A racist counter-offensive in Texas
The loss of DEI, its impact, and its legacy
by Joshua HamiltonInterview with Joshua Hamilton on the attacks on DEI in the Texas higher-education system.
Notes on the ILA tentative agreement and the end of the strike
by Kim Moody
Kim Moody offers some initial thoughts on the settlement of the East Coast strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the role of the Biden Administration.
The history (and present) of anti-Haitian racism in the Dominican Republic
An interview on the far-right violence, repression, and mass deportation facing Haitians and black Dominicans
by Ingrid Luciano and Amaury RodríguezTempest interviews Ingrid Luciano and Amaury Rodriguez, on the history of racist violence against Haitians and black Dominicans, in the Dominican Republic and its current, frightening resurgence.
The post-election challenge in France
An interview with John Mullen of La France Insoumise
by John MullenTempest interviews French socialist, John Mullen, about the challenges facing the Left in France following the the formation of a new right-wing government led by a prime minister Michel Barnier.
Solidarity across borders
Movements against apartheid & incarceration
by Jayna AhsafJayna Ahsaf of the FreeHer VT campaign for the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls in a talk given earlier this year discusses the urgency of global struggles against state violence and incarceration from the United States to Palestine.
A year into the genocide
Palestine still resists, and we renew our solidarity
by Tempest National CommitteeTempest Collective editorial on the anniversary of October 7, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and Isreal’s escalating war crime in Lebanon.
Theory and the question of organization (part 2)
Leninism and the International Socialist tradition
by Nate MooreNate Moore examines the theory, practice, and crises of the British Socialist Workers’ Party and the International Socialist Organization (U.S.).
The perplexing smiles of the children of Palestine
A poem for Palestine
by Marcellus "Khaliifah" WilliamsPoet and activist Marcellus Williams was murdered by the state of Missouri by lethal injection on September 24, 2024. In the last year of his life, among his poetry was this piece, written in solidarity with the people (and children) of Palestine, other victims of state sanctioned murder. Tempest re-runs the piece here in solidarity with both.
Nuclear Devastation
A review of Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario
by David FriedmanDavid Friedman reviews Annie Jacobsen’s latest book, Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024).
Theory and the question of organization (part 1)
What is Leninism?
by Nate MooreNate Moore argues that Lenin’s main contribution was not a theory of organization but in his attention to concrete social analysis—revolutionary theory that could inform strategy, tactics, and ways of organizing.