No U.S. intervention in Haiti!
Imperialism won’t fix the crisis it caused
by Ashley SmithTempest member Ashley Smith writes on why the Left must oppose the latest threat of U.S. military intervention in Haiti.
War and resistance in Putin’s Russia
An Interview with Ilya Budraitskis
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith interviews Ilya Budraitskis on the growing political opposition to Putin’s regime following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its recent battlefield losses.
Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice
by Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith urges those in the fight for abortion justice to build mass opposition to the abortion ban instead of looking to the Democratic party, elections, or liberal feminist organizations.
An unstable triumph: the Philippines after the election
Interview with Walden Bello
by Ashley SmithTempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Walden Bello in this follow-up interview after the national elections in the Philippines on May 9, which saw the consolidation of power under the right-wing populist and authoritarian Marcos/Duterte ticket.
Solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance!
by Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith reviews the ongoing Left debates about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continuing need to defend Ukrainian resistance as the starting point for rebuilding international solidarity from below.
Stop Putin’s war!
Neither Washington nor Moscow but global antiwar solidarity!
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith argues for the historic importance of the Russian attacks on Ukraine, the need to unconditionally oppose the invasion, and the political basis on which a viable challenge to the imperialists threats to world must be based.
Taking on the Philippine axis of evil
An interview with Walden Bello
by Ashley SmithTempest’s Ashley Smith interviews activist and author Waldon Bello about the situation in the Philippines and his run for vice president in the May 9 election.
Five crises of capitalism
The challenges facing the left today
by Ashley SmithA lightly edited version of a 15-minute talk by Ashley Smith for the Tempest convention on international perspectives.
Made in the U.S.A.
The Haitian migration crisis
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith assesses the Biden Administration’s response to the recent wave of Haitian refugees and finds 200 years of racist history playing out in a south Texas border crossing.
No Ben & Jerry’s for Israeli Apartheid
by Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith interviews Wafic Faour and Hannah Rose about a recent BDS victory.