The Legacy of October 7
A response to brian bean
by Mel BienenfeldMel Beinenfeld assesses the Hamas attack of October 7 and its consequences.
Palestine 101
A Tempest roundtable
by brian bean, Sherry Wolf, and Shireen Akram-BosharA Tempest Collective event last month featured Tempest members brian bean, Sherry Wolf, and Shireen Akram-Boshar discussing “75 years of colonialism, imperialism, and resistance” in Palestine.
Report from the West Bank
A new phase of resistance after October 7
by Najla K. and brian beanNajla K. and brian bean report on the state of resistance in the West Bank after October 7.
Who should run hospitals?
Conversations with striking nurses in New Brunswick
by Sam FriedmanTempest’s Sam Friedman reports on conversations with striking nurses at RWJBarnabas, who are drawing the conclusion that health care workers, not corporations, should run our hospitals.
In defense of school busing
A look back at the struggle in Boston
by Keegan O'BrienThis fall, PBS released a feature-length documentary titled The Busing Battleground. On the occasion of the documentary release, Tempest Magazine is reprinting this article and updated introduction, originally published with Jacobin Magazine.
A response to Jonah ben Avraham’s “Support Palestinians when they fight…”
Readers’ View
by Dan LaBotz and Stephen R. ShalomDan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom respond critically to a recent article by Jonah Ben Avraham.
Political economy of passing
A Trans genre meditation on queerness
by Eric MaroneyIn recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Awareness Week, Eric Maroney meditates on what it means to be Black and transgender in white-supremacist, capitalist society. In spite of carceral logics and practices alongside intimately felt gender discipline, Maroney finds reason for hope in queer and abolitionist kinship.
Academics protest Gaza genocide, face a clampdown on academic freedom
Report from the front
by Dana CloudTempest member Dana Cloud reports on the breakout of Palestine solidarity in an unexpected space–the annual convention of the National Communication Association.
Challenging Raytheon’s complicity with Israeli Genocide
Two reports from the front
by Denée Jackson, Neon, and Hannah M.Tempest members and other activists report on two actions in solidarity with Palestine and targeting Raytheon for supplying military equipment–including the “Iron Dome” system–to Israel.
Pat Robertson: Supervillain
Revisiting the X-Men’s God Loves, Man Kills
by Hank KennedyTempest member Hank Kennedy looks back at the X-Men comic God Loves, Man Kills, which inspired a surprising fight with the famed televangelist Pat Robertson who passed away earlier this year.