national question (Russia)
In defence of Lenin’s writings on the national question: A response to Hanna Perekhoda
Dmitry Pozhidaev — Lenin’s vision of the national question was far from assimilationist; it was a dialectical approach that recognised proletarian internationalism could only be built on respect for national and cultural differences.
Ireland and Ukraine’s struggle for independence 1916 –23
Ireland and Ukraine had similar challenges in the period 1916 – 1923. Conor Kostick and Vladyslav Starodubtsev answer questions about the period and compare the experiences of the left in that era.
Rohini Hensman — Given his prominence as a high-ranking Bolshevik, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev is very little known. This is a pity, because there is much we can learn from his writings as well as his practice even today.
‘Putin's regime is not subject to evolution’: An interview with Russian socialist Ilya Budraitskis
Ilya Budraitskis explains the left’s vision of decentralized governance and why Russia’s Communist Party must exit together with Putin.
Anti-imperial Marxism: Borderland socialists and the evolution of Bolshevism on national liberation
Bund miembros y las víctimas pogrom en Odessa, 1905.
National liberation and Bolshevism re-examined: A view from the borderlands
Bund members and pogrom victims in Odessa, 1905.
Crimea: Be wary of attempts to use rights of Tatars to justify violence and war
A Crimean Tatar protester hold
