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by Dean O'Possum

Dean 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.

Posted November 10, 2022 Article

Kanye, Kyrie, and the continuum of antisemitic violence

by Naomi Bennet

Naomi Bennet 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.

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Posted November 8, 2022 Article

Ujima’s plan to transcend neoliberalism in Maryland

by Phillip Clark

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.

Posted November 7, 2022 Article

Why we need a planned economy

by Avery Wear

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.

Posted November 4, 2022 Article

The making of a Black Bolshevik

A review of Winston James’s new biography of Claude McKay

by Bill Mullen

Bill Mullen argues that McKay deserves a good Marxist biographer and has found one in Winston James.

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Posted October 30, 2022 Article

To organize, give people work they want to do

A response to Aaron Hall on DSA labor strategy

by Zyad Hammad

Zyad 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.

Posted October 30, 2022 Article

“They’re Here Already!”

The Timeless Frights of Invasion of the Body Snatchers

by Hank Kennedy

Hank Kennedylooks at the ongoing debates around the politics behind the sci-fi horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Posted October 28, 2022 Article

No U.S. intervention in Haiti!

Imperialism won’t fix the crisis it caused

by Ashley Smith

Tempest member Ashley Smith writes on why the Left must oppose the latest threat of U.S. military intervention in Haiti.

Posted October 26, 2022 Article

¡Mike Davis, presente!

by Anthony Arnove

Anthony Arnove honors Mike Davis (1946-2022) by remembering him as a comrade, fighter, and friend.

Posted October 24, 2022 Article

Courage at Sitong Bridge

The call for mass action in China

by Ruo Yan

Peng Lifa disappeared into the clutches of Chinese security forces in Beijing after he unfurled banners off a bridge with slogans attacking the autocracy of President Xi Jinping. But his daring act—and his manifesto calling for mass action to achieve democracy—have stirred hope for change and a discussion of strategy among Chinese on the mainland and around the world. Ruo Yan joins the discussion.