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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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Ukrainian anarchists fighting imperialism and building mutual aid in wartime
Robert Francis reports on Solidarity Collectives, a network of Ukrainian anarchists who are organizing on an anti-authoritarian basis and fighting on the frontlines against the Russian invasion.
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Walter Rodney: a revolutionary for our times
Presenting at the 2023 Socialism conference in a panel organized and moderated by Lee Wengraf, Robert Cuffy and Leo Zeilig examine the revolutionary legacy of Walter Rodney, casting light on his break with state socialism and his embrace of working-class struggles from below. What follows is a transcript of their talk, edited for length and…
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Postal workers under attack and in struggle
Natalia Tylim interviews letter carrier and National Association of Letter Carriers leader Melissa Rakestraw about a bad contract and the attacks on postal workers by the Trump Administration.
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The Courts & Politicians Have Failed Us
Legal rallies and marches like here today have their place. They allow us to communicate and solidarize with each other. They allow new people to join our movement and meet each other so that they can do further, more valuable work in the future. However, as Andy Thayer points out, we need more!
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What is Trumpism now?
Mel Bienenfeld considers the more puzzling aspects of “Trumpism” and opens up space for a much-needed conversation about how to understand our current political moment.
Recent Articles
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How Chinese and African organizers came together to protest an oil pipeline
Zhang Mazi explains how Chinese and African activists against an oil pipeline build transnational solidarity against international capitalist exploitation.
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Ten days in Bangladesh, a report on the uprising
A report on the student uprising in Bangladesh where the government has violently repressed and murdered protestors.
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Luxemburg on the Russian Revolution
Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc, editors of Volume 5 of Verso’s Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, reply to John Marot’s Tempest article based on the book.
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Long COVID and social struggle
When they get noticed, people with Long COVID are often viewed as helpless victims—but Sara Johnson and Sam Friedman show how long haulers have been getting organized on their own behalf.
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Solidarity with Argentine Palestine activists
Tempest encourages its readers to sign the solidarity petition in support of Alejandro Bodart, a leader of the International Socialist League in Argentina, facing criminal prosecution as a result of his Palestine activism.
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The Lavender program
Djuna Schamus details the dangerous artificial intelligence and mass surveillance tools Israel is lethally deploying against Palestinians under the Lavender program.
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Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexico’s new regime in formation
Héctor Rivera discusses the meaning of Claudia Sheinbaum’s victory in Mexico and takes a critical look at the new regime in formation in Mexican politics.
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The U.S. hurtles toward political crisis
Ashley Smith analyzes the impact of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on the deepening political crisis in the U.S.
