90 years on, the Battle of Cable Street should be studied by everyone who wants to fight the far right today. But one part of the story is often missed: not everyone on the left wanted to fight the fascists. Have today’s leaders learned from yesterday’s cowardice?

‘Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel’ (1970) reveals the crushing reality of life and death in Nazi-occupied Ukraine – depicting the bitter struggle for survival against famine, deportations, executions, and terror.

Tishani Doshi’s poetry collection ‘Egrets, While War’ vividly captures the churning chaos of life today. Combining personal reflections, political critique, and cutting humour, her work faces head-on the horrors of the modern world, without falling into despair.

UCL’s “Introduction to Political Philosophy” module is a classic example of how the revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx are distorted and defanged. For a new generation radicalised by the horrors of capitalism, they deserve better.

In her latest column, Fiona Lali explains how “the job of communists today is not simply to expose the ills of capitalism, they have already been laid bare for the world to see. Our job is to overcome the cynicism and despair that holds us back.”

It’s easy to understand why many – seeing the horrors of capitalist society on our screens and on the streets – feel pessimistic, disillusioned, and demoralised. But Marxism allows us to see the revolutionary processes developing beneath the surface.