New alliance against Iran

In response to Trump’s ever more bellicose anti-Iran campaign, Putin has strengthened Russia’s links with the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah axis of resistance. The world is getting ever more dangerous, warns Yassamine Mather

Trotsky wood; Lars and Jack; Sorry end; Full house; Statement; Racist; Back ’em up; Something real

Toby Abse analyses the significance of the Sicilian election results earlier this month

Peter Manson takes a look at the SWP’s second pre-conference bulletin and the poverty of thought

Rex Dunn argues that sexism within the left is not the root cause for the rise of political correctness and identity politics

Mike Macnair reviews: William Clare Roberts, Marx’s inferno: the political theory of capital, Princeton 2017, pp282, £21.40

Optimism over Bonn and COP23 is misplaced, writes Simon Wells

The right’s grip on the Scottish Labour Party is starting to slip, writes Paul Demarty. But there is a long way to go

Robbie Rix congratulates our readers, and thanks one in particular