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Scholars Against the War on Palestine statement
by Scholars Against the War on PalestineScholars Against the War on Palestine called for a permanent ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza. Here we reproduce the statement and a partial list of signatories.
Tempest’s Promise Li interviews an international graduate student worker at the University of Southern California after the graduate students’ first-ever contract was ratified.
Tempest’s Promise Li interviews Michael Mueller, an arrestee during a November 17 Palestine protest at the University of Michigan.
Two statements of solidarity
by CUNY for PalestineTwo statements by people affiliated with the City University of New York and related colleges in support of the Palestinian people.
Building on the year’s academic labor fights
by Dana CloudTempest’s Dana Cloud surveys the year’s labor struggles in higher education and concludes that the moment may be right for another surge.
As the right wing tries to impose restrictions on what can be taught, Tyler Thier says that educators should fight back by exposing students to deliberately provocative material.
Interview with Rutgers professor Deepa Kumar
by Dana Cloud and Deepa KumarTempest member Dana Cloud spoke to Rutgers professor and AAUP-AFT leader Deepa Kumar about how the union united faculty and graduate students across academic ranks in a strike that brought the administration to the bargaining table and won major gains. This strike is a signal moment in the higher education labor movement.
Interview with Rutgers workers about their strike
by Mel Bienenfeld, Hank Kalet, and Sebastian LeonTempest member Mel Bienenfeld interviewed with Rutgers workers Hank Kalet and Sebastian Leon about their historic strike, its methods, and its gains.
Tempest panel to defend Black studies
by Kristen Godfrey, Jesse Hagopian, Daniel HoSang, and Phil GasperSpeakers on the Tempest Panel “Resisting the Backlash, Defending Black Studies” look to educator organizing and labor movements in higher education as inspiring sites of struggle to defend Black studies against the right-wing backlash.
The fight to defend Black studies
by Dana CloudA Tempest Collective event on Sunday, March 26 at 2 pm EDT.