No Laughing Matter
Cartoons, comics, and genocide
by Hank KennedyTempest member Hank Kennedy discusses the Nazi use of cartoon propaganda and draws parallels to the Zionist attack on Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists today.
Thanks, we’ll take it from here
by Chris Anthony
An excerpt of Chris Anthony’s visual tale of modern-day revolutionaries protesting the banksters of corporate America, the ultra-rich, and the politicians who enable them.
Not your father’s comic
A review of HBO’s Harley Quinn
by Glenn AllenExcerpt: Glenn Allen reviews the surprisingly leftist politics featured prominently in the animated HBO Max superhero series Harley Quinn.
“They’re Here Already!”
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.
The continuation of politics by other means
Review of Class War: a Jacobin board game
by Keith RosenthalKeith Rosenthal reviews a new board game published by Jacobin.
The decolonized ear
A review of Noise Uprising: the Audiopolitics of a World Musical Revolution
by Neil RogallNeil Rogall’s review was solicited by Tempest after seeing an abridged version posted on social media. While the book has been in print since 2015, the editors appreciated the politics … Continue Reading The decolonized ear
Building from the bottom
How cultural workers spread through the South
by Joel SronceJoel Sronce reflects on an event featuring artist and activist Linqua Franqa and the importance of cultural workers to radical organizing in the South.
Capitalism isn’t coming to save us
Don’t Look Up : Disaster spectacle as political satire
by Ricardo Gabriel, Thomas Hummel, & Adam TurlTempest Collective members Ricardo Gabriel, Thomas Hummel, and Adam Turl offer three different takes on the disaster movie Don’t Look Up.
When Comic Books Threatened the U.S.A. (and the world)
by Hank Kennedy
Hank Kennedy reminds us of a period of all-sided culture war against comic books, pointing at its lessons and aftermath today.