Why the conflict in Ukraine is a disaster for the poor of this planet.
Where is the Left on pandemic politics?
20 May 2022, byTempest contributors Justin Feldman and Sam Friedman discuss the shortcomings of the Left in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and try to trace a path forward.
Women’s Movement in South Korea: How to Break the Structural Oppression
19 May 2022, bySince the year 2000, government-led women’s policies have been institutionalized rapidly in South Korea. But the results of the policies were further deterioration of the living environments of most women such as low-wage and unstable working conditions and double duty imposed on women as wage and domestic workers.
Ongoing and unitive mobilization urgently needed in Greece
18 May 2022, by“‘Worker, you don’t need a boss!’ A combativity and a call to unity that are just waiting to be developed.”
No to Frontex and a murderous asylum policy
17 May 2022, by“It is no longer sustainable to reject and criminalize exiles according to their origin, nor to let people – women and LGBTIQ+ people above all – suffer the violence of the migration route.”
An Emotional Week: COVID, Abortion, Racist Mass Murder
16 May 2022, byWhat a time of powerful conflicting emotions in the United States last week as we dealt with COVID, abortion rights, and a white nationalist’s mass murder.
High tensions and fragile peace in Ethiopia
15 May 2022, by“The Ethiopian government is proposing national conciliation after more than 18 months of a war that has torn the country apart. While the country is experiencing a precarious calm, important issues remain unresolved.”
Report: International conference of European Solidarity with Ukraine
14 May 2022, by“We talk a lot in the labour movement about international solidarity and mutual aid. If any of that is real and sincere, we need to act on it now. The Ukrainian left is in a life or death struggle.”
Learning Solidarity Together
13 May 2022, by ,Right now, our international solidarity must be based on the payment of reparations to benefit Ukraine. […] It is also important to clarify that, first and foremost, reparations should be paid by the rich: officials, the nomenklatura, oligarchs, businessmen, etc.