New articles
Uprising in Kenya
Tempest reprints an article on the Kenyan revolt from the Review of African Political Economy by Zachary Patterson.
Trump’s danger isn’t that he’s a fascist
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten argue that Donald Trump is best understood as oscillating in a middle space between conventional Republicans and the fascist right.
Bangladeshis march for Gaza
Ganesh Lal reported briefly on May 4 from Dhaka, Bangladesh and followed up soon after to provide context. Today (May 9), organizers plan to march to the U.S. embassy.
Palestine solidarity on two Southern California campuses
While pro-Palestine encampments sprung up at major universities across the United States, Héctor Rivera and Dana Cloud found spirited, inspiring protests on their own campuses, Pasadena City College and California State University, Fullerton.
SF educators strike for Palestine
Alex Schmaus reports on labor actions for Palestine in the Bay Area and one high school that educators shut down on May Day.
Palestine and the Arab Revolution
A panel discussion featuring revolutionaries from around the region talking about the inextricable ties between Palestinian liberation and liberation across the region, and its special relevance in this crucial historic moment.
Recent articles
Degrowth and revolutionary socialism
Tempest’s Paul Fleckenstein reviews Kohei Saito’s Degrowth Manifesto and argues that an ecosocialist future depends on mass social and class struggle.
The Israel-Iran theater show–a distraction from Gaza genocide
Michael Karadjis explains how the recent interchange of missiles between Israel and Iran was an episode of theater distracting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza and leaving Israel more powerful.
Southern autoworkers on the rise
Workers at six Daimler Truck plants in the South were set to strike when Joel Sronce interviewed UAW members and their supporters in North Carolina.
The bipartisan attack on immigrants
Dana Cloud sat down with immigration justice activist Aly Wane to discuss how Democrats and Republicans, despite differences in rhetoric, have the same border agenda.
Freedom for Cuban political prisoners
A press release from the FIT-U on a recent meeting between deputies and leaders of the FIT-U and the Cuban Ambassador to Argentina.
Erdoğan’s colossal defeat in Turkey — and a new hope
Hakan Yilmaz reports on the electoral defeat of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (AKP) in last month’s Turkish municipal elections and argues that the Left’s victory hints at a completely new balance of forces in which movements from below can be revived.
How should socialists think about political tradition?
Tempest’s David Camfield reviews the trove of theoretical resources available to us as we think about what traditions should inform our work.
Confronting the backlash
In this transcript of a session at Socialism 2023, Tempest’s Haley Pessin and Phil Gasper discuss how socialists should challenge the backlash against the anti-racist uprising of the 2020s and argue that it takes a combined anti-racism and anti-capitalism to mount the necessary resistance.
Black Lives Matter and Palestine
A transcript of Black Lives Matter and Palestine Solidarity Teach-In held in Seattle, Washington, February 1, 2024.
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