Resisting anti-trans policies in NYC and beyond
by Danielle Bullock
Danielle Bullock discusses examples of organized resistance to the attacks on trans youth in New York City and beyond.
More pay, but less union democracy
A complicated strike victory at Air Canada
by David CamfieldStriking flight attendants at Air Canada have won real gains in pay, but union officials bargained away the workers’ right to reject the deal and fight for more. As the ratification vote goes on, David Camfield explains.
Democrats are saboteurs in the resistance camp
by Avery Wear
Avery Wear argues that ignoring the differences between the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party and the Democrats isn’t politically effective. Socialists should acknowledge the reality of these differences while making clear that the Democratic Party—as a party of capital and capitalists, even liberal ones—will ultimately sabotage fights of working-class and oppressed people against the authoritarian and reactionary tendencies of the Republicans.
Solidarity with Venezuelan intellectuals
by Tempest
A call for solidarity with Venezuelan academics and intellectuals facing state repression. Please add your name to the petition.
Mamdani and the tasks for NYC socialists
by Tempest (NYC) Organizing Committee
After much collective discussion and debate, the New York City Tempest Collective Organizing Committee here explains the local’s approach to the Mamdani campaign. This includes recognizing the acute need for collective organizing beyond the campaign to win crucial reforms, including those promised by Mamdani, and to defend ourselves against the coming attacks from the right, capital, and the Trump administration.
Support Ukraine’s Nurses
Help USN (US) provide life-saving hospital equipment
by TempestA call for material support and solidarity with a campaign on behalf of the Ukrainian nurses union.
Strike lessons from Massachusetts teachers
An interview with Matt Bach of Educators for a Democratic Union
by Peter Allen-Lamphere and Matt BachPeter Allen-Lamphere discusses the education strike wave in Massachusetts with presidential candidate for the Massachusetts Teachers Association and Educators for a Democratic Union member, Matt Bach.
“The starvation of Gaza is not a glitch in the system”
End the genocide! Free Palestine!
by brian bean for the Tempest National Committeebrian bean, writing for the Tempest National Committee, calls out the crocodile tears of the U.S. ruling class over the starvation of Gaza, and calls for an immediate response to the starving and a broadening of the movement against the genocide and the system behind it.
Will Mamdani be allowed to govern NYC?
by Shamus Cooke
To win the Democratic Party nomination for mayor, Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform that won him a base of support in New York City’s working class. Shamus Cooke argues that Mamdani’s promises can only become a reality if his supporters are ready to fight against ruling-class resistance.
Suweida under fire
by Joseph Daher
Joseph Daher lays out the complex situation for activists in Syria’s recent struggles since the fall of Assad.