My visit to the Kremlin - Nestor Makhno The Ukrainian peasant Nestor Makhno visited Moscow in June, 1918 and had extensive interviews with the Bolshevik leaders Sverdlov and Lenin. This…
The Jewish religion and its attitude to non-Jews: Part 2 - Israel Shahak The concluding half of Shahak's major critical study of the Jewish religion and how many of its…
Iran: Islam and the struggle for socialism - Mohammad Ja'far and Azar Tabari Interesting article looking critically at the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the mistakes made by…
Letter (on Palestinian nationalism) - John Bunzl Comments on Tamari's letter (Khamsin 6) and Ja'far's reply (Khamsin 7) about Palestinian nationalism.
Religion, zionism and secularism - Ehud Ein-Gil Ehud Ein-Gil, a socialist from the Israeli group Matzpen, discusses the rise of religious fundamentalism in Israel and how the struggle against…
Editorial Karl Marx begins his Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (published in 1844) with the observation: 'As far as Germany is concerned, the criticism of religion is essentially complete, and the criticism of religion is the presupposition of all criticism.' The second half of this assertion is surely true not only for Germany, but for other parts of the world as well, and in particular for the…
Why the reversion to Islamic archaism? - Lafif Lakhdar A historical analysis of the internal and external reasons for the development of Muslim…
Editorial This issue of Khamsin continues the crucial debate on religion in the Middle East and its reactionary impact on politics in the region today.
The Jewish religion and its attitude to non-Jews: Part 1 - Israel Shahak The first of a two-part examination of medieval Judaism's attitude towards non-Jews and how they…
Fighting war NOTE: this has now been edited and released as a new pamphlet by Rebel Press (April 2016) This article highlighted the anti-war agitation of anarchists and the IWW based in New Zealand…
Wages of Class War: Reflections on Portland’s May Day A look at 2014's Portland May Day march, and how to to make it a useful tool in organizing.
Freedom From Education: Decolonial Study for Abolishing the Prison-University Complex Against the romanticizing of education, Leftists should recognize alternative regimes of study, as practiced in prison organizing and indigenous peoples’ movements, and participate with them toward dismantling the intertwined regimes of education and carcerality.
