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.
Remembering Alan Grant
The idiosyncratic politics of the late comic writer
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedy remembers the life of comic book writer Alan Grant and the Left politics found in some of his most well-known works including Detective Comics, Batman, and Shadow of the Bat.
The Vietnam War in comics, after the war
by Hank Kennedy
In the follow-up to an earlier article looking at the representation of the Vietnam War in mainstream U.S. comics, Hank Kennedy focuses on the years following the formal conclusion of the war.
In memory of Neal Adams
A defender of creator’s rights
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedy celebrates Neal Adams’ political and artistic contributions to the world of comic books in this obituary.
Theorizing trans liberation
A review of “Transgender Marxism”
by Eric MaroneyEric Maroney reviews “Transgender Marxism.”
The market compels it
A restaurant worker on reopening
by Natalia TylimRestaurant worker Natalia Tylim discusses the experience of restaurant reopening in New York City this winter before broad vaccine distribution.
Worker and popular education
by Avery Wear & James Boyle
Avery Wear and James Boyle discuss the massive adult education system organized by the U.S. Left in the early 20th century.
Crossword politics
by Camila Valle
Camila Valle interviews puzzle constructor Natan Last about the sometime hidden, sometimes open politics of crosswords.
How rock became white – part 3
Whitewashing the history of Classic Rock
by Geoff BaileyIn the final of a three-part series, Geoff Bailey, looks at the racial politics of rock and roll in the creation of “Classic Rock”, and how they inform a critique of the concept of cultural appropriation.
Monuments to oppression
History and resistance
by Bill KeachBill Keach assesses the struggle to remove, relocate, and/or destroy certain monuments and statutes as both a reckoning with histories of racism and oppression and part of the process of envisioning a better future.