For over 15 months, Israel has been waging an all-out war on the entire Palestinian people. Ever since Israel and Hamas announced a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a hostage and prisoner release deal three days ago, on 19 January 2024, Israel has intensified its violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Far from holding its fire against Palestinians, Israel's actions demonstrate it has no intention of doing so. Instead, it is merely shifting its focus from Gaza to other (…)

Within days of Donald Trump's election win in November 2024, China's president Xi Jinping was at a ceremony opening a deep-water port in Peru as part of a “diplomatic blitz” through Latin America. Xi's presence was a symbol of China's rising influence in the region. The Chinese-funded (£2.8 billion) Chancay port represents an expansion of the relationship between China and Peru. The two countries also signed an agreement to expand free trade. Xi said this was the beginning of a maritime (…)

Au nom d'une interprétation spécifique de la Bible, un courant très puissant aux États-Unis prône un soutien indéfectible au gouvernement israélien, spécialement en ce moment. Ce courant est très actif autour de Donald Trump et plusieurs de ses représentants occuperont des postes clés dans sa prochaine administration. Des chrétiens affichent leur soutien à Israël lors de la Marche pour Israël le 14 novembre 2023 à Washington. Passages Depuis une dizaine d'années, une nouvelle idéologie (…)

Israel has launched what it describes as an ‘extensive and significant' operation in the West Bank camp, home to 25,000 refugees. Just two days after a shaky ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel on Jan. 21, 2025, launched a large-scale incursion of the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. Soldiers raided hundreds of homes in the West Bank city in what the Israeli military called a “counterterrorism” operation, aiming to reassert control there. Many analysts have suggested the (…)

This open letter was presented to the November 7, 2024 forum of left emigres from Russia in Cologne, Germany. We publish an open letter to the ‘Left Anti-War Emigration Forum'. On the basis of the letter, the Forum participants and signatories formed the Draft Resolution ‘Left for Peace without Annexations'. The Forum, due to existing disagreements, did not make specific resolutions, but proposed several texts, including this one. Part of the forum participants supported the (…)

À la veille du début du second mandat de Trump, Tempest présente en éditorial cette déclaration sur le moment présent et les tâches à venir. Le moment que nous vivons est un important coup de semonce pour l'ensemble de la gauche, un appel à nous interroger sur nos propres faiblesses et sur celles de nos mouvements. Il est indispensable que nous nous confrontions à ces réalités et que nous en tirions les conclusions stratégiques qui s'imposent pour faire face aux attaques qui se profilent, (…)