Category: Roundtable
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Fund services, not police and prisons!
A panel of Vermont activists spoke out on police, prisons, and capitalism in late January. Speakers took up the need to fund social services and defund police and prisons. The event highlighted a specific reform—community control of police—that is on the local ballot in Burlington on March 7.
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Revenge of the Essential Worker: What’s Next for Labor in 2022?
With the large turnout and organizing energy at the Labor Notes conference last weekend, the Tempest Collective hosts a public discussion to assess the conference and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing the labor movement.
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Fighting the attack on abortion rights
A transcript from the Tempest Collective sponsored panel on May 22, 2022.
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Fighting for trans and queer liberation
A transcript from the Tempest Collective sponsored panel on April 24, 2022.
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In defense of Critical Race Theory
This is a lightly edited transcript of a panel on Critical Race Theory organized by the Tempest Collective.
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The Haitian migration crisis
A transcript of a November roundtable discussion on the Haitian migration crisis.
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Venezuela: left perspectives from below
Eva María, on behalf of Venezuelan Workers Solidarity, interviews Simón Rodríguez in an expanded and edited version of a July 2021 roundtable.
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Teamster Election Roundtable
Rank and file Teamsters discuss what the upcoming elections mean for the future of the union.
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Biden, borders, and the fight for migrant rights
The Biden administration’s policies have precipitated a humanitarian crisis on the U.S./ Mexico border. While it repealed some of Trump’s vicious anti-immigrant orders, the administration has maintained a closed border, expelled over 170,000 people, thrown over 19,000 children into detention centers, and pressured Mexico to bar migrants on its southern border. At an April 25…
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Fight the far right in the Biden era
Transcript of a public discussion hosted by the Tempest Collective on January 24.