Articles included in issue 26 of Marxist Left Review: Editorial: Eighteen months of hard Labor-Omar Hassan From Marx to Lenin: Debates that forged the socialist approach to war-Mick Armstrong Class struggle in the Pacific-Vinil Kumar Engels after Marx: a (critical) defence-Darren Roso The Spanish left in transition: Interview with Anticapitalistas-with Ánxel Testas Review: The rise of the far right in Italy-Luca Tavan Review: Selling arms to anyone who wants them-Jasmine Duff Review: Retelling race and critiquing identity politics-Anneke Demanuele