In defense of abolition
A Tempest Collective POC Caucus event
by Tempest Collective POC CaucusA discussion on abolition is being hosted by the Tempest Collective POC Caucus this Saturday, October 24 at 2 pm ET.
In defense of abolition
Resisting the backlash
by Tempest National CommitteeAs prominent leftists and progressives scramble to walk back their previous commitments to “woke” demands, the Tempest National Committee explains why abolition politics is fundamental to socialism.
Redeeming the past for a revolutionary future
A review of D. K. Renton’s Revolutionary Forgiveness
by Sean K. IsaacsSean Isaacs describes how Revolutionary Forgiveness offers meaningful alternatives to the carceral system.
Communism, abolition, states, and the future of the Left
by Demetrius Noble, David Camfield and brian bean
In this conversation with Demetrius Noble, David Camfield and brian bean analyze the capitalist state and argue for abolition of the state and the police that defend it.
Hiding our goals is no way to win
A response to Ben Burgis
by brian bean and Thomas Hummelbrian bean and Thomas Hummel respond to Ben Burgis’s recent Jacobin article, “The Point of Politics is to Convince People, Not Grandstand.”
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.
“The John Brown way” part 2
Into battle
by David WhitehouseDavid Whitehouse recounts the battles, up through the Harpers’ Ferry revolt, of anti-slavery militant John Brown, a period that influenced the emergence of the United States Left.
Sentenced to a life of poor health
Failures in U.S. prison health care
by Slim PhilomathSlim Philomath explains why attempts to reform health care in U.S. prisons have been inadequate to the task, which requires an interrogation of the entire carceral system.
“The John Brown way” (part 1)
Grassroots frameworks, interlinked movements
by David WhitehouseDavid Whitehouse tells a different story about John Brown, who led the 1859 raid against slavery in what was then Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. This article is Part One of Two.
We are fighting for Palestinian liberation
Speech to Pasadena Palestine teach-in
by Denée JacksonTempest member Denée Jackson draws connections among Jewish, Black, and Palestinian experience and liberation, arguing for solidarity across multiple marginalized identities.