A racist counter-offensive in Texas
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.
The history (and present) of anti-Haitian racism in the Dominican Republic
An interview on the far-right violence, repression, and mass deportation facing Haitians and black Dominicans
by Ingrid Luciano and Amaury RodríguezTempest interviews Ingrid Luciano and Amaury Rodriguez, on the history of racist violence against Haitians and black Dominicans, in the Dominican Republic and its current, frightening resurgence.
In defense of school busing
A look back at the struggle in Boston
by Keegan O'BrienThis fall, PBS released a feature-length documentary titled The Busing Battleground. On the occasion of the documentary release, Tempest Magazine is reprinting this article and updated introduction, originally published with Jacobin Magazine.
The continuing relevance of Beyond a Boundary
The C.L.R. James classic informs our struggle against racism and transphobia in sports today
by Joel SronceJoel Sronce describes the continuing relevance and insight of C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary.
Racism, self-determination, and the dissolution of the Palestine working group
A reflection on the DSA Convention
by Jonah ben AvrahamThe DSA voted to dissolve the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group (BDSWG) and force it into the International Committee despite protest from both groups. To ignore the gravity of this decision and its implications would be a disastrous mistake–a mistake reflected in the celebration of the new DSA leadership.
We demand justice for Jordan Neely
A Tempest editorial
by Haley PessinIn an editorial on behalf of the Tempest Collective, Haley Pessin looks at the conditions that led to the murder of Jordan Neely, an unhoused Black man who was choked to death on May 1 while riding the New York City subway.
From below and to the left
Two poems by former Texas death-row prisoner Kenneth Foster
by Kenneth Foster, Jr.These two poems by former death-row prisoner Kenneth Foster, Jr., selected by Tempest member Dana Cloud, reflect on the interconnections among the carceral state, national oppression, war, racism, resistance, and revolution.
Justice for Tyre Nichols! Solidarity against police murder!
A Tempest Collective Statement
by TempestThe Tempest editorial board and the Tempest Collective stand in solidarity with the family and communities of Tyre Nichols, who was murdered by police on January 7, 2023.
Cop murder on the production line
Justice for Mariar!
by Paul KDPaul KD reports on the police murder of 26-year-old Sudanese immigrant Chiewelthap Mariar on the floor of the Oklahoma meatpacking plant where he was working.
Racism has no borders
An interview with the Justice 4 Nzoy campaign in Switzerland
by William Gifis and Haley PessinOn August 30, 2021, Roger Wilhelm, a 37-year-old Black man–known to friends and family as “Nzoy”–was killed by police in Morges, Switzerland. Tempest members William Gifis and Haley Pessin talked to Evelyn Wilhelm, who is Nzoy’s sister and runs the Justice 4 Nzoy Switzerland campaign to win justice for her brother.