Category: Interview
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Communism, abolition, states, and the future of the Left
In this conversation with Demetrius Noble, David Camfield and brian bean analyze the capitalist state and argue for abolition of the state and the police that defend it.
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Iran on the brink?
Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Houshang Sepehr about the recent wave of mass protest in Iran and the Iranian regime’s brutal response.
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Venezuela after the coup
Ashley Smith talks to Federico Fuentes about the Donroe Doctrine, the crisis of Chavismo, and anti-imperialist resistance.
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Resistance to ICE’s war on Chicago
Members of the Chicago Tempest Collective compiled these oral history interviews with anti-ICE activists in Chicago.
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Being on strike when your employer is a union
Staff at the York University Faculty Association have been on strike since October 27, 2025. Chris Little and Jeffery R. Webber sat down with CUPE 1281 members, Nicole Leach and Manuel Marqués, to discuss the reasons behind the strike and the development of the dispute to date.
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¡Contra la guerra imperialista de Estados Unidos contra Venezuela!
Anderson Bean entrevista al socialista venezolano Gonzalo Gómez sobre la escalada de la intervención estadounidense en Venezuela, sus antecedentes, lo que está en juego y una estrategia de resistencia al imperialismo.
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Against U.S. imperial war on Venezuela!
Anderson Bean interviews Venezuelan socialist Gonzalo Gómez about the escalation of U.S. intervention in Venezuela, its background, stakes, and a strategy for resistance to imperialism.
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Trump’s D.C. occupation is an attack on all of us
In this interview, conducted before Trump’s direct control of the M.P.D. expired, D.C.-based scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance and experimental collectivity that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover and considers the possibility of future escalation and organization.
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Palestine on trial in Argentina
As Argentina continues to arrest peaceful protesters, socialist Alejandro Bodart speaks to Tempest again about the criminalization of himself and other advocates of Palestinian freedom.
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Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left
In this interview, conducted by Anderson Bean, Edgardo Lander reflects on the deepening repression in Venezuela, the criminalization of dissent, and the stakes for academic freedom, democracy, and international solidarity