Graduate workers strike at Temple!
Interview with two members of the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA)
by Joel SronceTempest’s Joel Sronce interviews two striking graduate workers from Temple University.
Building Teamster Power?
Joint Council 25 in Chicago is stuck in the past
by Joe AllenThe Teamsters say they are going in a new progressive direction in the U.S. labor movement, yet, Joe Allen explains, there is little evidence of that in the role they are playing in Chicago’s current municipal elections.
No arms to Ukraine?
The Russian invasion and the task of U.S. socialists
by Nate MooreNate Moore explains why U.S. based socialists should not be opposing arms to Ukraine despite the inter-imperialist dynamics unleashed by the Russian invasion.
“Bigger than Roe”
Report on Madison reproductive justice march
by Tessa E. and Dayna LongMadison-area reproductive justice organizers Tessa E. and Dayna Long report on the Bigger Than Roe March and Rally in Madison, Wisconsin on January 22.
Class struggle today
Lessons and strategies for labor in Biden’s America
by TempestA Tempest Collective event this Sunday, February 12 at 12 p.m. EST
Not your father’s comic
A review of HBO’s Harley Quinn
by Glenn AllenExcerpt: Glenn Allen reviews the surprisingly leftist politics featured prominently in the animated HBO Max superhero series Harley Quinn.
Justice for Tyre Nichols! Solidarity against police murder!
A Tempest Collective Statement
by TempestThe Tempest editorial board and the Tempest Collective stand in solidarity with the family and communities of Tyre Nichols, who was murdered by police on January 7, 2023.
This recession is an ambush
Workers need a national response
by Shamus CookePortland socialist Shamus Cooke has warned that the ruling class is conjuring up a recession to wipe out recent workers’ gains. Here he writes that we need a national response that combines action from below with steps toward workers’ political independence.
Making sense of the Ukraine war
A Critique of Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies
by Eric DraitserEric Draitser critically reviews War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies, which, he argues, sees the entirety of the conflict through the lens of U.S.-NATO aggression without making even a perfunctory attempt to engage with the many other critical aspects of the war.
Cop murder on the production line
Justice for Mariar!
by Paul KDPaul KD reports on the police murder of 26-year-old Sudanese immigrant Chiewelthap Mariar on the floor of the Oklahoma meatpacking plant where he was working.