Spenser Rapone and the Democratic Socialists of America
Contribution by a supporter of the BT at the “Endless War No More” forum in Troy, New York, on 18 January 2019. The text has been lightly edited. I thought you [Spenser Rapone, a...
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Is Russia Imperialist?
Introduction Our 24 October 2018 statement, “Why Things Fell Apart,” outlined the debate within the International Bolshevik Tendency over whether contemporary Russia should be categorized as an imperialist power—an issue with profound programmatic consequences....
Why Things Fell Apart
The following is a slightly edited version of a document circulated to close contacts and supporters to explain our decision to dissolve the 1990 fusion with the New Zealand Permanent Revolution Group (PRG) and...
Marxism & Islamic Reaction
Polemics on Khomeini, Morsi & Erdoğan The contents of this bulletin originated in a July 2016 disagreement within the International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT) over what attitude to take to the attempted military coup against...
Hands Off Julian Assange!
The latest news that Assange will be imminently expelled from the Equadorian Embassy in London should remind us that the political reality has not changed fundamentally since he sought asylum nearly 7 years ago....
Defend Venezuela Against Imperialist Aggression!
Bolivarians Resist U.S. ‘Regime Change’ Attempt On 8 March, Tom Riley of the Bolshevik Tendency (BT) addressed a meeting organized by the Brock Socialists in St. Catharines, Ontario regarding the current crisis in Venezuela....
Venezuela & ‘Russian Imperialism’
Socialist Action, Red Flag & IBT ‘Imps’ Take a Pass on Discussing: At an 8 March Brock Socialist meeting on Venezuela, Bolshevik Tendency (BT) supporter Tom Riley sketched out the material motivations behind the...
The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Anatomy of a Racist Frame-Up Contents Preface 1. Background 2. How the Frame-Up was Organized 3. The Prosecution’s Case 4. A Tilted Trial 5. Betrayed by his ‘Defenders’ 6. Free Mumia Now! Appendices 1....
From Sacco and Vanzetti to Mumia Abu-Jamal (Appendix No. 12 of the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal)
The following text is reprinted from 1917, No. 25. It was originally presented at a Hofstra University symposium on Sacco and Vanzetti on 4 October 2002 by Eliot Lee Grossman, then one of Mumia...
Appendix No. 11: 112 Questions for Leonard Weinglass
REMAND MOTION TO TAKE TESTIMONY FROM ATTORNEY LEONARD WEINGLASS INTRODUCTION The numerous acts of sabotage directed against Appellant Jamal’s case by his own Chief Counsel, Leonard Weinglass, could not have been inadvertent or the...