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by Tempest

The Tempest Collective panel at the Socialism 2024 conference.

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Posted September 2, 2024 Article

The RNC does the Teamsters

Sean O’Brien steers the IBT right

by Andy Sernatinger

Andy Sernatinger analyzes the recent overtures of the Sean O’Brien-led Teamsters to the Trumpite right and the Republican Party and sees consistency in O’Brien’s own politics over almost twenty years.

Posted September 2, 2024 Article

Haikus for the DNC

by Demetrius Noble

Poet, activist, and teacher Demetrius Noble shares poems arising from the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Posted August 31, 2024 Article

Prioritizing independent political action

For a broad party of the left

by Tom Harrison

Tom Harrison makes the case for a broad party of the Left and for Tempest to carry this argument in its political work within the movements.

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Posted August 29, 2024 Article

The politics of the aesthetic

Marie Kondo, self-care, and pandemic capitalism

by Andrew Boyer

Andrew Boyer calls our attention to the dark side of “sparking joy” through self-improvement and personal aesthetics, such as those represented by tidying guru Marie Kondo.

Posted August 28, 2024 Article

Luxemburg’s lessons and the roots of Stalinism

A reply to Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc

by John Marot

In a follow up to his article, Rosa Luxemburg and the democratic road to socialist revolution, John Marot responds to Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc.

Posted August 26, 2024 Article

Gruesome George Galloway and the Paris Olympics

Medaling in red/brown transphobia

by Hank Kennedy

Hank Kennedy writes on the transphobia of once-prominent British leftist, George Galloway.

Posted August 23, 2024 Article

Rebuilding the Palestine Solidarity Movement

Lessons from recent struggle

by Brian McDougall

Brian McDougall on behalf of the Tempest Collective Palestine Solidarity Working Group reflects on debates over strategy and tactics within the Palestine Solidarity Movement.