New Articles
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Once More on Hamas
As part of a continuing exchange on October 7, the Palestinian resistance, and the posture of the Left towards Hamas, Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom reply here to Sean Larson. La Botz and Shalom had previously submitted a response to an article by Jonah ben Avraham to which Larson, in turn, responded.
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Response to Camfield and Post on “What would it take to win in Palestine?”
Reader Neil Rogall raises questions about the way forward for Palestine.
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We are fighting for Palestinian liberation
Tempest member Denée Jackson draws connections among Jewish, Black, and Palestinian experience and liberation, arguing for solidarity across multiple marginalized identities.
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Anti-racist rebellion and the Left
Ben Rosenfield reviews the book The George Floyd Uprising edited by Vortex Group.
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Making sense of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Tempest member Sam Friedman reviews Paul Le Blanc’s book Making Sense of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine published by Resistance Books.
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Priming the Philippines for a “globalized NATO”
Rasti Delizo critically examines the foreign policy of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and its role in a globalized NATO.
Recent Articles
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No arms to Ukraine?
Nate Moore explains why U.S. based socialists should not be opposing arms to Ukraine despite the inter-imperialist dynamics unleashed by the Russian invasion.
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“Bigger than Roe”
Madison-area reproductive justice organizers Tessa E. and Dayna Long report on the Bigger Than Roe March and Rally in Madison, Wisconsin on January 22.
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Not your father’s comic
Excerpt: Glenn Allen reviews the surprisingly leftist politics featured prominently in the animated HBO Max superhero series Harley Quinn.
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Justice for Tyre Nichols! Solidarity against police murder!
The 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.
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This recession is an ambush
Portland socialist Shamus Cooke has warned that the ruling class is conjuring up a recession to wipe out recent workers’ gains. Here he writes that we need a national response that combines action from below with steps toward workers’ political independence.
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Making sense of the Ukraine war
Eric Draitser critically reviews War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies, which, he argues, sees the entirety of the conflict through the lens of U.S.-NATO aggression without making even a perfunctory attempt to engage with the many other critical aspects of the war.
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Cop murder on the production line
Paul 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.
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Resisting war and repression in Putin’s Russia
Tempest Collective member, Ashley Smith, interviews Ivan Ovsyannikov, a Russian journalist, leftist activist, and trade union organizer on the international days of protest on January 19 through 24, 2023 called against Putin’s imperialist war in Ukraine and political repression in Russia.
