Breaking barriers to academic freedom
Telling the truth and taking sides
by Dana CloudTempest member Dana Cloud urges scholars to tell the truth and take sides to defend academic freedom.
Loyalty to truth and solidarity—not to the authoritarian state
Speech to the AAUP National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths
by Jesse HagopianSeattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian recently spoke at a National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths organized by the American Association of University Professors, which notes that President Trump’s so-called Compact with universities “violates the First Amendment by forcing universities to surrender their right of free speech and academic freedom in exchange for federal funds.”
Speak out! Tom Alter, MAGA McCarthyism, and the fight for free speech
by Tempest
The Tempest Collective is a supporter of the
Committee to Defend Tom Alter and encourages everyone to attend this event on Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm ET, as well as to join the fight to defend Tom Alter and the growing list of victims of Trumpite repression and the broad attacks on all of our democratic rights.
The candidate, the billionaires, and the Democrats
Mamdani navigates New York’s ruling circles
by Mel BienenfeldMel Bienenfeld explains the relationship of Zohran Mamdani to New York elites.
Introducing the UAWD’s Daily Struggle
by UAWD
UAWD, a rank-and-file caucus within UAW, is holding a launch event this Sunday, October 19, at 3 pm ET for a new worker-led publication by and for UAW members that will provide a platform for workers to speak for themselves. Register for the event here.
Rehabilitating McCarthyism
From the International Socialist Review, June-July 2000
by Bill KeachAs Trump continues to escalate his campaign of domestic repression, Tempest offers a perspective from Bill Keach on the repression of another period—the McCarthy era.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Marking the horrors of colonialism and the power of resistance
by TempestThe Tempest editorial board suggests a list of readings and resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
“A huge massacre awaits”
Gaza genocide two years on
by Shireen Akram-Boshar and Toufic HaddadTempest’s Shireen Akram-Boshar asked Toufic Haddad to characterize the current phase of the Gaza genocide.
Statement by the Committee to Defend History Professor Tom Alter
Sign the petition for professor fired for political speech
by Committee to Defend Tom AlterA call for support for professor fired for speaking at a socialist conference.
Killing the messengers
Israel’s assault on the truth
by TempestIn the midst of Israel’s ongoing genocide, the editorial board remembers the more than 300 journalists who have been targeted and killed by the state of Israel.