Why the hell not
A review of Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years
by Gary HollowayGary Holloway reviews Mike Stout’s 2020 memoir Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years.
“Written on Mars”
Is it time to lay Philip Foner to rest?
by Joe AllenThe final volume of Philip Foner’s groundbreaking history of the U.S. labor movement is now available. It covers the years 1929–1932. Despite its promise to frame the origins of the labor militancy of the Great Depression, Joe Allen argues that it presents a distorted picture.
The continuation of politics by other means
Review of Class War: a Jacobin board game
by Keith RosenthalKeith Rosenthal reviews a new board game published by Jacobin.
The decolonized ear
A review of Noise Uprising: the Audiopolitics of a World Musical Revolution
by Neil RogallNeil Rogall’s review was solicited by Tempest after seeing an abridged version posted on social media. While the book has been in print since 2015, the editors appreciated the politics … Continue Reading The decolonized ear
The left wing of the possible?
Review of A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism
by Bill KeachBill Keach reviews A Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism by Doug Greene.
Remembering an icon of the resistance to settler colonialism
A review of David Correia’s An Enemy Such as This
by Brian WardBrian Ward reviews David Correia’s new book on Larry Casuse and the struggle for Native liberation.
Dissidents Among Dissidents
Kit Wainer reviews Ilya Budraitskis’ recent book.
by Kit WainerKit Wainer reviews Ilya Budraitskis recent book, Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia.
Class against class
The case for class struggle unionism
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews Joe Burns’ new book Class Struggle Unionism and how it relates to the current state of the labor movement.
Capitalism isn’t coming to save us
Don’t Look Up : Disaster spectacle as political satire
by Ricardo Gabriel, Thomas Hummel, & Adam TurlTempest Collective members Ricardo Gabriel, Thomas Hummel, and Adam Turl offer three different takes on the disaster movie Don’t Look Up.
The real threat to our democratic rights
Review of No Free Speech for Fascists
by Katie FeyhKatie Feyh reviews No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring ‘No Platform’ in History, Law, and Politics by David Renton.