Category: Social protests

Despite Rodriguez’s intentions, his actions will set back the pro-Palestine movement

What role for African-Americans in the fight against Trump?

Elon Musk is an eminently hateable figure. He is the personification of a decaying system. He is the perfect target for anyone looking to pick a fight with modern capitalism.

Saeed Rahnema analyzes the fall of Assad from a long-term historical perspective, and warns the threats posed by religious fundamentalism and the emboldened Turkish regime.

Syrian poet Mohja Kahf celebrates the human rights activist Razan Zaitouneh, and calls for a future Syria based on her vision.

In an interview, Leila al-Shami analyzes opportunities and obstacles for left, labour and feminist organizing in post-Assad Syria, as well as damages caused by the global campist left.

The Syrian people never gave up in the years since 2011, whether inside the country or in exile, and continue on today amid myriad obstacles

In this interview, conducted amidst a rapidly changing situation in Syria, Tempest asks Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces,

The movement against the high cost of living.

We need to appreciate both the dangers of the present juncture and the possibilities – and realities – of positive change

Since August 1, tens of thousands of people have trooped out onto the streets across Nigeria in nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests against hardship and hunger.

Julie Liu and Roy Li discuss the trajectory of labour struggles in China in recent years, fighting against severe state repression and censorship.

Mathew Foresta reports from Gaza solidarity encampments on various university campuses in Los Angeles, which faced threats and attacks from Zionist counter-protestors.

The complex politics of the student protests in Bangladesh

This thunderclap, which had been widely announced, must lead the popular and democratic forces of the left to unite in order to fight the evil at its roots. It’s five minutes to midnight!

Khalid Mustafa Medani discusses the repression of the Sudanese Revolution of 2018-19, and the origins and dynamics of the devastating civil war between the two counterrevolutionary military factions.

I fully associate myself with the terms of the letter from the teachers and researchers of your university, in particular with their defense of academic freedom and respect for the formation of critical knowledge.

We, the Student Movement for Palestinian Liberation, demand institutional accountability and immediate divestment from Israel and its genocide of the Palestinian people of Gaza.

In response to peaceful student anti-war protests against genocide, many school administrations have invited police onto campus for violent crackdowns.

The Portuguese revolution began 50 years ago. Labor historian Raquel Valera looks back at the events of 1974-75 and their legacy for the working class and left today.

The author (right) on Kyiv’s IndependenceSquare. December 2013.
In early December 2013, I found myself on Kyiv’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), holding a sign reading “Don’t Believe Politicians—Self-Organize!” as part of a protest with a small group of student activists. Weeks