Category: Article
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U.S. politics today
Ashley Smith discusses the U.S. presidential election and the limitations of lesser-evilism.
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Lesser-evilism is not a vote–it’s a strategy
Tempest’s Natalia Tylim explains how pinning our hopes on the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris against Trump is misguided and how the task is to build an infrastructure of resistance to both parties of capitalism and empire and make the case for a socialist horizon.
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Palestine and political repression in Argentina
Tempest’s Anderson Bean and brian bean sat down with Argentine left-wing political leader Alejandro Bodart to discuss his criminal case and the attempt to silence those who defend the Palestinian struggle and silence all criticism of the state of Israel and its policy of apartheid, settler-colonialism, and genocide.
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The French elections and the defeat of the far right
Tempest interviews revolutionary socialist Sylvestre Jaffard about the French elections last month, their political impact on both the right and Left, and the prospects going forward.
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Modi’s electoral setback
Kunal Chattopadhyay cuts through the complexity of Indian politics to assess the significance of the far right’s surprising electoral stumble.
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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.