s Capital.

Hundreds of thousands took part in France’s bloquons tout movement last week, dominated by the youth. This was a thunderclap: let the next mobilisation tomorrow, 18 September, be the beginning of a social storm!

The monster ‘Unite the Kingdom’ demonstration on Saturday 13 September marks a turning point. This was an embarrassing defeat for the left. The blame lies at the feet of the reformist left leaders, and the so-called ‘Marxist’ Socialist Workers Party.