A revolutionary socialist organizing project
Against the arbitrary decision of the UNIL rectorate
by TempestTempest joins the call for solidarity with Joseph Daher who is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism. We stand in full solidarity with all who are facing repression for their principled stand in opposition to the genocide in Gaza and for Palestinian liberation.
Campus activism enters a period of uncertainty as the opposition closes ranks and repression is ratcheted up
by BC HamiltonBC Hamilton reports on the repression of pro-Palestine activism at NYU.
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.
Review of Maya Wind’s Towers of Ivory and Steel
by Keith RosenthalKeith Rosenthal reviews Towers of Ivory and Steel. Maya Wind’s new book details the active service that Israeli universities have always given to the project of settlement and the repression of Palestinian perspectives and resistance.
Tempest’s Sam Friedman offers this ode to faculty, students, staff and others who have camped in solidarity with Palestine.
Interview from Dartmouth College
by TempestInterview with two striking grad workers at Dartmouth College, part of GOLD-UE’s newly formed Palestine caucus.
… as UC academic workers are poised to strike
by Helen ScottAs California academic workers prepare to strike against repression of pro-Palestine activism, Helen Scott discusses the connection between student struggle and workers’ action.
Organize for union democracy
by Dana Cloud and Gary HollowayDana Cloud and Gary Holloway interviewed four activists in the California Faculty Association who are urging union members to vote down a bad tentative agreement reached after just one day of a planned five-day strike across the 23-campus system.
System-wide strike announced for January 22-26
by Dana CloudTempest’s Dana Cloud reports on strikes by faculty at the California State University, the largest public university system in the United States. The California Faculty Association has called a system-wide strike for January 22-26.
Stop the repression against Palestine activists
by TempestThe Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists (CORS) are facing political repression at Ohio State University for its Palestine activism. Tempest shares CORS’s account of the suspension of its student group while rightly calling attention to the wave of McCarthyite tactics by universities across the country. Please sign and circulate the CORS solidarity petition.