{"id":7394,"date":"2022-08-14T14:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tempestmag.org\/v01_2020\/staging\/?p=7394"},"modified":"2022-08-24T10:28:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:28:40","slug":"socialist-perspectives-for-a-world-in-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2022\/08\/socialist-perspectives-for-a-world-in-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialist Perspectives for a World in Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql\">Just two years following the anti-racist uprisings in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder, an emboldened political Right has made enormous gains: the reversal of Roe, the re-centering of law-and-order politics, and legislative attacks on queer and trans people. Meanwhile, economic fallout stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, international imperialist ventures, and the accelerating climate crisis, has worsened life for ordinary people around the globe.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\">Join Tempest members for a discussion as we examine the political moment offering a socialist perspective on the global economy and imperialism; the state of U.S. politics; the state of anti-oppression struggles; and the state of labor. August 21st, 2-4pm ET.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\">Speakers:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Kristen Godfrey<\/strong> is a Black, non-binary community organizer and social worker who has worked alongside LGBTQ+ young people in after-school programs, community resource centers, and higher ed for nine years. She is a member of Tempest Collective, and a co-founding member of Thompson House Tucson, a socialist organization and mutual aid collective.<\/li>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Elizabeth Lalasz<\/strong> is a registered nurse and steward with National Nurses United. She is a member of the Chicago Democratic Socialists of America Labor Branch and the Tempest Collective.<\/li>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Ashley Smith<\/strong> is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America in Burlington, Vermont. He has written in numerous publications including Tempest, Spectre, Truthout, Jacobin, and New Politics.<\/li>\n<li class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\"><strong>Andy Sernatinger<\/strong> is a socialist labor activist and frequent writer on issues in the Democratic Socialists of America. He is a member of the Tempest Collective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle\">Register: <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3vSGefO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3mE8aS-0iBm740uUt5XPOiNoAVXGXptBVhLtX6E-MR9Qrf3Po2nn2KyvQ&amp;h=AT3ZEVH_EkkGkSyakwozROU5ZfDnCto2mMIzPe__ZaONGncJCL9FXeYGD0UO47YFMDB9OWmawV5s28TxzNDQ-g0MhiteS0k31fwoGrKojloPr_NU9xTxmBX-6DgOpTPJ&amp;__tn__=q&amp;c[0]=AT3y5rXL0nKtxwL1NYgNJURUVn6vN98b9MtDGGrtv7ysZZwfdnX5zwag2a779O9ImuNhrklSEdJmzn0ZvwIDRrOilmXwD5g6IujpESE78iO1sa4uIMrbHZWM4pe7nngs16Vp5FLbH5ggsGxV6rfrLDHbv-C4F66G4NU_17TWX2yBPVEJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vSGefO<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1815208315513418\/\">Link to Facebook event<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online event giving Tempest&#8217;s perspectives on anti-oppression struggles, U.S. politics; the global economy &#038; imperialism, and labor: Sunday, August 21st 2-4pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[355,137],"class_list":["post-7394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-crisis","tag-perspectives"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SOCIALIST-PERSPECTIVES-FOR-A-WORLD-IN-CRISIS.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}