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A crowd of people waving flags of the country of Georgia, with a paintstroke-filter effect.
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The fight for democracy, social justice, and equality in the Caucasus

Interview with Members of Georgia’s Movement for Social Democracy

 by Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze, Ashley Smith, and Sopho Verdzeuli

Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze, Sopho Verdzueli, who are all members of a new Left organization in the country of Georgia. In the midst of high levels of struggle, including one of largest and most sustained mass protests in their country’s history, socialists in Georgia have come together to form the Movement for Social Democracy to attempt to fill the vacuum on the Left. 
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Understanding the cynical efforts to dissolve UAWD

Defending rank-and-file democracy and the possibility of class struggle unionism

 by Andrew Bergman, Nevena Pilipovic-Wengler, Toly Rinberg, Judy Wraight

Tempest asked Andrew Bergman, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler, Toly Rinberg, and Judy Wraight, long standing organizers within UAWD, about the recent proposal, originating with a section of the UAWD leadership, to liquidate the important rank and file caucus. A key vote will take place on Sunday. They provide some basic background and explain the principled importance for socialists and the labor Left of opposing this maneuver and supporting a class struggle vision for UAWD’s future.