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COP27 puts the spotlight on Egypt’s political prisoners
by brian bean and Shireen Akram-Bosharbrian bean and Shireen Akram-Boshar report on the campaign, during COP27, to save Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
An event co-hosted by The Real News Network and Haymarket Books
by TempestThe Real News Network, in partnership with Haymarket Books, hosts a panel with Ukrainian and Russian activists and academics.
How the far right weaponized free speech to attack a Drag Story Time event
by Dean O'PossumDean O’Possum writes about a far-right effort to attack a local Drag Story Time event in Eugene, Oregon and the ideological landscape in which transphobic legislation, online conspiracies, and hate speech targeting trans youth must be understood, organized against, and resisted. Excerpt: Dean O’Possum writes about a far-right protest against a Drag Story Time event in Eugene, Oregon, why these attacks are spreading, and how we can fight back.
Jonah ben Avraham addresses the antisemitic social media outbursts by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving and places them in the context and continuum of the wider growth of antisemitism, cultivated within ruling class and right-wing media and politics.
Phillip Clark writes about the Ujima People’s Progress Party, an independent third-party led by Black workers in Baltimore, Maryland,and its ongoing initiative to get on the ballot this election cycle.
Common wisdom, even among socialists, is that large-scale economic planning doesn’t work. Avery Wear reviews three key texts on the question and argues that planning is not only feasible but necessary.
A review of Winston James’s new biography of Claude McKay
by Bill MullenBill Mullen argues that McKay deserves a good Marxist biographer and has found one in Winston James.
A response to Aaron Hall on DSA labor strategy
by Zyad HammadZyad Hammad of DSA’s NYC Labor Branch argues that what’s missing in DSA organizing is a “scaffolding” of different tiers of engagement that provides opportunities for members take on labor work with low barriers to entry and then advance to deeper involvement as they learn and grow in commitment.
The Timeless Frights of Invasion of the Body Snatchers
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedylooks at the ongoing debates around the politics behind the sci-fi horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Imperialism won’t fix the crisis it caused
by Ashley SmithTempest member Ashley Smith writes on why the Left must oppose the latest threat of U.S. military intervention in Haiti.