The refugee crisis has returned to the pages of the national press once again recently, with further deaths reported as boats capsize during the perilous journey from Libya across the Mediterranean. The refugee crisis has been going on for over two years now, with no apparent end in sight. Capitalism and imperialism are to blame.

Shortly after midday on 29^th June, an eleven person jury delivered 6 unanimous verdicts of “not guilty” to spontaneous cheers in the courtroom at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. The verdict brings to its conclusion a trial by means of which the Irish ruling class sought to bring an end to the fundamental democratic right to peaceful protest.

Things in Venezuela are changing by the day, sometimes by the hour. This week, a police officer commandeered a helicopter and attacked government buildings, calling for the overthrow the Maduro government. This marks a gear change in the opposition’s counter-revolutionary tactics.