Category: Editorial
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Celebrating pride month
In this Tempest editorial, Eric Maroney for the Editorial Board explains why Stonewall and its legacy remain important to our understanding of queer resistance-more than ever at a time when LGBTQIA people find themselves under attack.
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We demand justice for Jordan Neely
In an editorial on behalf of the Tempest Collective, Haley Pessin looks at the conditions that led to the murder of Jordan Neely, an unhoused Black man who was choked to death on May 1 while riding the New York City subway.
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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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No U.S. intervention in Haiti!
Tempest member Ashley Smith writes on why the Left must oppose the latest threat of U.S. military intervention in Haiti.
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Why I joined Tempest
In the first of an ongoing series of personal contributions, Donna Murch shares her reasons for becoming a member of the Tempest Collective.
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See you at Labor Notes
On behalf of the Tempest Collective, Joe Allen describes the political terrain ahead of the Labor Notes Conference and the importance of an open and serious engagement with the socialist movement.
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Breaking free from the “continuous loop of Black death”
Statement from the Tempest Editorial Board on the second anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd and in the wake of the white supremacist killing of ten Black people in Buffalo on May 14.
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Revolutionary defeatism, yesterday and today
Simon Hannah reviews the varied Left positions in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and how to understand Lenin’s position of “revolutionary defeatism” in the current war.
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CTU election
Joe Allen examines the context of the 2022 CTU elections, the impact of its leadership on Chicago politics, teacher unionism, and the trade union movement nationally, and argues for the importance of a vote for CORE.