Issue 158 Analysis Trump gets serious Alex Callinicos Why Turkish troops are in Syria Ron Margulies Remembering “Rivers of Blood” Shirin Hirsch Marx’s politics Alex Callinicos Was Marx wrong about the working class? Reconsidering the gravedigger thesis Matt Vidal The political economy of a long depression Joseph Choonara How working class women won the vote Judy Cox Education, capitalism and the student revolt Chris Harman and others Chris Harman, 1968 and the historic Open Letter to the Polish Communist Party John Rose Feedback Why trade union legislation and the Labour Party are not responsible for the decline in strike activity Dave Lyddon Book reviews Demolishing dinosaurs Pat Clinton Explaining Ukraine’s second Maidan Maciej Bancarzewski Pick of the quarter This quarter’s selection