Your Party: Don’t fuck this up!
by rs21 steering group
UK socialists in rs21 call on the country’s new political party not to squander this opportunity.
Nepal protests have deeper roots
by Alex de Jong
Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. But what is next? Tempest republishes this article from Alex de Jong, initially run in International Viewpoint, with minor edits.
Texas State University Fires History Professor Tom Alter
Union demands justice
by TempestA statement from the Texas State Employees Union condemning the termination of Texas State University Professor Tom Alter. Tempest stands in solidarity with Tom Alter.
Trump’s D.C. occupation is an attack on all of us
A conversation with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and Jacob SloanIn this interview, conducted before Trump’s direct control of the M.P.D. expired, D.C.-based scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance and experimental collectivity that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover and considers the possibility of future escalation and organization.
Palestine on trial in Argentina
Interview with Alejandro Bodart
by Anderson Bean and brian beanAs Argentina continues to arrest peaceful protesters, socialist Alejandro Bodart speaks to Tempest again about the criminalization of himself and other advocates of Palestinian freedom.
Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left
An interview with Edgardo Lander
by Anderson Bean and Edgardo LanderIn this interview, conducted by Anderson Bean, Edgardo Lander reflects on the deepening repression in Venezuela, the criminalization of dissent, and the stakes for academic freedom, democracy, and international solidarity
On the Flotilla to Gaza
International Aid Confronts Regime of Starvation
by Cele Fierro, Anderson Bean, and brian beanAnderson Bean and brian bean interview Argentina socialist Cele Fierro about aid flotillas to Gaza sailing from Tunisia and Spain.
Resisting anti-trans policies in NYC and beyond
by Danielle Bullock
Danielle Bullock discusses examples of organized resistance to the attacks on trans youth in New York City and beyond.
More pay, but less union democracy
A complicated strike victory at Air Canada
by David CamfieldStriking flight attendants at Air Canada have won real gains in pay, but union officials bargained away the workers’ right to reject the deal and fight for more. As the ratification vote goes on, David Camfield explains.
Democrats are saboteurs in the resistance camp
by Avery Wear
Avery Wear argues that ignoring the differences between the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party and the Democrats isn’t politically effective. Socialists should acknowledge the reality of these differences while making clear that the Democratic Party—as a party of capital and capitalists, even liberal ones—will ultimately sabotage fights of working-class and oppressed people against the authoritarian and reactionary tendencies of the Republicans.