New Articles
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Palestine 101
A Tempest Collective event last month featured Tempest members brian bean, Sherry Wolf, and Shireen Akram-Boshar discussing “75 years of colonialism, imperialism, and resistance” in Palestine.
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Report from the West Bank
Najla K. and brian bean report on the state of resistance in the West Bank after October 7.
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Who should run hospitals?
Tempest’s Sam Friedman reports on conversations with striking nurses at RWJBarnabas, who are drawing the conclusion that health care workers, not corporations, should run our hospitals.
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In defense of school busing
This 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.
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A response to Jonah ben Avraham’s “Support Palestinians when they fight…”
Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom respond critically to a recent article by Jonah Ben Avraham.
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Political economy of passing
In recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Awareness Week, Eric Maroney meditates on what it means to be Black and transgender in white-supremacist, capitalist society. In spite of carceral logics and practices alongside intimately felt gender discipline, Maroney finds reason for hope in queer and abolitionist kinship.
Recent Articles
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Courage at Sitong Bridge
Peng Lifa disappeared into the clutches of Chinese security forces in Beijing after he unfurled banners off a bridge with slogans attacking the autocracy of President Xi Jinping. But his daring act—and his manifesto calling for mass action to achieve democracy—have stirred hope for change and a discussion of strategy among Chinese on the mainland…
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Will there be a national strike at UPS?
Joe Allen examines lessons from the 1997 UPS strike and considers the potential for a national strike against the company in 2023.
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Solidarity with railroad workers!
Railroad Workers United and Haymarket Books present a panel of rank-and-file railroad workers in a discussion of one of the most important struggles in recent labor history.
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Long Beach for abortion rights
Dana Cloud reports on a rally and march for abortion rights in Long Beach, CA earlier this month.
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San Bernardino Amazon warehouse walkout
Dana Cloud talked with Amazon workers on the picket line about work conditions, wages, organizing, and their future.
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Past and Present Collide
Sudip Battacharya reviews Donna Murch, Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives and explores how the past informs the present.
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So that the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement does not die!
Tempest re-publishes a statement in solidarity with the political prisoners of the Iranian Regime.
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Biden rides the brakes on labor’s upsurge
Shamus Cooke analyzes the response of the Biden administration to the recent upsurges in labor organizing and activism and finds reasons for concern.
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The war and the future of Ukraine and the left movement
A resolution on Putin’s invasion, war, and the future of Ukraine and the left movement passed by Sotsialnyi Rukh/ Social Movement (Ukraine) at its recent September 2022 convention.