Author: Aaron Amaral
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Tempest, the United Front approach, and “the Resistance”
Aaron Amaral assesses how revolutionaries should relate to the constellation of forces that have grown up in opposition to the Trump administration and its authoritarian efforts
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Trump vs Harris: how did the U.S.A. get here?
David Camfield interviews Tempest’s Aaron Amaral about the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the development of the two-party system, and the history and possibility of mass challenges from below for an episode of podcast Victor’s Children. What follows is a transcript of that interview, edited for length and clarity.
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Bangladesh in revolution
Nagesh Rao speaks about the movement that overthrew Sheikh Hasina and the openings it has created to reshape life in Bangladesh.
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The Left and U.S. politics today
The International Socialist League interviewed Tempest member Aaron Amaral about the state of U.S. politics today and the role of a radicalizing Left in responding to economic crisis, the presidential elections, the labor movement, and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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Revolutionaries and reformist organizations
At the annual Socialism 2023 conference in Chicago, Tempest was invited to debate Left Voice over the question of revolutionaries and revolutionary organization and their relationship with efforts to build broad Left parties. This article is the entry into this debate by Tempest Collective member Aaron Amaral.
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Bring us your huddled masses…we got something for ‘em
Aaron Amaral reports on one of the latest of two hundred sites in New York City where newly arriving asylum seekers are being temporarily warehoused, and the contradictory community response.
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The dialectics of defeat—lessons from the United Kingdom
Aaron Amaral reviews Michael Chessum’s book This is Only the Beginning.
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Eleanor Marx and the case for Christmas trees
Aaron Amaral on EP Thompson’s writing on Eleanor Marx and the meaning of the Christmas tree.
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Four distinct approaches to revolutionary organization
A slightly edited version of a short talk by Aaron Amaral on perspective for the revolutionary Left, given at the 2021 Tempest Convention.
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Authoritarianism & resistance in India (pt. 3)
The final part of an interview with Nagesh Rao about Narendra Modi’s horrific mishandling of the pandemic in India and the state of the political alternatives to Modi’s BJP government.