Spotlight on Marxism 2016: Sandra Bloodworth talks about Engel's views about the family, private property and the state; Farah Kobaissy from Lebanon talks about the revolt inspired by rising garbage and the state of the people's struggle in the Middle East; Kevin Healy gives us the benefit of his wit in summing up the past weeks political carry on; Mandla Nkosi, an activist since 1976 as an adolescent in Sth Africa, tells us about his fight for political change.