How should socialists think about political tradition?
by David Camfield
Tempest’s David Camfield reviews the trove of theoretical resources available to us as we think about what traditions should inform our work.
Confronting the backlash
Socialism and the anti-racist project
by Haley Pessin and Phil GasperIn this transcript of a session at Socialism 2023, Tempest’s Haley Pessin and Phil Gasper discuss how socialists should challenge the backlash against the anti-racist uprising of the 2020s and argue that it takes a combined anti-racism and anti-capitalism to mount the necessary resistance.
Black Lives Matter and Palestine
A transcript of a panel discussion
by Diana Fakhoury, Jesse Hagopian, Lena Jones, Emma Klein, Miriam, and Wafá SafiA transcript of Black Lives Matter and Palestine Solidarity Teach-In held in Seattle, Washington, February 1, 2024.
DSA’s budget crisis has been a long time coming
The sick man of the socialist movement
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger assesses the severe budget crisis that has surfaced within the Democratic Socialists of America.
Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war prisoners
by Tempest
The case of Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, in prison for opposing the war on Ukraine, may be up for appeal in early May. Tempest supports an urgent campaign for his release.
Criticisms and conditions in support for Palestinian resistance
A reply to Tempest
by Tom DaleTom Dale responds to the Tempest editorial “Toward a free Palestine” and argues for clarifying what socialists mean by “unconditional but critical support” for national liberation struggles.
“People have to act collectively”
Resisting the new McCarthyism
by Ellen SchreckerLeading historian of McCarthyism Ellen Schrecker explains that McCarthyism was not about one person. And what’s happening today within our society, including the erosion of democratic practices and values, is not just about Donald Trump.
Weathering the storm
A brief report on the 2024 Tempest convention
by Kirstin Roberts and Natalia TylimKirstin Roberts and Natalia Tylim report of the 2024 Tempest convention held in Chicago over the long weekend of February 17-19.
Comrades, community, and commitment
Why I joined Tempest
by Aileen CerrillosTempest member Aileen Cerrillos reflects on their experience organizing in university and NGO-modeled spaces and their decision to join the Tempest Collective project.
“The John Brown way” part 2
Into battle
by David WhitehouseDavid Whitehouse recounts the battles, up through the Harpers’ Ferry revolt, of anti-slavery militant John Brown, a period that influenced the emergence of the United States Left.