Fighting Oligarchy
Bernie and AOC are no substitute for socialist organization
by TetoTeto Huezo delivers a critical assessment of Bernie Sanders’ and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Fighting Oligarchy Tour
Only the beginning of the struggle
Reports on May Day demonstrations
by TempestTempest comrades from a number of cities report on their involvement in recent May Day actions.
The Professoriate v. Trump
A report back on the Higher Education National Day of Action
by TempestThe actions signal the beginnings of a convergence between academic labor organizing, Palestine solidarity work, and immigrant defense networks. They demonstrate a necessary and healthy development in the response to the Trump Administration’s attacks on immigrants, trans people, education, working people, and civil liberties, but they are only a first step.
A solidarity message from Canada on the UAW and auto tariffs
by Bruce Allen
A powerful statement to the labor movement and auto workers from Bruce Allen, a former president of Unifor Local 199, opposing Trump’s tariff policies. This was read at one of the twin rallies held on April 26, 2025 in Detroit and across the Canadian border in Windsor, Ontario.
The fight for democracy, social justice, and equality in the Caucasus
Interview with Members of Georgia’s Movement for Social Democracy
by Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze, Ashley Smith, and Sopho VerdzeuliTempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze, Sopho Verdzueli, who are all members of a new Left organization in the country of Georgia. In the midst of high levels of struggle, including one of largest and most sustained mass protests in their country’s history, socialists in Georgia have come together to form the Movement for Social Democracy to attempt to fill the vacuum on the Left.
Which Marx? On Colonialism, Uneven Development, and Gender
A review of The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads
by Sean K. IsaacsSean K. Isaacs reviews Kevin B. Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism
Real freedom means having no fear
May Day speech at Queens Criminal Courthouse
by Pauloma MartinezPublic defender Pauloma Martinez delivers a May Day call to action at the Queens Criminal Courthouse.
Rebuilding the left as Germany turns right
An interview with the editor of Marx21
by Martin Haller and Sean LarsonIn an interview, Martin Haller, the Chief Editor of marx21.de, explains the state of politics in Germany which has simultaneously witnessed: a large rise in support for the far right Alternative for Germany; a new right-led government shattering taboos and preparing to re-arm Germany; and the resurgence of Germany’s Left party (Die Linke).
Nationalism, workers’ power, and the myth of auto tariffs
by Andy Sernatinger
Andy Sernatinger argues that Shawn Fain and the UAW’s pro-tariff stance misses the real threats to autoworkers and the role the union can play in resisting these threats.
Building power now!
A ‘zine for a socialist political alternative
by LizartistryLizartistry has created a new share-able ‘zine that speaks to the disillusionment with electoral politics and offers a vision of how to build political power from the perspective of socialism from below.