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On the Right of Nations to Self-Determination and Marxism
by Grusha GilaevaGrusha Gilaeva analyzes the positions of Marx and Lenin on the national question and explains why the Left must support the anti-colonial struggle of Ukraine.
A conversation with Donna Murch and Naomi Murakawa
by Naomi MurakawaDonna Murch’s latest book is Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives. Naomi Murakawa spoke to her soon after its release.
Information on the arrest of Philippine activist, intellectual, and politician Walden Bello and a call to build a campaign in his defense.
Obscuring the map
by Jonah ben AvrahamJonah ben Avraham critically unpacks the controversy over the BDS Boston Mapping Project.
Nancy Welch of the Tempest Collective and Upper Valley for Abortion Rights delivered these remarks on the fight to rewin abortion rights at a recent meeting of Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Interview with Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash
by TempestTempest interviews Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash about the Ukrainian Resistance, the state of war, the dynamics of class struggle and popular consciousness, and the tasks of the international Left in building solidarity with Ukraine.
From our readers: May Day 2022 remarks
by Bob KosuthBob Kosuth, in his remarks from May Day 2022, argues for the centrality of an internationalist perspective in our political work.
Simon Hannah reviews the varied Left positions in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and how to understand Lenin’s position of “revolutionary defeatism” in the current war.
An interview with Samuel Farber
by Kent WorcesterSince the 1960s, Cuban-born Samuel Farber has been an activist and writer with a third camp, anti-capitalist, anti-Stalinist perspective. He talked to Kent Worcester about his political development, his experiences—and his reflections on people, movements, and organizations—from his earliest years to today.
Tempest adds our solidarity, and shares the statement of support for intellectual and activists Walden Bello, who is facing the threat of political violence and narco-tagging in his run for the vice-presidency of the Philippines.