The life and politics of Walter Rodney
A review of A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney
by Anyanwu LTempest’s Anyanwu L. reviews A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney by Chinedu Chukwudinma.
Resisting the backlash
The fight to defend Black studies
by Dana CloudA Tempest Collective event on Sunday, March 26 at 2 pm EDT.
Ujima’s plan to transcend neoliberalism in Maryland
by Phillip Clark
Phillip Clark writes about the Ujima People’s Progress Party, an independent third-party led by Black workers in Baltimore, Maryland,and its ongoing initiative to get on the ballot this election cycle.
The making of a Black Bolshevik
A review of Winston James’s new biography of Claude McKay
by Bill MullenBill Mullen argues that McKay deserves a good Marxist biographer and has found one in Winston James.
Assata Taught Me
A conversation with Donna Murch and Naomi Murakawa
by Naomi MurakawaDonna Murch’s latest book is Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives. Naomi Murakawa spoke to her soon after its release.
A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney
A kick-off talk from Chinedu Chukwudinma
by Chinedu ChukwudinmaA presentation by Chinedu Chukwudinma at a Tempest panel event on June 22, 2022.
Fighting the attack on abortion rights
by Tempest
A transcript from the Tempest Collective sponsored panel on May 22, 2022.
J.D. Vance, Replacement Theory, and the 2022 U.S. elections
by Bill Mullen
Bill V. Mullen reflects on the Ohio Senate campaign of J.D. Vance, in the aftermath of the white supremacist murders in Buffalo, and finds a through line of “Replacement Theory” and emergent fascist politics.
Building from the bottom
How cultural workers spread through the South
by Joel SronceJoel Sronce reflects on an event featuring artist and activist Linqua Franqa and the importance of cultural workers to radical organizing in the South.
Black Panther Party on the role of Black Democrats
The BPP makes the case for political independence (1968)
by Kathleen CleaverKathleen Cleaver speaks on behalf of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1968.