Last weekend, the EU-Turkey agreement on refugees came into effect. Open migrant centres became closed detention facilities where refugees will be prepared for deportation to Turkey. This shameful agreement, quite possibly in violation of international law, reveals the extreme callousness of the racist, capitalist European Union.

Yet again we saw this week the ruthless killing of innocent people as they went about their daily lives. Marxists condemn such acts of terror, in the same way that they condemn the killing of thousands of people in Syria and other war-torn countries. The point is: what can be done to put an end to this barbarism?

Though it still remains mathematically possible that Sanders could win the Democratic nomination, his chances are much slimmer after the results of March 15. We believe it’s time for his supporters to take a sober and serious look at how the momentum and enthusiasm his campaign has generated can be carried forward.