Category: creative writing
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In Memoriam: Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)
In this poem, Warren Montag remembers Peruvian revolutionary Hugo Blanco (1934-2023).
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Essential Uprising
In “Essential Uprising,” Demetrius Noble urges workers to organize to demand an end to alienation and the meeting of basic human needs.
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Anti-lamentation
In this poem, Tempest member Sam Friedman considers how, through collective work, we can resist the apocalyptic threats of capitalism.
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From below and to the left
These two poems by former death-row prisoner Kenneth Foster, Jr., selected by Tempest member Dana Cloud, reflect on the interconnections among the carceral state, national oppression, war, racism, resistance, and revolution.
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Was I a recruiter for Don Quixote?
A poem by socialist Sam Friedman is part of a collection reflecting on his radicalism from the 1960s forward.
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Reflections on the 2020 uprising
Mara Chinelli looks back on the 2020 rebellion that followed the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and its reverberations across the country, including in New York City.
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In you I trust
A poem from Brian Young Jr. in recognition and celebration of the first Tempest Collective convention.