This month marks the 250th anniversary of ‘The Wealth of Nations’ – the seminal work by bourgeois economist Adam Smith. Despite the denials of today’s liberals and free-marketeers, Smith’s theories paved the way for the revolutionary ideas of Marxism.

Labour’s Shabana Mahmood is waging war on asylum seekers and whipping up a culture war in a bid to counter Nigel Farage. But these policies please nobody and are alienating Labour’s own supporters. To fightback, we must turn their culture war into class war.

On 28 March, a coalition of trade unions, campaign groups, and celebrities will rally against racism and the right. The politics of this demo are hollow, however. The RCP is mobilising with a clear message: to fight racism, we must fight capitalism.

Communist candidates in Cardiff and Sheffield won hundreds of votes in recent student union elections, by pointing the blame at the university bosses, the billionaires, and their system. Plus: reports from campus rallies on Iran, debates with Tories, and more.

Wellred Books Britain is pleased to announce the arrival of our newly-published book, written for the centenary of the 1926 British General Strike. Here, we publish the introduction written by Rob Sewell, as well as a quickfire interview with author Ben Gliniecki.

Growing support and success for the Greens is leading to greater scrutiny of their proposals. Leader Zack Polanski has suggested that the ideas of Modern Monetary Theory could offer a way forward. But is this reformist approach really a solution?