Issue 1590 - 18 June 2026
Art of the memorandum
The interim agreement extends the ceasefire, opens the Strait of Hormuz and, perhaps, ends the four months of conflict between the two countries. With both sides claiming victory,
Letters
Shanly resigns; WP nonsense; Atheist chime; Imperial China?; Left patriarchs; Mind control; Far-right march
Attempting to silence us all
Top British judges show themselves to be stunningly ignorant about basic British history. Clearly we should have no illusions in such people, including when they sit in international courts. Rather we should put our trust in the working class movement and mass politics, writes Carla Roberts
Who wants to be a trillionaire?
Amid an increasingly obvious tech bubble, Elon Musk has added a 13th digit to his net worth. Paul Demarty asks what this tells us about American capitalism today
Rot at the heart
Erdoğan’s blatant intervention in the internal affairs of the main opposition party is all part of a master plan to ensure him a third presidential term. Meanwhile, lacking a principled programme, the left is reduced to tailism. Esen Uslu reports
Centrality of democracy
Too many on the left consider lengthy debates, polemics, decision-making votes and minority rights a diversion from the ‘real struggle’. A fundamental error. Mike Macnair begins a series of articles
Labour’s toxic arms race
British imperialism is weak economically and yet feels obliged to commit to bigger and bigger arms budgets. However, we need to do more than oppose increases in so-called defence spending, argues Carl Collins
Politics of restoration
Challenging Reform UK from the right, Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain not only has open fascist support, it is finding a real resonance for its promise to reverse mass migration and hold a binding referendum on the death penalty, writes Eddie Ford
Popular and respected
He loved many things: cigarettes, good-looking young men, restaurants, opera and Picasso ... but above all he loved his art. Mike Belbin remembers David Hockney July 9 1937-June 11 2026