Tag: COVID-19
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Chicago teachers fight for their safety – and ours
Tempest’s Elizabeth Lalasz interviews rank and file members of the Chicago Teachers Union about their latest showdown with Mayor Lori Lightfoot amidst the Omicron variant.
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Double fault: Novak Djokovic vs. Australia
Dave Kellaway writes about the ongoing situation involving professional tennis player Novak Djokovic’s legal battle with the Australian government over his vaccination status.
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Workers can lead against Covid-19
A Tempest editorial calls for more collective action in defense of our health, our lives, and our well-being over business as usual.
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Twin Cities bus drivers and anti-racist action
Paul KD interviews Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 member Adam Burch about the union and the anti-racist action it took during the uprising in Minneapolis last summer.
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Zones of assault
Swati Birla and Kuver Sinha explore how the Modi government in India has shaped and compounded the extreme COVID-19 crisis there to benefit capital.
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The market compels it
Restaurant worker Natalia Tylim discusses the experience of restaurant reopening in New York City this winter before broad vaccine distribution.
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Solidarity with the CTU!
Solidarity with the Chicago Teachers Union as they stand against the unsafe opening of the schools.
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Working through it
Six socialist organizers discuss the challenges and opportunities facing workplace organizing in the age of COVID-19.
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The most important week of our profession
Andy Sernatinger interviews five members of the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) about fighting for safe learning conditions in New York City Schools
