Last weekend, the ghost of the Troubles returned to the North of Ireland, as loyalists attempted to hold an Orange march through a nationalist neighbourhood, which was blocked by workers and youth. A revolutionary struggle against sectarian reaction is needed.

Last week, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced an import ban on goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Burnham’s government wants to pose itself on the side of “fairness against injustice”, but this move is performative, tokenistic, and changes nothing.

US imperialism’s offensive on the American continent continues with the signing of ‘the world’s largest oil deal’ with Venezuela. This ‘deal’ is in reality a heist – and it has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bolivarian Revolution.