Category: Interview
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Rebuilding the left as Germany turns right
In an interview, Martin Haller, the Chief Editor of marx21.de, explains the state of politics in Germany which has simultaneously witnessed: a large rise in support for the far right Alternative for Germany; a new right-led government shattering taboos and preparing to re-arm Germany; and the resurgence of Germany’s Left party (Die Linke).
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Understanding the cynical efforts to dissolve UAWD
Tempest asked Andrew Bergman, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler, Toly Rinberg, and Judy Wraight, long standing organizers within UAWD, about the recent proposal, originating with a section of the UAWD leadership, to liquidate the important rank and file caucus. A key vote will take place on Sunday. They provide some basic background and explain the principled importance for…
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Listening to Victor’s Children
Tempest interviews David Camfield about his podcast Victor’s Children and its role in promoting the politics of socialism from below.
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Targeted scholars, targeted institutions
A Tempest roundtable of scholars and activists on the federal and state-level assaults on higher education and strategies of fighting back.
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Union days, sweepin’ the clouds away
Phoebe Gilpin, Senior Director of Formal Learning at Sesame Workshop, is part of the union organizing committee and one of the workers recently laid off. Gilpin spoke with Keith Rosenthal for Tempest Magazine about the struggle, how it transpired, and what comes next.
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Campus policing today
University of Texas professor Karma Chávez describes a new era of campus collaboration with police.
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Leftist studies in China and the United States
Shi Yongqin is a translator whose life’s work has been to bring Trotsky’s writings to a Chinese audience. Here he talks with Paul Le Blanc.
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Grief, mourning, and solidarity
Sarah Jaffe discusses grief, Palestine, and the pandemic in an interview about her recent book From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire
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Uprising for democracy in the Caucasus
Tempest’s Ashley Smith and Posle Media’s Ilya Budraitskis interview Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, and Lela Rekhviashvili about the roots of the uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.
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Understanding the rebellion in Syria
Tempest interviews Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces, and the challenges they face in fighting for a truly liberated country that serves the interests of all its peoples and popular classes.