Sixty-seven days on strike
Nurses at RWJBarnard are standing strong
by Sam FriedmanTempest’s Sam Friedman reports on an ongoing strike by nurses at RWJBarnard Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
Revolutionaries and reformist organizations
An entry into the debate with Left Voice
by Aaron AmaralAt the annual Socialism 2023 conference in Chicago, Tempest was invited to debate Left Voice over the question of revolutionaries and revolutionary organization and their relationship with efforts to build broad Left parties. This article is the entry into this debate by Tempest Collective member Aaron Amaral.
Breakout from Gaza
Defend the Palestinian right to resist apartheid
by brian beanThe armed strike by Gazan forces into Zionist-occupied Palestine is a daring attempt to push back against escalating settler violence and oppression. brian bean explains.
A life of theory and action
Review of A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story
by Brian WardTempest’s Brian Ward reviews A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story by Leo Zeilig.
Reports from UAW picket lines
Tappan, New York
by Haley Pessin and Mel BienenfeldIn these short reports, Tempest members Haley Pessin and Mel Bienenfeld describe UAW pickets at a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Tappan, NY.
Let them eat steak
UAW Pickets at G.M. in Rancho Cucamonga
by Dana CloudTempest’s Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Between fact and fiction
A critique of Mexico’s “Fourth Transformation”
by Ruben Jaramillo and Héctor A. RiveraIn this article, Ruben Jaramillo and Héctor A. Rivera critically examine the impact of the “Fourth Transformation” under Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Ocean Hill-Brownsville and the Freedom Schools of 1968
A teacher’s account
by Marc PessinThe following piece is an account of the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville Strike by former teacher and rank-and-file activist in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Marc Pessin.
On the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Modi and Khalistan on the world stage
by Nagesh RaoNagesh Rao analyzes the assassination of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Once again on the Democratic Party, the lesser evil, and the working-class Left
by Keith Rosenthal
Tempest’s Keith Rosenthal argues that, in the context of looming environmental catastrophe and ongoing social crisis, we cannot place our faith in the Democratic Party to advance the interests of the working class and the oppressed.