Vermonters in solidarity with Ukrainians
Reports from the front
by Jim RameyJim Ramey reports on an anti-war rally in Montpelier, VT that featured a speech from Tempest Collective member Paul Fleckenstein.
Stop Putin’s war!
Neither Washington nor Moscow but global antiwar solidarity!
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith argues for the historic importance of the Russian attacks on Ukraine, the need to unconditionally oppose the invasion, and the political basis on which a viable challenge to the imperialists threats to world must be based.
Russia out of Ukraine!
For international solidarity to resist imperialism!
by Tempest Collective Steering CommitteeTempest Collective statement in opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Erin Cass writes on behalf of the Steering Committee.
Defeating the legacy of Pinochet
From the Chilean October to Boric and beyond
by Joaquín Araneda and Luis MeinersJoaquín Araneda and Luis Meiners situate the recent electoral breakthrough for the Left in Chile in both the recent insurrectionary uprising of October 2019, and the longer term processes in Chile from the Pinochet dictatorship, and the period of custodial democracy from 1990 to 2021.
Ukraine shows the urgency for an anti-war movement
by Joe Allen
In the face of daily news out of Ukraine, Joe Allen writes on the recent history of the anti-war movement to explain its current weak state, and to point to the urgency of rebuilding it.
Inside the Kazakhstan revolt
by Tempest
The uprising of January 2–8, 2022 was a revolt against inequality, unemployment, and the looting of the country, Kazakh socialist Aynur Karamov explains.
No war in Ukraine!
A movement to oppose imperialism must be built.
by TempestA Tempest editorial argues that building a movement that can challenge the main enemy at home, to defeat imperialism globally, must be based on solidarity from below, and unwavering opposition to all ruling class adventurism and imperial war-mongering internationally.
Bloody Sunday
50 years of British injustice in Ireland
by Joseph HealyOn the 50th anniversary of the massacre of innocent civil rights protestors in Derry, Joseph Healy remembers 50 years of British injustice in Ireland.
Do comrades cross picket lines?
The stakes in the debate over Bowman and Israel
by brian beanbrian bean responds to Hadas Thier’s article in Jacobin, “No, DSA Shouldn’t Expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman”.
Five crises of capitalism
The challenges facing the left today
by Ashley SmithA lightly edited version of a 15-minute talk by Ashley Smith for the Tempest convention on international perspectives.