Jane McAlevey, 1964-2024
A thinker and fighter for union renewal
by Paul KDPaul K.D. pays tribute to labor organizer and scholar, Jane McAlevey
The far right is defeated in France
Now implement the program of the New Popular Front
by TempestTempest re-runs the statement of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA)/New Anti-capitalist Party on the results of Sunday’s national elections.
Uprising in Kenya
Thousands protest austerity and struggle for liberation
by Zachary PattersonA report from the Review of African Political Economy on the Kenyan uprising.
Québec public sector workers mobilized for better wages and working conditions
by Benoit Renaud
Union activist Benoit Renaud reports and reflects on the recent victory of Québec public workers.
UFT retirees at the twilight of Shankerism
by Hakan Yilmaz
Hakan Yilmaz explains the significance of the recent defeat of the United Federation of Teachers’ Unity Caucus in the wake of its decades-long hegemony.
Complicit academia: Israel and the US
Review of Maya Wind’s Towers of Ivory and Steel
by Keith RosenthalKeith Rosenthal reviews Towers of Ivory and Steel. Maya Wind’s new book details the active service that Israeli universities have always given to the project of settlement and the repression of Palestinian perspectives and resistance.
Subjects of the algorithm
Report from an Amazon Fulfillment Center
by Alice LeaAlice Lea writes of their experience as a cog in the Amazon machine.
Ode to an encampment
by Sam Friedman
Tempest’s Sam Friedman offers this ode to faculty, students, staff and others who have camped in solidarity with Palestine.
South Africa’s case against Israel
The struggle against apartheid then and now
by Helen ScottHelen Scott explains the significance of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel and reflects on the comparison between anti-apartheid struggles in the two countries.
The Labour Party and the UK elections
by Pat Stack
Pat Stack looks at the prospects for the Labour Party campaign in the UK.