A review of Palestine and Marxism
The urgent need for regional solidarity from below
by brian beanbrian bean reviews Joseph Daher’s new book Palestine and Marxism.
What solidarity requires
A response to Mel Bienenfeld on October 7
by brian beanbrian bean replies to Mel Bienenfeld’s criticism of two earlier Tempest articles by the author on the analysis and posture of revolutionary socialists towards the events of October 7 in Palestine.
On sowing and reaping in Palestine
Perspectives on the ongoing genocide
by brian beanbrian bean analyzes Israel’s ongoing genocidal war and offers important perspectives for the resurgent movement for Palestinian liberation.
Breakout from Gaza
Defend the Palestinian right to resist apartheid
by brian beanThe armed strike by Gazan forces into Zionist-occupied Palestine is a daring attempt to push back against escalating settler violence and oppression. brian bean explains.
The Left under Brandon Johnson
Accommodation or struggle?
by brian beanbrian bean argues the need for independent organizing and struggle under Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago
Revolution means smashing the state
by brian bean
Any responsible approach to overcoming capitalism, argues brian bean, must grapple with the need to dismantle the capitalist state and replace it with our own democratic institutions from below.
The legacy of occupation and the fight for a democratic Iraq
Interview with the Workers Against Sectarianism (Iraq)
by brian beanbrian bean interviews Workers Against Sectarianism on the struggle against sectarian politics in Iraq.
Do comrades cross picket lines?
The stakes in the debate over Bowman and Israel
by brian beanbrian bean responds to Hadas Thier’s article in Jacobin, “No, DSA Shouldn’t Expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman”.
Palestine, Bowman, and the DSA
The meaning of democratic, socialist
by brian beanbrian bean argues for continuing to demand both the expulsion of Bowman and a renewed principled commitment to BDS from DSA and the entire U.S. Left.
Iron Dome’s Deadly Lessons
by brian bean
brian bean analyzes the refusal of several socialist elected officials to oppose Israel’s settler colonialism and discusses implications for socialist strategy.