Issue 1576 - 12 March 2026
Satellite-guided war of terror
Not so long ago Trump was saying that there would be a popular welcome for US intervention. A big lie: the working class has always opposed regime change from above. Yassamine Mather assesses the battle for hearts and minds
Letters
George’s drama; Spart workers; China apologist; YP opportunity; Karl or Groucho?; Inspiring duo
Within the circle of fire
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces acute problems on every front. Now there is the US-Israel assault on Iran. How will Turkey respond? Esen Uslu gives his take on regional rivalries and the challenges faced by the left
Abolish the monarchy system
It is not about one bad apple. Nor is it about cultural identity or historical symbolism. No, it is about political power. Republicanism must be central to our socialist project, argues Marcus Strom, editor of Labor Tribune.
Key questions for uniting the left
Today’s left is in a mess. The worst thing we can do is to repeat solutions that unmistakably failed in the past. Charlotte Bourchier of the Spartacist League of Australia discusses the debates in Communist Unity
Great Unrest to councils of action
Marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, Jack Conrad looks at the background of imperial decline, Ireland, women’s suffrage, trade union militancy and working class defence of Soviet Russia
Corbyn’s suffocating regime
Everything was factionally choreographed. All of them knew what was going to happen and how they were supposed to vote. That is how The Many fights the left. Appeals for ‘unity’, ‘reconciliation’ or, god help us, ‘away days’ are beyond useless, says Carla Roberts
How not to do democracy
Abridged report from Grassroots Left CEC members
Selling the Torygraph
Its readership remains stubbornly of pensionable age. Its journalism has become more and more stupid. With ‘AI transformation’ on the agenda, Paul Demarty expects a further descent into worthless slop